Buganda has approved a budget of Shs 409.3 billion for the 2026/27 financial year, with a strong focus on improving household incomes, expanding education, promoting agriculture, creating jobs for young people and improving healthcare. The budget, which was passed by the Lukiiko, represents a 34% increase from the Shs 305.5 billion approved for the 2025/26…
Stanbic Bank Uganda and the Buganda have launched Ssemaduuka, a one-stop agricultural business centre designed to expand access to structured credit for farmer-owned savings and credit co-operative organisations, strengthen governance and formalise coffee value chains. The initiative was launched at Mayors Gardens in Mubende Municipality. For more than a decade, Frank Nyanzi, a 57-year-old coffee…
Buganda Kingdom’s Luwalo Lwaffe initiative collected Shs 1.9 billion in 2025, up from Shs 1.6 billion in 2024, representing a 16% increase in contributions from Kabaka’s subjects in one year. Buganda’s Finance minister and deputy Katikkiro, Robert Wagwa Nsibirwa, said the improved performance reflects growing public trust in Buganda’s efforts to formalise and strengthen its…
The Buganda Kingdom has approved a Shs 305 billion budget for the financial year 2025/26. The budget was presented by the Second Deputy Katikkiro and Minister for Finance, Robert Waggwa Nsibirwa, at Bulange, Mengo, today. Nsibirwa emphasized that the budget prioritizes youth empowerment, early childhood development, and agriculture. “We have passed this budget to support…
