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Uganda eyes recovery from coronavirus with Sh1.3tr spending plan

Uganda last Thursday unveiled a 45-trillion-shilling ($12.3 billion; Sh1.3 trillion) fiscal budget that will revive the country’s economy after facing shocks from the Covid-19 pandemic, flooding and destructive desert locusts. 

Matia Kasaija, Minister of Finance, presented the 2020/21 financial year budget before Parliament in a ceremony broadcast live on television. 

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