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What East African Countries Are Planning To Spend On Education

On 08th June 2016, the Finance Ministers in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda delivered the respective budget speeches for their countries. The statements outlines the progress of fiscal expenditure and revenue collection for 2015/2016, and then outline the expenditure plan for the new fiscal year which begins on 01st July 2016. As the largest economy […]

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The State Of Uganda’s Education

Yesterday, the President of Uganda H.E Yoweri Kaguta Museveni delivered the state of nation address. Under the Constitution of Uganda, the president is mandated to deliver the address at the annual opening of parliament, delivering key details on the current political and social economic state of the nation. As of 2015, the Ministry of Education […]

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Why Kenya Is Increasing Their Education Budget

Kenya’s Jubilee administration (Uhuru Kenyatta’s coalition government) released their final budget, ahead of next year’s general election. Of the Kenya shillings 2 trillion (UGX 66 trillion) budget, shillings 124.4 billion (UGX 4.1 trillion) has been allocated to education. This amounts to 6.22 percent of the national budget. The allocation breakdown is as follows; Kshs32 billion […]