At exactly 5.30am on Sunday morning January 23rd 2022, the governor of the Bank of Uganda, Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile, breathed his last in a Nairobi hospital. He had been battling illness…
The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (MoFPED) Permanent Secretary/ Secretary To The Treasury, Mr Ramathan Ggoobi has today written to Parliament, clarifying the status of the Government’s 25%…
President Yoweri Museveni has eased the no movement lockdown instituted last month for 42 days. The President said that the decision to relax the lockdown was reached after the national…
Uganda’s merchandise trade deficit widened by 50% from USD 269.25 million in April 2021 to USD 322.17 million in May 2021, reflecting stronger import demand. Compared to May 2020, the…
Uganda’s Emmanuel Nyirinkindi has been appointed to a senior job at the World Bank is an endorsement for locally bred capabilities and professionals. Nyirinkindi was last week appointed the vice…
Standard Chartered Bank Uganda has announced the appointment of Maria Kiwanuka to its Board as an Independent Non- Executive Director. Kiwanuka is a senior economist with 14 years’ experience at…
The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (MoFPED) has listed its top achievements in the last five years during the ongoing 2021 Manifesto Week at the Office of the…
Members of Parliament sitting on the Budget Committee have accused the Ministry of Finance of flouting the provisions of the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act, 2015 while providing for an…
The Ministry of Finance, the authority which is charged with the preparing of the national budget, has come under the spotlight over allocating similar amounts of money to different activities…
Members of Parliament sitting on the Budget Committee have raised a red flag over what they called under allocation of funds to the Judiciary which is battling a huge case…
