Ugandan Leader Orders Parliament to Reconsider Proposed Budget
Ugandan lawmakers will reconsider the nation’s 2024-25 spending plan after President Yoweri Museveni declined to sign it into law.
The move is a rare one for Museveni, who usually assents to budget legislation without asking parliament for a review. The leader directed parliament to reassess 750 billion shillings ($202 million) of “irrational” allocations for items including local-government and health ministry development budgets and rent payments by the justice ministry, the Kampala-based Daily Monitor newspaper reported.