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Minister Kasaija says URA shall exercise more sensitivity in the enforcement of #EFRIS and shall accordingly exercise restraint about the issuance and ... Show more
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Kasaija commends Microfinance Institutions in economic empowerment of Ugandans: According Kasaija, provision of micro-finance products is making a significant ...
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Kasaija commends Microfinance Institutions in economic empowerment of ...
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Uganda, India discuss sh800bn credit line: Kasaija applauded the existing cordial bilateral relations between India and Uganda and invited Indian investors to ...
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Uganda, India discuss sh800bn credit line
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Govt pledges more financial support to Martyrs Shrine Namugongo: The Ministry of Finance in January last year approved and transferred sh3 ...
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Govt pledges more financial support to Martyrs Shrine Namugongo
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EU is Uganda’s solid development partner — minister Kasaija: Kasaija said Uganda’s exports to EU, a bloc of 27 member states, remained resilient even ...
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EU is Uganda’s solid development partner — minister Kasaija
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Weak shilling, debt dim growth hopes: The depreciation of the Ugandan shilling against global currencies, indicates economic challenges and the risk of debt ...
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Weak shilling, debt dim growth hopes
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The Uganda-European Union Business Forum (UEUBF) kicked off Tuesday at Speke Resort Hotel in Munyonyo, Kampala. Details buff.ly/3V6m6Eo #VisionUpdates
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Finance Minister Matia Kasaija has expressed frustration with new supplementary budget demands from Cabinet#MonitorToon
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Exit from financial grey list will build investor confidence — Kasaija: Read more
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Exit from financial grey list will build investor confidence — Kasaija
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I will not borrow to mortgage Uganda, says Matia Kasaija  : The Finance minister says that because he has ignored many financial requests ...
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I will not borrow to mortgage Uganda, says Matia Kasaija  
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Govt accelerating agency mergers to combat corruption — Kasaija:

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Namanve: Contractor blames delayed works on govt entities : Ministers have tasked a contractor to speed up on-going works and deliver the project without further ...
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Namanve: Contractor blames delayed works on govt entities
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Museveni leadership keeps economy resilient—minister Kasaija: Kasaija made this observation at the official opening of the East African Trade and ...
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Museveni leadership keeps economy resilient—minister Kasaija
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Reducing gov’t expenses is my headache — Kasaija: “Government is a very difficult institution to run. I go to cabinet and say [we] have no money and some ...
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Reducing gov’t expenses is my headache — Kasaija
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VIDEO: "You can sabotage anything, but not this project. It is a life-or-death issue." - Matia Kasaija, Minister of Finance#VisionUpdates | #NewVisionQuote
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Ugandan govt cuts bureaucracy for investment: The Uganda Investment Authority’s (UIA) One Stop Centre is a testament to this commitment.
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Ugandan govt cuts bureaucracy for investment
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Minister Kasaija blasts non-compliant taxpayers: Kasaija said, anybody who is in the tax bracket and does not pay his or her taxes is an enemy of himself or ...
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Minister Kasaija blasts non-compliant taxpayers
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Govt to borrow sh1.2 trillion from World Bank for climate smart agriculture: According to Finance Minister Matia Kasaija, the project objective is to increase: ...
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Govt to borrow sh1.2 trillion from World Bank for climate smart ...
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Govt considering to bail out some distressed companies : Finance Minister Matia Kasaija indicates that discussions to bail out a pharmaceutical firm on Bombo ...
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Govt considering to bail out some distressed companies 
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Traders furious over govt U-turn on South Sudan deal: The affected traders have accused the government of going back on an agreement it signed with its South ...
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Traders furious over govt U-turn on South Sudan deal
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Govt pulls plug on South Sudan deal: The verification report indicates 24 Ugandan grain traders had a genuine claim of $56.4m
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Govt pulls plug on South Sudan deal
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NSSF savers to get 10% interest rate: Total realised income earned increased by 15 percent from Shs1.9 trillion in the Financial Year 2022/22 to Shs2 ...
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NSSF savers to get 10% interest rate
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Govt seeks to increase tourism earnings to $5b by 2028  : Government says it is investing in a number of interventions to increase tourism revenues from $1 ...
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Govt seeks to increase tourism earnings to $5b by 2028  
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Parliament guides on students’ loan scheme: Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa guided the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Matia Kasaija ...
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Parliament guides on students’ loan scheme
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Finance minister Kasaija to present budget strategy for next financial year: The 2024/25 budget is under the theme: Full monetisation of Uganda’s economy ...
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Finance minister Kasaija to present budget strategy for next financial ...
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Budget plans for next year unveiled: The announcement was made as he presented Uganda’s Budget Strategy for Financial Year 2024/2025 at a conference convened at ...
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Budget plans for next year unveiled
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Finance minister to release sh3b for Youth Council: “Anything that touches the future of this country, should be very deep in our hearts and the children ...
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Finance minister to release sh3b for Youth Council
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2024/25 budget to focus on country’s vision – Kasaija: While launching the strategy at the Kampala Serena Hotel on Thursday, September 14 ...
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2024/25 budget to focus on country’s vision – Kasaija
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We continue to engage World Bank, says Kasaija : Finance Minister Kasaija says Uganda and the World Bank have understood each and continue to work together on ...
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We continue to engage World Bank, says Kasaija 
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Savers shun NSSF mid-term benefit: The interest rate for the 2022/2023 Financial Year will be declared on September 25
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Savers shun NSSF mid-term benefit
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QUOTE: "Me I don't finish all my money...I can even tell my wife I don't have money at all, when I have Shs1 million in my pocket ... Show more
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Work with Govt to improve people’s livelihoods, Minister Kasaija tasks civil society
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Work with Govt to improve people’s livelihoods, Minister Kasaija tasks ...
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Finance Ministry releases Shs500m for road safety campaigns: Micheal Kananura, the spokesperson of the traffic directorate said that from July 23, 2023 ...
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Finance Ministry releases Shs500m for road safety campaigns
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Finance Ministry needs Shs10 trillion to implement strategic plan  : The strategic plan sets out the strategic direction through which the Ministry of Finance ...
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Finance Ministry needs Shs10 trillion to implement strategic plan  
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Go slow on taxing white sugar, PSFU tells govt  : Beverage companies say apart from quality and capacity issues, locally produced white sugar is expansive
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Go slow on taxing white sugar, PSFU tells govt  
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High domestic debt putting pressure on bank deposits : Lenders and traders who are owed Sh33 trillion in domestic debt are worried about government’s ability to ...
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High domestic debt putting pressure on bank deposits 
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Delay to approve I&M takeover of Orient cost bank Shs10.7b : I&M indicated in its annual report that its acquisition of Orient Bank was delayed by at least four ...
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Delay to approve I&M takeover of Orient cost bank Shs10.7b
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Uganda set to promote modern contraceptives: Uganda has signed an agreement to promote the use of modern contraceptives among teenagers
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Uganda set to promote modern contraceptives
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Minister Kasaija returns ‘evil’ iron sheets: A representative for the minister returned the iron sheets to the Office of the Prime Minister’s store in Namanve ...
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Minister Kasaija returns ‘evil’ iron sheets
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Spare a thought for income-tax payers: We should move to peel away the shroud of secrecy around beneficiaries of tax reliefs and incentives ...
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Spare a thought for income-tax payers
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Muhakanizi praised for integrity, passion: Economist Keith Muhakanizi will be laid to rest today at Kabula in Lyantonde District after his remains were flown ...
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Muhakanizi praised for integrity, passion
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Govt to increase gaming tax by 10 percent: According to the Lotteries and Gaming (Amendment) Bill, 2023, tax on gaming and lotteries will be increased from 20 to ...
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Govt to increase gaming tax by 10 percent
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WATCH: "I've never seen a country in this world which is as endowed as Uganda....I almost died in Russia"- Finance minister Matia Kasaija
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Educated youth should not be riding boda-bodas, says Kasaija: Mr Matia Kasaija says that the most painful thing is that a number of unemployed youth are  all ...
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Educated youth should not be riding boda-bodas, says Kasaija
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Opposition unveils Shs49 trillion alternative budget: The shadow Finance minister made a case for financial discipline and frugal expenditure
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Opposition unveils Shs49 trillion alternative budget
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Govt pledges to bail out Magoola: “Don’t ask whether we shall consider (Mr) Magoola’s request. We have already considered to co-invest with this investor ...
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Govt pledges to bail out Magoola
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Finance Minister Matia Kasaija: "I never applied for those iron sheets but I got them. Someone rang and said, OPM is donating iron sheets for you ... Show more

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Iron sheets scandal: Ministers speak out : The ministers say they distributed the iron sheets to victims of natural disasters
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Iron sheets scandal: Ministers speak out
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We need special budget for climate change – Kasaija: Uganda is currently experiencing an epic rise in the heat wave, with the scorching sun withering crops ...
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We need special budget for climate change – Kasaija
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QUOTE: “A ministry [Gender] that is supervising that [NSSF] body should not ask for money to run the affairs of the ministry even if those affairs are ... Show more

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Kasaija blocks Shs370b Kisenyi land deal over wrangles: In a January 19 letter to the Executive Director of KCCA, Ms Dorothy Kisaka, Mr Kasaija said negotiations ...
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Kasaija blocks Shs370b Kisenyi land deal over wrangles
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Kasaija disowns Amongi  on Shs6 billion NSSF pay: The Finance minister says the money should have been requested for from the Treasury not workers’ funds
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Kasaija disowns Amongi  on Shs6 billion NSSF pay
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President bans travel abroad for MPs, civil servants: The Minister of Finance, Mr Matia Kasaija, said the government cannot ban all travels abroad because some ...
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President bans travel abroad for MPs, civil servants
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The unanswered questions in NSSF investigation so far: Gender minister Betty Amongi, Finance minister Matia Kasaija, and former NSSF Managing Director Richard ...
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The unanswered questions in NSSF investigation so far
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NSSF probe: Kasaija defends Byarugaba: “As far as I'm concerned, we have been having a very excellent working relationship and when the MD or board ...
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NSSF probe: Kasaija defends Byarugaba
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Botched railway project to cost taxpayer Shs16b: The project was commissioned in March 2020 but the government is now set to pay Sogea Satom damages amounting to ...
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Botched railway project to cost taxpayer Shs16b
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Private sector credit grows despite rise in interest rate: Official government figures indicate that commercial banks’ shilling denominated rates edged to a ...
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Private sector credit grows despite rise in interest rate
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Kasaija asked to account for sh48 trillion budget for this financial year: This was after budget committee chairperson Wamakuyu Mudini informed the House chaired ...
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Kasaija asked to account for sh48 trillion budget for this financial year
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Govt on track to get NSSF’s Shs1 trillion: The money will be used to build offices for ministries and reduce the amount of money spent on clearing rent
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Govt on track to get NSSF’s Shs1 trillion
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High Court dismisses case against Vinci Coffee deal: Justice Emmanuel Baguma of the High Court ruled that the matter was brought before court prematurely
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High Court dismisses case against Vinci Coffee deal
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VIDEO: We must grow our savings culture - Kasaija: Finance minister Matia Kasaija says many Ugandans don't save.
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VIDEO: We must grow our savings culture - Kasaija
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Government tables Shs49.9t budget: The budget is projected to increase from Shs48.1 trillion in the current financial year to Shs49.9 trillion in the coming one
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Government tables Shs49.9t budget
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December salaries: Kasaija promises to release funds for civil servants: The minister had been put to task to respond after Hoima Municipality MP Patrick ...
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December salaries: Kasaija promises to release funds for civil servants
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Uganda: Civil Servants Still Unpaid - Finance Minister Asks For Time: The Minister of State for Finance (General Duties), Hon. Henry Musasizi has said ...
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Uganda: Civil Servants Still Unpaid - Finance Minister Asks For Time
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Worry about usage of borrowed money, not the amount - Kasaija : Whereas Mr Matia Kasaija has previously said he was starting to get concerned  over the level of ...
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Worry about usage of borrowed money, not the amount - Kasaija 
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Ugandan officials snub AU summit: Uganda’s decision to skip the meeting in Niamey, Niger, without citing any “serious” justifications ...
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Ugandan officials snub AU summit
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Minister Amongi asks NSSF boss to leave office over age: The co-political overseer of the Fund notes that under the Public Service Standing Order and NSSF Human ...
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Minister Amongi asks NSSF boss to leave office over age
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Why govt is seeking Shs2 trillion new loan: The rush to borrow more expensively from private lenders could suggest poor revenue planning
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Why govt is seeking Shs2 trillion new loan
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Kasaija tips UMU graduates on integrity: He discouraged the growing sub-culture of selfishness and materialism, which he said, has made many young people lose ...
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Kasaija tips UMU graduates on integrity
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How govt dished out Shs840b: Government has re-instated cuts made by Parliament in the budget to a tune of Shs247.8 billion
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How govt dished out Shs840b
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A united front against rising inflation: Ugandans have persevered and tightened their belts by prioritising expenditure on essentials
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A united front against rising inflation