Mr Museveni on June 4, 2020 highlighted crucial areas his government would focus on in building an independent economy, integrated and self-sustaining while, co-operating with other African.
Appearing unruffled, Mr Museveni carried on with his address, which comes at a time when several opposition supporters are on trial in the military court
Institute expenditure reforms -IMF tells govt
Monday May 31 2021
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Government must institute administrative reforms and cut back on non-priority expenditure to reduce pressure on resource mobilisation amid a dip in economic performance resulting from Covid-19, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Speaking during a virtual presentation of the 2021 sub-Saharan Africa Economic Outlook, Ms Izabela Karpowicz, the IMF resident representative, said Uganda needs to institute administration reforms that will emphasise reduction in expenditures compared to “normal” times as well as cutting expenditure in non-priority areas.
This, she noted, must be done while preserving social spending and ring-fencing resources for financing vaccine distribution.
Daily Monitor
Friday May 28 2021
Summary
Challenge. A 2018 report by Justice Asaph Ruhinda Ntengye, the Court of Appeal chief judge, noted that the labour officers, mandated to act as “courts of first instance” lack the capacity to effectively exercise their mandate.
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