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CSOs Call for the Review of the Stimulus Package to Address Fiscal Needs of MSMEs:

As a way of cushioning Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, in April 2020 Government…

SEATINI and CEFROHT Hold Legal Experts Meeting to Analyze Uganda’s Investment legal Framework

On 26th April 2021, SEATINI-Uganda and CEFROHT with financial support from The Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa (OSIEA) organized a legal…

CSOs Question the Proposed Budgetary Allocations and Priorities for FY 2021/2022:

Civil Society Organizations questioned the proposed National Budget for FY 2021/22 and urged government to rethink and re-align the National Budget to…

SEATINI Uganda and Other CSOs Present Position Paper on the Trade and Industry Sector to the Parliamentary Committee on Trade in Response to the Ministerial Policy Statement for FY 2021/22

Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) under the Thematic Group on Trade which included SEATINI Uganda, CSBAG and ACTADE on 14th April 2021 officially…

SEATINI and Other TJAU members Make Alternative Tax Proposals

SEATINI and Other CSOs Oppose Proposed 12% Excise Duty on Internet Data

SEATINI Shares Insights on how Illicit Trade through Smuggling deprives Uganda and other EAC Countries of the much needed revenue.

SEATINI and Other TJAU Members Analyze and Present Tax Proposals on the Tax Bills for FY 2021/22 to the Parliamentary Committee on Finance:

Every Financial Year (FY), the government of Uganda through the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development comes up with new strategies…

CSOs Make Call for the Issuance of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) by IMF to Support Africa’s Economic Recovery

Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) including SEATINI Uganda, Uganda Debt Network (UDN), Civil Society Budget Advocacy Group (CSBAG), Transparency International Uganda (TIU) and…

SEATINI, CEFROHT and FRA Call On Government to Ban Glyphosate-Based Herbicides

Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) including SEATINI, the Center for Food and Adequate Living Rights (CEFROHT) and Food Rights Alliance (FRA) have called…

SEATINI and other Stakeholders Call for a more effective, accountable and coherent EU blacklist.

On 26th March 2021, SEATINI Uganda participated in a panel event on the European Union (EU) and the fight against tax havens…

SEATINI Holds Policy Makers Dialogue on the Stimulus Package

On 19th March 2021, SEATINI Uganda held a Policy Makers’ dialogue on the stimulus package as a follow up on a series…