Parliament approves Shs8.1 trillion supplementary expenditure for FY 2025/26

According to the Daily Monitor, Parliament approved Shs8.1 trillion in supplementary expenditure for FY 2025/26 earlier in December after a heated debate. Shadow Finance Minister Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda said the supplementaries raised the annual budget to Shs78 trillion and warned that financing them through borrowing would increase public debt.