• EDITORIAL POLICY
  • ABOUT US
PML Daily
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • NEWS
    • Politics
    • Education
    • Regional
    • Africa
    • World
  • INVESTIGATIONS
    • National Archives
    • Special Reports
  • OpEd
  • BUSINESS
    • Agriculture
    • Tech
    • Finance
  • FEATURES
    • Health
    • Tours & Travel
    • Entertainment
    • Society
  • COLUMNISTS
    • The Suited Penguin
  • SPORT
  • Jobs
  • Magazines
  • Home
  • NEWS
    • Politics
    • Education
    • Regional
    • Africa
    • World
  • INVESTIGATIONS
    • National Archives
    • Special Reports
  • OpEd
  • BUSINESS
    • Agriculture
    • Tech
    • Finance
  • FEATURES
    • Health
    • Tours & Travel
    • Entertainment
    • Society
  • COLUMNISTS
    • The Suited Penguin
  • SPORT
  • Jobs
  • Magazines
No Result
View All Result
PML Daily
No Result
View All Result
Home NEWS

Public begs Museveni to revise fuel prices ahead of his address

PETER SSENTI | PML Daily CorrespondentbyPETER SSENTI | PML Daily Correspondent
July 20, 2022
8 0
6
SHARES
113
VIEWS
FacebookWhatsAppTwitter
President Museveni is expected to address the nation on Wednesday (PHOTO/Courtesy).

KAMPALA – President Museveni is on Wednesday expected to address the nation on current affairs amid public outcry due to high commodity prices, attributed to high fuel prices in the country.

Today, fuel prices, both petrol and diesel go past 7000 shilling at some pumps.

Ugandans want the President to be sympathetic and address himself for the most part to the cost of living. They say the President should talk about measures available to address the shocks and challenges caused by the tough economic situation.

The recent Museveni’s anticipated speech on rising commodity prices offered no respite to millions of Ugandans who are on the brink of sliding into poverty due to the unprecedented hike in prices of essential goods that have wiped away their savings.

The general expectation of many people in the run-up to the speech was that Museveni would outline measures the government is taking to shield Ugandans from the rising prices, especially of commodities like fuel, a key ingredient in the production and movement of goods.

Specifically, some had hoped that Uganda would reduce fuel taxes which would, in turn, reduce other commodity prices, something Museveni rubbished.

Museveni said this would be suicidal and a blunder and instead urged Ugandans to turn to domestically available products.

“If we subsidize or even just remove the taxes on imported commodities, the level of consumption will either remain the same, but this time each litre [of petrol] taking more dollars, or actually increase. The dollar drain will now increase per litre…,” the president said.

Share this:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook

Related

Leave a comment

Tags: FUEL PRICESPresident Museveni addresstop

Get real time update about this post categories directly on your device, subscribe now.

Unsubscribe

Discussion about this post


About

The PML Daily, published via www.pmldaily.com is a publication of Post Media Ltd, a professional Digital/New Media company in Uganda.

Follow us



  • EDITORIAL POLICY
  • ABOUT US

© 2023

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • NEWS
    • Politics
    • Education
    • Regional
    • Africa
    • World
  • INVESTIGATIONS
    • National Archives
    • Special Reports
  • OpEd
  • BUSINESS
    • Agriculture
    • Tech
    • Finance
  • FEATURES
    • Health
    • Tours & Travel
    • Entertainment
    • Society
  • COLUMNISTS
    • The Suited Penguin
  • SPORT
  • Jobs
  • Magazines

© 2023

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In

Add New Playlist