Uganda Debt Network (UDN) through her Community Based Monitoring and Evaluation System (CBMES) approach, different strategies have been employed to build communities’ capacity to effectively carry out monitoring and benefit from Government programmes. Oversight Committees/User Committees and Community Based Monitors in different districts have been trained with an aim of […]
As you are aware, on 15th November 2016, Parliament returned the Income Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2016 to the President with a proposal to exempt MPs allowances from Taxes. The new Insertion under the Income Tax bill by MPs under Sec.21 “(qa) the employment income of person employed as a Member […]
A healthy population is a pre-requisite for a productive human resource that will directly impact a country’s economy and achieve national development. Good health is therefore a foundation for development because healthy individuals are more productive, earn more, save more, invest more and consume more, all these have a positive […]
Uganda like other developing countries does not wholly finance its Financial Year National budget, hence is necessitating borrowing domestically and externally. Historically, Uganda has had a poor trend of public debt management which prompted a debt campaign by civic groups like Uganda Debt Network and Development partners including IMF and […]
Uganda’s economy grew steadily on an average of 7% per annum for the two decades during 1990-2010. This performance was exceptional and the country won the plaudits of many a commentator and was highly regarded as one of the best performers in the world. However, during years 2011- 2014 and […]
Uganda’s economy promisingly grew on an average of 7% per annum for the last decades during 1990-2010.However, during years 2011 to date this rate has slowed down to an average of 5.5 % per annum. Current estimates indicate that the economy will underperform with growth expected at less than 4 […]
Uganda is one of the countries with the fastest population growth in the world. Estimates show that the population has grown to about 40 million in 2017 from just 5.1 million in 1950. However, out of this population, children below the age of 15 account for about 48 percent, adults […]
As Uganda continues the inevitable path of debt acquisition for development, lessons can be drawn from utilization challenges leading to debt accumulation for future reflection. The rate of contracting new loans has over the years risen much faster than the rate of absorption. By end of June 2016, the total […]
One of the Parliamentary items in FY 2017/18 (Budget Framework Paper 2017, p. 345) is the purchase of motor vehicles and other transport equipment worth UGX 22.5 billion. These other equipment include a Helicopter Airbus EC 145 -9 seater for the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of Parliament, estimated to cost […]
Simply put, transparency is honesty in all dealings while accountability is taking responsibility, explaining and justifying one’s actions. The two are inevitable in any meaningful discourse pertaining our country’s development agenda. It therefore follows that effective national planning must be in the interest of all citizens but also highlight […]