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News 22 Sep 2020

Members of Parliament seek Legal ways to Evade Taxes! Citizens Rise Up

As you are aware, on 15th November 2016, Parliament returned the Income Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2016 to the…

News 22 Sep 2020

Health insurance is long overdue in Uganda

A healthy population is a pre-requisite for a productive human resource that will directly impact a country’s economy…

News 22 Sep 2020

Is Uganda-China Debt Relationship Sustainable?

Uganda like other developing countries does not wholly finance its Financial Year National budget, hence is necessitating borrowing…

News 22 Sep 2020

Climate change could undermine Uganda’s Economic Performance:

Uganda’s economy grew steadily on an average of 7% per annum for the two decades during 1990-2010.  This…

News 22 Sep 2020

Is Uganda’s Economy strong enough to service its Public Debt?

Uganda’s economy promisingly grew on an average of 7% per annum for the last decades during 1990-2010.However, during…

News 22 Sep 2020

Incorporate the growing population rates in the National budget Allocations.

Uganda is one of the countries with the fastest population growth in the world. Estimates show that the…

News 22 Sep 2020

WILL UGANDA HARNESS HER PUBLIC DEBT DIVIDENDS?

As Uganda continues the inevitable path of debt acquisition for development, lessons can be drawn from utilization challenges…

News 22 Sep 2020

No to Speaker’s Helicopter now

One of the Parliamentary items in FY 2017/18 (Budget Framework Paper 2017, p. 345) is the purchase of…

News 22 Sep 2020

Transparency and Accountability: The missing link between Uganda and vision 2020.

  Simply put, transparency is honesty in all dealings while accountability is taking responsibility, explaining and justifying one’s…

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