Uganda, April 22 -- As the House Finance Committee ratchets up the processing of tax Bills ahead of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026/2027, the hints that have been dropped are that the Budget that awaits Uganda is anything but pro-poor. Not that it ever has been. Even when the Government of Uganda (GoU) created fiscal space that could have been used for public good, tax reliefs that benefited the rich were a mainstay. Now, with budgetary support from development partners ominously dipping amid growing public debt, the GoU is chasing the small comforts of taxing the poor. We join other voices in contending that these developments are unsettling. It would be understating things a bit if one came to the conclusion, as we are tempted to, that lower-...