Cash-strapped Kasaija, trims 2021/22 budget by UGX4.36 trillion; plans to raid Petroleum Fund for UGX200 billion to patch holes in his pockets

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Uganda’s Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (MoFPED) has trimmed down government planned expenditure for the Financial Year 2021/22 by at least UGX4.36 trillion, indicating anticipated failure to meet its revenue targets on an already shoestring budget. Initially in the Budget Framework Paper (BFP), laid before Parliament, government anticipated a resource envelope of UGX4