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Daily Monitor
Wednesday April 14 2021
Finance minister Matia Kasaijja (right) and State minister for Planning David Bahati (left) interact with other officials after appearing before Parliament’s Budget Committee yesterday. PHOTO/ALEX ESAGALA
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Mr Kasaija had earlier informed the committee members that the Shs490b is needed to promote inclusive and sustainable growth through effective implementation of the parish model.
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Lawmakers on the Budget Committee have questioned government’s planned expenditure of Shs490b under the new Parish Model project that is meant to eradicate poverty among 68 per cent households across the country.
While defending the budget estimates for the Financial Year 2021/2022, Finance minister Matia Kasaija said the money is meant to benefit 10,460 households across the country and each parish would get about Shs40b for agricultural production.
UN baffled as endowed Uganda fails to beat hunger
December 11, 2020 Children receiving food aid in Karamoja recently
United Nations agencies are baffled as to why hunger and undernutrition still remain a challenge in Uganda despite enormous opportunities and abundant resources in the country.
Uganda is one of the countries that were expected to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture by 2030 as outlined in Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) number two. But since 2015, there seems to be no progress, despite a slight increase in agricultural output, according to the UN.
Uganda boasts of almost half (47 per cent) of all the arable land in East Africa, giving it a huge agricultural competitive advantage in the region and Africa. But like much of the continent, it has not progressed, and the World Bank and UN attribute this to a lack of investment and financing to take subsiste