The National Unity Platform president, Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine, has asked the government to desist from spending public money unnecessarily owing to the current economic challenges.
Kyagulanyi has accused President Museveni of making addresses that offer no relief or solution to citizens.
He went ahead and claimed that though Museveni is urging Ugandans to tighten their belts, he is doing the opposite at their cost.
“The State House and Office of the President have already taken Shs971 billion, one of the biggest expenditures in this financial year. And after spending all that on himself, Museveni is advising people to tighten their belts because prices are rising,” Kyagulanyi claimed.
To curb the issue of rising prices of commodities, Kyagulanyi has urged the government to suspend taxes on fuel, vegetable oil, and whea saying that it will help to reduce the prices of essential commodities.
Kyagulanyi’s address comes in when commodity prices countrywide have been rising at a fast rate since January, forcing Ugandans to adjust their budgets in a country that is recovering from the devastating impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
This means it now costs more to put food on the table and generally provide for a family.
Consumers have to dig deeper into their pockets to buy some of essential goods, whose prices are weighing on the economy’s economic recovery.
As of now a bar of soap costs between Shs8,500 and Shs10,000, up from about Shs3,500 in January. A kilogramme of rice goes for between Shs4,500 and Shs5,000, depending on the type, up from Shs3,000, while that of maize flour (posho) has climbed to Shs3,000 from Shs1,500 in January.
A bunch of matooke now goes for about Shs40,000, up from around Shs15,000 as of January. Matooke and posho are some of the popular foods consumed by majority Ugandans.
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