Former Kawempe South MP Mubarak Munyagwa has come out to claim that Finance Minister Matia Kasaija doesn’t know what he was reading yesterday in regards to the budget. Kasaija in his key economic points didn’t talk about Uganda becoming a Middle-class income country. This is a narrative that has been hugely pushed by President Museveni and the government. It is ...
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At the close of December 2021, the public debt stock stood at Shs73.5 trillion. Shs45.72 trillion of that is the total amount of external debt while the domestic debt amounted to Shs27.8 trillion. Matia Kasaija, the Finance Minister said the rise in debt could mainly be associated to the need to support the economy and preserve the welfare of households ...
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The NRM spokesperson Rogers Mulindwa has revealed that Hon Matia Kasaija is not the Minister of Finance. That must probably sound confusing because the Buyanja County MP, Kibaale district is known as the head of the ministry. He’s been occupying the office since 2015 after having replaced Hon Maria Kiwanuka. However, according to Mulindwa, President Museveni is the real Minister ...
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At long last, IGG Beti Kamya has made an appearance before the Parliamentary Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and Enterprises (COSASE). This comes after she failed to show up last week after saying she had a “heart attack.” COCASE recently opened an investigation into the controversial Shs 10.6 billion supplementary budget that the Auditor General queried in his June 30, ...
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Mawokota north Constituency member of Parliament Hon Hilary Kiyaga popularly known as Dr Hilderman has come out to demand the resignation of Finance Minister Hon Matia Kasaija. Hilderman made this request while appearing on NBS TV’s Morning Breeze program. The singer-turned-politician made the comments in regards to the controversial coffee agreement that Kasaija signed on behalf of the Ugandan government ...
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