Tag: Ministry of Finance

Parliament Gives Finance Ministry One Week to Explain Dollar Surge

News Darmasco Kaggwa -
Speaker Oboth Oboth postpones debate on rising fuel prices to allow MPs to examine the exchange rate and global...

Finance Minister Urges Kigezi Women Entrepreneurs to Tap Affordable Finance, Digital Technology

Business Darmasco Kaggwa -
The Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development has urged women entrepreneurs in Uganda’s Kigezi sub-region to take advantage...

Parliament Approves Five-Year Fiscal Charter as Uganda Targets Debt Reduction and $500bn Economy

Economy Moses Kabasibante -
Uganda’s Parliament has approved a five-year fiscal policy framework aimed at reducing public debt, curbing expensive commercial borrowing and...

Uganda cannot keep taxing the same people, Musasizi tells MPs

News Sarah Okello -
Uganda aims to raise its revenue-to-GDP ratio to 20% by the 2029/30 financial year by bringing more economic activity...

Musasizi tells new URA officers to put integrity at heart of tax collection

Taxation Darmasco Kaggwa -
Finance Minister Henry Musasizi has urged newly recruited Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) officers to make integrity, professionalism and...

Uganda and US sign $1.7bn health deal in shift towards government-led funding

Deplomacy Darmasco Kaggwa -
Uganda and the United States have signed a $1.7bn (£1.3bn) health agreement that will shift a significant share of...

dfcu Calls for Integrated Financial System to Drive EAC Industrial Growth

Finance Moses Kabasibante -
dfcu Bank has called on commercial banks, regulators, and central banks across East Africa to build a fully integrated...

Ggoobi Calls for Tighter Accountability as Uganda Receives $2.1 Billion in Global Fund Support

Health Policy Darmasco Kaggwa -
Permanent Secretary and Secretary to the Treasury (PS/ST), Ramathan Ggoobi, has called for stronger governance, accountability and value for...

Traders Push Government on Tax Assessments, High Borrowing Costs

Business Sarah Kamanyire -
Uganda traders have urged the government to address inconsistencies in tax assessments, strengthen taxpayer education and reduce the cost...

Ggoobi Warns Uganda Must Stop Measuring Budgets by Spending, Demand Results From Every Shilling

Finance Sarah Okello -
Uganda must shift the way it measures the success of its national budget—from how much money government allocates and...

Five Senior URSB Officials Sent on Forced Leave Amid Corruption Probe

Corporate Investigations Darmasco Kaggwa -
Five senior officials at the Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) have reportedly been sent on forced leave as investigations...

The Hidden Crisis: The Staggering Cost of Failing to Invest in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

Opinion admin -
What if Uganda was losing billions of shillings every year, not because of a global economic crisis or declining exports, but because millions of people still lack access to safe water, adequate sanitation...