Uganda Projects 7 Percent Economic Growth for Fy 2025/26
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Uganda sees higher growth next year but no oil-fuelled boom yet
Uganda on Thursday forecast its economic growth would accelerate slightly in the coming fiscal year to about 7%, which suggests officials are not banking on large-scale energy production in the next 12 months.
Kasaija: Gov’t Borrowing From Local Banks Doesn’t Cloud Out Private Sector Credit, It’s Instead Helping Us Avail Cheaper & Patient Capital To The Private Sector » Business Focus
Uganda’s e stock of private sector credit grew to Shs 23.3 trillion in March 2025 from Shs 21.9 trillion in June 2024. This represents growth of 6.4 percent. This is contained in the budget speech for FY 2025/26 delivered by Matia Kasaija, the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development at Kololo Independence Grounds on Thursday 12th June 2025. “Although this is low, it is expected to increase as private sector activity and household …
Parliament Demands Tighter Budget Discipline from Government
Uganda’s government today unveiled its budget proposals for the 2025/26 financial year, signalling a significant shift in its approach to national debt with explicit warnings to accounting officers against accumulating arrears and a detailed plan to clear existing ones. The budget presentation comes amidst growing public scrutiny over Uganda’s national debt, which includes domestic borrowing, domestic arrears, and external loans. While the gover…
Uganda projects 7% economic growth for FY 2025/26
Matia Kasaija How the Uganda budget resource for FY2025/26 are allocated 1⃣ Wages & Salaries – Shs 8.57 trillion 2⃣ Non-Wage Recurrent Expenditure—Shs 28.33 trillion (includes operations, wealth creation funds, science & tech, education & health grants, medicines, infrastructure maintenance, and interest payments) 3⃣ Development Expenditure – Shs 18.24 trillion 4⃣ Domestic Debt Refinancing – Shs 10.03 trillion 5⃣ Debt Amortization – Shs 4.98 tri…
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