Uganda’s economy will grow at least 7% in the fiscal year starting in July, Finance Minister Matia Kasaija said on Thursday in a budget speech.<\/p>\n
Uganda is poised to start pumping crude oil next year, and the International Monetary Fund predicts revenues from crude sales could lift its\u00a0economic growth\u00a0rate into double digits.<\/p>\n
The World Bank has said it is\u00a0resuming funding\u00a0to Uganda, nearly two years after the global lender suspended new financing in response to an anti-LGBT law that imposes penalties including death and life imprisonment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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