The government has tabled the Supplementary Appropriation (No.2) Bill, 2025, before parliament, seeking approval for Shs 6 trillion drawn from the Consolidated Fund during the 2024/2025 financial year.
The funds were accessed through a supplementary budget to address shortfalls across key sectors, including State House, defence and security, and local governments. Key beneficiaries include the ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (Shs 915.4 billion), State House (Shs 606.4 billion), ministry of Works and Transport (Shs 442.8 billion), and the ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs, alongside allocations to local governments largely for salaries and wages.
Presenting the Bill, the minister of state for Finance, Planning and Economic Development (General Duties) Henry Musasizi said the additional funding was necessitated by lower-than-expected revenues, rising recurrent expenditures such as wages and interest payments, and unforeseen demands during the financial year.
The Bill, introduced towards the close of the 2025/2026 financial year, is largely intended to regularise expenditure already incurred in line with the Public Finance Management Act.
However, the move has drawn criticism from opposition MPs, civil society actors and policy analysts, who argue that supplementary budgets are increasingly becoming routine rather than exceptional.
They warn that the growing practice of spending first and seeking parliamentary approval later risks undermining accountability and reducing parliament’s oversight role. Julius Mukunda of the Civil Society Budget Advocacy Group (CSBAG) urged parliament to subject the request to thorough scrutiny, questioning whether the expenditures were unavoidable and whether they delivered value for money.
He warned that such large supplementary spending could undermine fiscal stability and debt sustainability. In response, Musasizi defended the request as constitutional, noting that supplementary estimates are permissible where approved funds are insufficient or where urgent expenditure arises.
The Bill, signed by Finance minister Matia Kasaija in December 2025, seeks to retrospectively legalise the additional spending from July 1, 2024. Meanwhile, permanent secretary and secretary to the Treasury Ramathan Ggoobi attributed recurring supplementary requests to poor budgeting practices within ministries, departments and agencies.
He said some accounting officers deliberately understate initial budgets, a practice known as “low-balling” to justify subsequent funding requests. Ggoobi warned that such “budget games” fuel inefficiency, corruption and weak fiscal discipline, adding that government is taking steps to curb the practice as part of broader efforts to strengthen transparency and improve public finance management.
“Henry Musasizi said the additional funding was necessitated by lower-than-expected revenues, rising recurrent expenditures such as wages and interest payments, and unforeseen demands during the financial year.” Indeed money speaks louder than African political rhetoric. As NRM continues to celebrate a seventh national electoral majority win one wants to know how much has been spent for this year’s election expenditures as the year progresses?
BUT, the criticism from opposition MPs, civil society actors and policy analysts of a self-serving regime is meaningless!
It is like the endless, hopelessness of the hen cursing the kite for snatching her chicks one after the other and she can do nothing about it; including no one to report to.
40 years and counting, who in his/her right state of mind can still deny that: the regime under our 86-years-old PROBLEM OF AFRICA, Gen Tibuhaburwa; is a regime of gross financial indiscipline, by the financially indiscipline and for the gross financially indiscipline.
Otherwise, how else did Gen Tibuhaburwa arrive at finally telling us off on 26th Jan 2017 that: he is neither our servant, nor employee.
In other words, if someone tells you off in the face. that he is not your servant it means; you are his SLAVE/S.
And just like his predecessor, Hon David Bahati; the Musasizi of this country have perfected the Art of Soothsaying and hypnotising the rubberstamp parliament, whenever they present the endless bloodsucking Supplementary Budgets.
at this rate, maybe Ugandans should curse God and die!
Kabayekka think of it!
From day ONE after Justice Byabakama’s announcement of winner of the fraudulent 2026 Gen Election; how many THANKSGIVING PRAYERS have already been conducted throughout the country, and who is funding it?
I e.g., saw on Camera the Minister of Défense, Hon Oboth Oboth; dishing out cash, Shs.50 million to Church/Mosque leaders in Tororo.
After the all the dishonesty, injustices, brutality and foul languages directed at the opposition, and especially at Hon Robert Kyagulanyi who was threatened with castration; I just wonder what/which unfortunate God is attending and/or listening to such thanksgiving prayers.