Ministry of Finance

Uganda runs a mixed economy with the private sector playing a dominant role in terms of asset ownership and development potential. As a result, economic growth is linked closely to …

The government has significantly increased its annual budget allocation for the oil and gas sector in anticipation of the country’s first oil production, which is set to begin by the …

Finance Minister, Matia Kasaija on Thursday read to the country the unprecedented 72.1 trillion shillings budget for the 2024/25 financial year. This is the biggest budget in Uganda’s history. Kasaija …

Theme: Full Monetisation of Uganda’s Economy through Commercial Agriculture, Industrialisation, Expanding and Broadening Services, Digital Transformation and Market Access. Delivered By Matia Kasaija (MP) Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic …

In January 2024, President Yoweri Museveni announced that government was drafting a strategy to expand Uganda’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ten times from USD 50 billion (financial year 2023/24) to …

Parliament on Thursday approved an unprecedented budget of 72.1 trillion shillings for the 2024/25 financial year, marking a significant 32% increase from the 54 trillion shillings initially proposed in the …

Today 16h April 2024, the Hon. Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development together with the Hon. Minister of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives and the Hon. Minister of State for …

During a recent media briefing on the state of the economy and the expenditure releases for the fourth quarter of the current financial year (FY 2023/24), the Ministry of Finance, …

By Apollo Munghinda Three key events which happened successively in the recent days have been very instrumental in shaping the narrative about the state of Uganda’s economy with specific reference …