Uganda Parliament passes UGX45.5 trillion budget for FY 2020/2021 The 2020/21 is 12.3% bigger than the UGX40.5 trillion 2019/20 budget. Security and Health have received significant boosts, while works and transport; energy and minerals sectors have taken a significant budget cut.

by Muhereza KyamuteteraApril 25, 2020April 25, 2020

Although the budget was passed in record time, MPs recommended that the government reviews and revises the National Budget for the financial year 2020/2021 after the full effect of the COVID-19 on the economy is ascertained. They also urged government to halt all wasteful expenditures and to prioritise strengthening revenue mobilization, which have stagnated at below 16% of GDP for the past years.

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Parliament of Uganda, sitting on April 24th 2020, passed the Appropriation Bill 2020, approving UGX45.5 trillion budget for the next Financial Year- 2020/2021. This is a 12.3% increase from last year’s UGX40.5 trillion. This was after the finance Minister Matia Kasaija moved a motion for the House to constitute itself into a committee of supply to consider revised expenditure estimates for

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