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NATIONAL BUDGET: Who will eat a bigger pie under Uganda’s four priority sectors in the new financial year 

by Paul Murungi
A photo montage of Finance Minister Matia Kasaija, Agriculture Minister Frank Tumwebaze, State Minister of Finance for Investment and Privatisation Evelyn Anite, Minister of Science, Technology and Innovations Monica Musenero, Kiira EV CEO Paul Musasizi, and Uganda Tourism Board CEO Lily Ajarova. Their dockets fall under some of the four prioritised sectors in the new financial year.
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Finance Minister, Matia Kasaija yesterday unveiled the top four priority sectors in the 72 trillion Budget for the next Financial Year 2024/25 beginning July 1st.   Presenting the National Budget at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds on June 13th, Kasaija gave a glowing perspective of Uganda's economic outlook as, "positive and optimistic." "The economy has remained resilient and has fully recovere

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Paul Murungi is a Ugandan Business Journalist with highly specialised financial journalism training from South Africa, London (UK), Ghana, Tanzania, and Uganda. His coverage involves ground breaking stories across the East African region with a focus on ICT, Energy, Oil and Gas, Mining, Companies, Capital and Financial markets, and the general Economy.

His body of work has contributed to policy change in private and public companies.

Paul has so far won five continental awards at the Sanlam Group Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism in Johannesburg, South Africa, and several Uganda national journalism awards in business and technology at the ACME Awards.