2025 26 Budget: Uganda flouts commitments
Uganda’s national budget for the Financial Year 2025/26, presented at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds, has once again fallen short of key continental commitments to prioritize critical sectors such as health, education, and agriculture. Despite pledges under frameworks like the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP), the Abuja Declaration, and the Dakar and Maputo commitments—which call for allocating at least 10% to agriculture, 15% to health, and 20% to education and agriculture combined—the country’s allocations remain below these benchmarks. The shortfall has raised renewed concerns over Uganda’s ability to meet its development goals and improve the well-being of its population.
