Analysis — As Uganda prepares to enter a heated election season in 2026, the government unveiled an ambitious Shs 72.1 trillion budget for the 2025/2026 financial year. Presented at Kololo ...

Kampala, Uganda — Uganda will need to increase its education budget by a staggering 440 percent if it is to provide quality education for its fast-growing population and meet its 2040 development ...

A steady shift noticed in Uganda’s Budget policy priorities over the years has drawn scrutiny towards the underlying economic impact registered in targeted sectors amidst rising public borrowing ...

Parliament has passed a Shs84.3 trillion national budget for the 2026/2027 financial year following the adoption of the Appropriation Bill and the report of the Budget Committee that details how the ...

Perhaps the most urgent gap is youth unemployment, estimated at over 17 per cent. Government schemes have largely offered capital without incubation, skilling, or market access. There is still no ...

The Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, has urged the African Network of Parliamentary Budget Offices to foster increased citizens participation in budget processes. Speaker Among made the remarks in ...

Parliamentary budget offices are meant to be watchmen that help parliamentarians by providing them with solid budget analysis. They are supposed to provide honest budget numbers based on nonpartisan ...

Uganda more than doubled its annual budget for the oil and gas industry as it moves closer to the start of production, targeted for the next financial year. The government allocated 920.9 billion ...

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