Juba, South Sudan | AFP | South Sudan’s parliament has passed a $300 million (250 million euro) budget despite the war-torn country’s government conceding it lacked the funds to pay for it. Nearly four years of civil war, as well as inadequate and decrepit infrastructure, have left the country with few …
Read More »Guinea-Bissau parents coax truant teachers back to school
Canchungo, Guinea-Bissau | AFP | The school year is ending in the west African nation of Guinea-Bissau, but some pupils will hardly notice the difference. Long-running pay disputes have kept teachers out of the classrooms for long stretches of the last four decades in this former Portuguese colony, where a …
Read More »Civil Society groups demands budget spending efficiency
Uganda’s 2017/2018 budget: Civil Society group speaks out Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | A group of civil society organisations under their umbrella body – Civil Society Advocacy Budget Group (CSBAG) is calling on government agencies and departments responsible for budget implementation to efficiently implement the budget to benefit the common man. …
Read More »Region focuses on infrastructural devt in 2017/18 budgets
BUDGET: The EAC countries are looking at reducing the cost of doing business Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Governments in the East African Community seem to be determined to ease the cost of doing business in the region as they allocate massive budgets to infrastructural developments in the new financial …
Read More »Rwanda budget boosts manufacturers
Rwanda Budget scraps tax on imported textile machinery, tannery equipment Kigali, Rwanda | IVAN NGOBOKA| In a bid to boost domestic manufacturing, the government of Rwanda has scrapped tax on imported textile machinery and tannery equipment. The announcement was made during the presentation of the 2017/18 Budget before Parliament on …
Read More »The politics behind the budget
BUDGET ANALYSIS: Why UDB got Shs50bn, Museveni donations Shs70bn and more Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Matia Kasaija, Uganda’s Finance minister, is a jocular person for whom talking tough is always light hearted. It was no different on June 12 when he attended a post-budget reading breakfast meeting organised by …
Read More »THE LAST WORD: Behind the 2017/18 budget
How money is an important a political resource that allows Museveni to manage power The Last Word | ANDREW MWENDA| Last week, the government presented the national 2017/18 budget totalling Shs24 trillion in spending. For many commentators on the Ugandan traditional and social media scene, the budget is as an economic …
Read More »ANALYSIS: The real challenge is how to implement the Shs 29 trillion budget
Debate about effective budget implementation has continued since June 08 when Finance Minister Matia Kasaija read the budget speech at Kampala Serena Conference Centre. Kasaija, who presented his budget for the third time, hinted on corruption and laziness amongst civil servants as one of the main obstacles that would interfere with …
Read More »INDEPENDENT: How budget allows Museveni manage power
COVER STORY Behind the 2017/18 budget: How money is an important a political resource that allows Museveni to manage power. ANALYSIS Politics behind the budget: Why UDB got Shs50bn, Museveni donations Shs70bn and more. HEALTH Mercury: Slow killer in Uganda’s gold mines: Inside one of the dozens of gold …
Read More »Uganda accountants body commits to support new budget implementation
The Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda (ICPAU) has committed to make any contribution that is necessary to ensuring effective implementation of the coming budget for the FY2017/2018. Derik Nkajja, the chief executive officer of the ICPAU said accountants are partners in the budget making process and cannot run …
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