Uganda

The Minister for Local Government, Mr Raphael Magyezi has called for an urgent review of Uganda’s decentralisation policy which was implemented in 1992. Government introduced a decentralisation policy that empowered lower governments to manage public affairs on behalf of the central government in a bid to speed up development and service delivery. According to Mr […]

The Committee on Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries has tasked the sector ministry to focus its budget priorities on food security. The committee Chairperson, Ms Janet Okori-Moe, said there is need for a clear strategy to handle food insecurity adding that availing money for seeds for such interventions under the Agriculture Ministry will enable government […]

Lawmakers on the Committee of Defence and Internal Affairs have tasked the Ministry of Internal Affairs to prioritise the budgetary needs of the Uganda Police Force. The Members of Parliament were receiving the 2023/2024 Financial Year Budget Frame Work paper of the ministry. The Minister of State for Internal Affairs, Gen David Muhoozi, appeared before […]

Poor planning has partly been attributed to hindering the development of the key economic sectors in Uganda. The attribution was made by President Yoweri Tibuhaburwa Museveni, over the weekend while commissioning multi-billion shilling-facilities at the Uganda Petroleum Institute Kigumba (UPIK) in Kiryandongo district. “I really want to tell you that the problem here is bad […]

State House has requested an additional budget allocation of Shs95.5b to procure vehicles for the President and Vice President, security equipment and others. The request is carried in the State House Budget Framework Paper for the next financial year 2023/2024 that was presented to Parliament’s Presidential Affairs Committee by the Minister for Security, Mr Jim […]