Parish model budget slashed by half
Sunday May 02 2021
Finance minister Matia Kasaija (left) and David Bahati, the State Minister of Planning, appear before MPs recently. PHOTO/DAVID LUBOOWA
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Government has reduced the budget for the implementation of the Parish Development Model from Shs490 billion to Shs200 billion for the first phase because of shortage of funds.
The money is to be shared across all the 10,460 parishes for the preparatory phase in the first quarter of the next financial year
The initiative is the latest of government attempts at lifting the nearly 68 per cent of households from subsistence economy to commercial production to reduce poverty.
Inside govt plan to tackle new coronavirus variants
Sunday May 02 2021
Travellers wait to board their respective flights at Entebbe International Airport on October 1, 2020, after government relaxed travel restrictions that had been imposed due to Covid-19. Photo/ABUBAKER LUBOWA
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In a bid to prevent the spread of new and more deadly variants of Covid-19, the government has suspended all passenger flights from India effective Friday midnight until further notice.
Based on the current trend of the Covid-19 resurgence, the Health ministry is categorising countries in relation to the Covid-19 risk they pose.
The countries have been categorised according to the presence of variants of concern, high rate of transmission of the disease and number of deaths reported.
Daily Monitor
Friday April 30 2021
According to government, the new taxes will help boost the struggling economy. However, some legislators argued that the taxes will only increase the burden on Ugandans, many of whom are still struggling to deal with the effects of the Covid-19 induced lockdown that saw many lose their jobs.
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According to government, the new taxes will help boost the struggling economy. However, some legislators argued that the taxes will only increase the burden on Ugandans, many of whom are still struggling to deal with the effects of the Covid-19 induced lockdown that saw many lose their jobs.