{"id":1327,"date":"2013-06-14T11:51:06","date_gmt":"2013-06-14T11:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fortuneofafrica.com\/ug\/2013-2014-national-budget\/"},"modified":"2013-06-14T11:51:06","modified_gmt":"2013-06-14T11:51:06","slug":"2013-2014-national-budget","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/ug\/2013-2014-national-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"2013\/2014 National Budget"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2013\/13 Theme<br \/>\n<\/strong>The journey continues: Towards socio-economic Transformation for Uganda.<\/p>\n<p>Uganda\u2019s economy rebounded significantly growing at 5.1% in FY2012\/13. Inflation was recorded at 3.6% as at end May 2013 and the value of the Uganda shilling against major currencies is improving.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Indicators<br \/>\n<\/strong>Sovereign rating-Standard and Poor\u2019s\u00a0\u00a0 B+<\/p>\n<p>GDP\u00a0\u00a0 6.0%\u00a0\u00a0 (5.1% for 2012\/13)<\/p>\n<p>Inflation 3.6% (May 2013)<\/p>\n<p><strong>2013\/2014 Sector Priorities<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Infrastructure development (Energy &amp; transport)<\/li>\n<li>Enhance scientific Innovation for industrialisation and private sector competitiveness<\/li>\n<li>Support increased agricultural production and productivity<\/li>\n<li>Enhancing the quality of education, health and water<\/li>\n<li>Enhance transparency and accountability<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Resource Envelope<\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 377px;border-collapse: collapse;border: none\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 168pt;border-style: solid;border-color: #9bbb59;border-width: 1pt 1pt 2.25pt;padding: 0cm 5.4pt\" valign=\"top\" width=\"224\">\n<p style=\"margin: 6pt\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;color: #4f6228\">Source<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 129.75pt;border-style: solid solid solid none;border-top-color: #9bbb59;border-top-width: 1pt;border-bottom-color: #9bbb59;border-bottom-width: 2.25pt;border-right-color: #9bbb59;border-right-width: 1pt;padding: 0cm 5.4pt\" valign=\"top\" width=\"173\">\n<p style=\"margin-right: 6pt;margin-left: 6pt\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;color: #4f6228\">Amount (Trillion)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 168pt;border-style: none solid solid;border-right-color: #9bbb59;border-bottom-color: #9bbb59;border-left-color: #9bbb59;border-right-width: 1pt;border-bottom-width: 1pt;border-left-width: 1pt;background-color: #e6eed5;padding: 0cm 5.4pt\" valign=\"top\" width=\"224\">\n<p style=\"margin-right: 6pt;margin-left: 6pt\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;color: #4f6228\">Uganda Revenue Authority<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 129.75pt;border-style: none solid solid none;border-bottom-color: #9bbb59;border-bottom-width: 1pt;border-right-color: #9bbb59;border-right-width: 1pt;background-color: #e6eed5;padding: 0cm 5.4pt\" valign=\"top\" width=\"173\">\n<p style=\"margin-right: 6pt;margin-left: 6pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;color: #4f6228\">8.5<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 168pt;border-style: none solid solid;border-right-color: #9bbb59;border-bottom-color: #9bbb59;border-left-color: #9bbb59;border-right-width: 1pt;border-bottom-width: 1pt;border-left-width: 1pt;padding: 0cm 5.4pt\" valign=\"top\" width=\"224\">\n<p style=\"margin-right: 6pt;margin-left: 6pt\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;color: #4f6228\">Non-Tax revenue<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 129.75pt;border-style: none solid solid none;border-bottom-color: #9bbb59;border-bottom-width: 1pt;border-right-color: #9bbb59;border-right-width: 1pt;padding: 0cm 5.4pt\" valign=\"top\" width=\"173\">\n<p style=\"margin-right: 6pt;margin-left: 6pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;color: #4f6228\">0.3<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 168pt;border-style: none solid solid;border-right-color: #9bbb59;border-bottom-color: #9bbb59;border-left-color: #9bbb59;border-right-width: 1pt;border-bottom-width: 1pt;border-left-width: 1pt;background-color: #e6eed5;padding: 0cm 5.4pt\" valign=\"top\" width=\"224\">\n<p style=\"margin-right: 6pt;margin-left: 6pt\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;color: #4f6228\">Government securities<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 129.75pt;border-style: none solid solid none;border-bottom-color: #9bbb59;border-bottom-width: 1pt;border-right-color: #9bbb59;border-right-width: 1pt;background-color: #e6eed5;padding: 0cm 5.4pt\" valign=\"top\" width=\"173\">\n<p style=\"margin-right: 6pt;margin-left: 6pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;color: #4f6228\">1.04<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 168pt;border-style: none solid solid;border-right-color: #9bbb59;border-bottom-color: #9bbb59;border-left-color: #9bbb59;border-right-width: 1pt;border-bottom-width: 1pt;border-left-width: 1pt;padding: 0cm 5.4pt\" valign=\"top\" width=\"224\">\n<p style=\"margin-right: 6pt;margin-left: 6pt\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;color: #4f6228\">Savings<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 129.75pt;border-style: none solid solid none;border-bottom-color: #9bbb59;border-bottom-width: 1pt;border-right-color: #9bbb59;border-right-width: 1pt;padding: 0cm 5.4pt\" valign=\"top\" width=\"173\">\n<p style=\"margin-right: 6pt;margin-left: 6pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;color: #4f6228\">0.70<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 168pt;border-style: none solid solid;border-right-color: #9bbb59;border-bottom-color: #9bbb59;border-left-color: #9bbb59;border-right-width: 1pt;border-bottom-width: 1pt;border-left-width: 1pt;background-color: #e6eed5;padding: 0cm 5.4pt\" valign=\"top\" width=\"224\">\n<p style=\"margin-right: 6pt;margin-left: 6pt\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;color: #4f6228\">Total domestic<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 129.75pt;border-style: none solid solid none;border-bottom-color: #9bbb59;border-bottom-width: 1pt;border-right-color: #9bbb59;border-right-width: 1pt;background-color: #e6eed5;padding: 0cm 5.4pt\" valign=\"top\" width=\"173\">\n<p style=\"margin-right: 6pt;margin-left: 6pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;color: #4f6228\">10.54<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 168pt;border-style: none solid solid;border-right-color: #9bbb59;border-bottom-color: #9bbb59;border-left-color: #9bbb59;border-right-width: 1pt;border-bottom-width: 1pt;border-left-width: 1pt;padding: 0cm 5.4pt\" valign=\"top\" width=\"224\">\n<p style=\"margin-right: 6pt;margin-left: 6pt\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;color: #4f6228\">External financing<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 129.75pt;border-style: none solid solid none;border-bottom-color: #9bbb59;border-bottom-width: 1pt;border-right-color: #9bbb59;border-right-width: 1pt;padding: 0cm 5.4pt\" valign=\"top\" width=\"173\">\n<p style=\"margin-right: 6pt;margin-left: 6pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;color: #4f6228\">2.70<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 168pt;border-style: none solid solid;border-right-color: #9bbb59;border-bottom-color: #9bbb59;border-left-color: #9bbb59;border-right-width: 1pt;border-bottom-width: 1pt;border-left-width: 1pt;background-color: #e6eed5;padding: 0cm 5.4pt\" valign=\"top\" width=\"224\">\n<p style=\"margin-right: 6pt;margin-left: 6pt\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;color: #4f6228\">Total resource envelope<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 129.75pt;border-style: none solid solid none;border-bottom-color: #9bbb59;border-bottom-width: 1pt;border-right-color: #9bbb59;border-right-width: 1pt;background-color: #e6eed5;padding: 0cm 5.4pt\" valign=\"top\" width=\"173\">\n<p style=\"margin-right: 6pt;margin-left: 6pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;color: #4f6228\">13.24<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong style=\"line-height: 1.6\">Priorities in Budget Allocations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sectors with high budget allocations include the following;<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;border: none;width: 338px\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 147.15pt;border-style: solid;border-color: #9bbb59;border-width: 1pt 1pt 2.25pt;padding: 0cm 5.4pt\" valign=\"top\" width=\"196\">\n<p style=\"margin-right: 6pt;margin-left: 6pt\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;color: #4f6228\">Sector<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 106.35pt;border-style: solid solid solid none;border-top-color: #9bbb59;border-top-width: 1pt;border-bottom-color: #9bbb59;border-bottom-width: 2.25pt;border-right-color: #9bbb59;border-right-width: 1pt;padding: 0cm 5.4pt\" valign=\"top\" width=\"142\">\n<p style=\"margin-right: 6pt;margin-left: 6pt\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;color: #4f6228\">Amount(Trillion)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b><b><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;color: #4f6228\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 147.15pt;border-style: none solid solid;border-right-color: #9bbb59;border-bottom-color: #9bbb59;border-left-color: #9bbb59;border-right-width: 1pt;border-bottom-width: 1pt;border-left-width: 1pt;background-color: #e6eed5;padding: 0cm 5.4pt\" valign=\"top\" width=\"196\">\n<p style=\"margin-right: 6pt;margin-left: 6pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;color: #4f6228\">Works and transport<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 106.35pt;border-style: none solid solid none;border-bottom-color: #9bbb59;border-bottom-width: 1pt;border-right-color: #9bbb59;border-right-width: 1pt;background-color: #e6eed5;padding: 0cm 5.4pt\" valign=\"top\" width=\"142\">\n<p style=\"margin-right: 6pt;margin-left: 6pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;color: #4f6228\">2.3<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 147.15pt;border-style: none solid solid;border-right-color: #9bbb59;border-bottom-color: #9bbb59;border-left-color: #9bbb59;border-right-width: 1pt;border-bottom-width: 1pt;border-left-width: 1pt;padding: 0cm 5.4pt\" valign=\"top\" width=\"196\">\n<p style=\"margin-right: 6pt;margin-left: 6pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;color: #4f6228\">Education<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 106.35pt;border-style: none solid solid none;border-bottom-color: #9bbb59;border-bottom-width: 1pt;border-right-color: #9bbb59;border-right-width: 1pt;padding: 0cm 5.4pt\" valign=\"top\" width=\"142\">\n<p style=\"margin-right: 6pt;margin-left: 6pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;color: #4f6228\">1.8<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 147.15pt;border-style: none solid solid;border-right-color: #9bbb59;border-bottom-color: #9bbb59;border-left-color: #9bbb59;border-right-width: 1pt;border-bottom-width: 1pt;border-left-width: 1pt;background-color: #e6eed5;padding: 0cm 5.4pt\" valign=\"top\" width=\"196\">\n<p style=\"margin-right: 6pt;margin-left: 6pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;color: #4f6228\">Energy and mineral development<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 106.35pt;border-style: none solid solid none;border-bottom-color: #9bbb59;border-bottom-width: 1pt;border-right-color: #9bbb59;border-right-width: 1pt;background-color: #e6eed5;padding: 0cm 5.4pt\" valign=\"top\" width=\"142\">\n<p style=\"margin-right: 6pt;margin-left: 6pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;color: #4f6228\">1.7<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 147.15pt;border-style: none solid solid;border-right-color: #9bbb59;border-bottom-color: #9bbb59;border-left-color: #9bbb59;border-right-width: 1pt;border-bottom-width: 1pt;border-left-width: 1pt;padding: 0cm 5.4pt\" valign=\"top\" width=\"196\">\n<p style=\"margin-right: 6pt;margin-left: 6pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;color: #4f6228\">Public sector management<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 106.35pt;border-style: none solid solid none;border-bottom-color: #9bbb59;border-bottom-width: 1pt;border-right-color: #9bbb59;border-right-width: 1pt;padding: 0cm 5.4pt\" valign=\"top\" width=\"142\">\n<p style=\"margin-right: 6pt;margin-left: 6pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;color: #4f6228\">1.1<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 147.15pt;border-style: none solid solid;border-right-color: #9bbb59;border-bottom-color: #9bbb59;border-left-color: #9bbb59;border-right-width: 1pt;border-bottom-width: 1pt;border-left-width: 1pt;background-color: #e6eed5;padding: 0cm 5.4pt\" valign=\"top\" width=\"196\">\n<p style=\"margin-right: 6pt;margin-left: 6pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;color: #4f6228\">Security<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 106.35pt;border-style: none solid solid none;border-bottom-color: #9bbb59;border-bottom-width: 1pt;border-right-color: #9bbb59;border-right-width: 1pt;background-color: #e6eed5;padding: 0cm 5.4pt\" valign=\"top\" width=\"142\">\n<p style=\"margin-right: 6pt;margin-left: 6pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;color: #4f6228\">1.04<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 147.15pt;border-style: none solid solid;border-right-color: #9bbb59;border-bottom-color: #9bbb59;border-left-color: #9bbb59;border-right-width: 1pt;border-bottom-width: 1pt;border-left-width: 1pt;padding: 0cm 5.4pt\" valign=\"top\" width=\"196\">\n<p style=\"margin-right: 6pt;margin-left: 6pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;color: #4f6228\">Health<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 106.35pt;border-style: none solid solid none;border-bottom-color: #9bbb59;border-bottom-width: 1pt;border-right-color: #9bbb59;border-right-width: 1pt;padding: 0cm 5.4pt\" valign=\"top\" width=\"142\">\n<p style=\"margin-right: 6pt;margin-left: 6pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;color: #4f6228\">0.96<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 147.15pt;border-style: none solid solid;border-right-color: #9bbb59;border-bottom-color: #9bbb59;border-left-color: #9bbb59;border-right-width: 1pt;border-bottom-width: 1pt;border-left-width: 1pt;background-color: #e6eed5;padding: 0cm 5.4pt\" valign=\"top\" width=\"196\">\n<p style=\"margin-right: 6pt;margin-left: 6pt\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;color: #4f6228\">Total<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 106.35pt;border-style: none solid solid none;border-bottom-color: #9bbb59;border-bottom-width: 1pt;border-right-color: #9bbb59;border-right-width: 1pt;background-color: #e6eed5;padding: 0cm 5.4pt\" valign=\"top\" width=\"142\">\n<p style=\"margin-right: 6pt;margin-left: 6pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8.5pt;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;color: #4f6228\">8.90<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong style=\"line-height: 1.6\">New Taxes<\/strong>The total budget allocation of 8.9 trillion is 67% percentage of the total budgeted expenditure of 13.1 trillion.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tax on gambling<\/li>\n<li>VAT on water , wheat flour and hotel accommodation<\/li>\n<li>10% levy on mobile money transfer<\/li>\n<li>International call tax<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2013\/13 Theme The journey continues: Towards socio-economic Transformation for Uganda. Uganda\u2019s economy rebounded significantly growing at 5.1% in FY2012\/13. Inflation was recorded at 3.6% as at end May 2013 and the value of the Uganda shilling against major currencies is improving. Key Indicators Sovereign rating-Standard and Poor\u2019s\u00a0\u00a0 B+ GDP\u00a0\u00a0 6.0%\u00a0\u00a0 (5.1% for 2012\/13) Inflation 3.6% [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":24,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1327","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/ug\/author\/admin\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"2013\/13 Theme The journey continues: Towards socio-economic Transformation for Uganda. Uganda\u2019s economy rebounded significantly growing at 5.1% in FY2012\/13. 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