Uganda: Is the Budget Becoming Just a 'Briefcase Document'?

The coverage of the presentation of the National Budget this year had three distinguishing marks. The first was the effusive press accompanying the appointment of Maria Kiwanuka, a business executive as Finance Minister. The second was the size of the resource envelope that rose to a record Shs8 trillion (a little north of $2.5 billion) the budget for a small US state like Delaware with a ...