{"id":11292,"date":"2024-01-24T18:44:50","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T18:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=11292"},"modified":"2024-01-24T18:45:17","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T18:45:17","slug":"there-is-steady-progress-in-negotiations-between-uganda-and-world-bank-st-ggoobi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/there-is-steady-progress-in-negotiations-between-uganda-and-world-bank-st-ggoobi\/","title":{"rendered":"There is steady progress in negotiations between Uganda  and World Bank- ST Ggoobi\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thenewlightpaper.co.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20240124_163633-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"20240124 163633 scaled\" title=\"Uganda Nears Resolution with World Bank: Pledges Inclusivity in Project Execution\u00a0 46\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Secretary to Treasury and Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance Planning and Economic Development Ramathan Ggoobi, has  told the Parliamentary Budget Committee that there is marked progress in negotiations between the government of Uganda and  the World Bank Group to continue funding Uganda&#8217;s development projects after a long stand-off  following the passing of the Anti-Homosexuality Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the biggest projects that would be affected by the freezing of funds from World Bank is the much appreciated USMID project that has transformed cities and municipality plus refugee hosting districts across the country .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ggoobi told attentive MPs  Uganda was willing to  implementing measures that promote &#8220;inclusivity&#8221; to secure funding from the World Bank for critical national development  projects. World Bank has some of the cheap money in loans which are paid over a long period of time . <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ggoobi  said that  government  will maintain a conducive environment  that enables  projects  to be executed without discrimination against any individual or group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Editor:msserwanga@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Secretary to Treasury and Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance Planning and Economic Development Ramathan Ggoobi, has told the Parliamentary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[168],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-development"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20240124_163633-scaled-2.webp","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15815,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/govt-to-receive-shs6-948t-world-bank-funding-ggoobi-confirms\/","url_meta":{"origin":11292,"position":0},"title":"Gov\u2019t to receive Shs6.948t World Bank funding-PSST Ggoobi","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"October 22, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"The World Bank will give Uganda over $2 billion in new financing in the next three financial years to fund economic development, according to the country 's permanent secretary , Ramathan Ggoobi. 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