Members of the Civil Society Budget Advocacy Group (CSBAG) have urged the government to address domestic arrears in the 2023/2024 financial year. The civil society group led by their economist, Patrick Rubangakene was on Monday, 27 March 2023 presenting their position on the Ministerial Policy Statements for 2023/2024 before the Committee on Finance, Planning and Economic Development chaired by Hon. Keefa Kiwanuka. Domestic arrears refer to short-term debts incurred by Governments against unpaid procurement invoices for the supply of goods and services during a given financial year. According to Rubangakene, the UGX200 billion budgeted to clear arrears is insignificant to…
Tough times ahead for gov’t suppliers as a meagre UGX200bn is allocated to clearing UGX7.6 trillion in domestic arrears
Finance Minister, Matia Kasaija and Permanent Secretary/Secretary to the Treasury Ramathan Ggoobi’s Domestic Arrears Strategy created in June 2021 seems to be failing miserably.





