Ramathan Ggoobi
@rggoobi
Economist. Uganda’s Secretary to the Treasury. A Disciple of Economics that Works.
Buy something from the needy without bargaining. You will have done charity wrapped in dignity. Unfortunately most of us often bargain the needy down, yet we pay higher prices in stores/supermarkets & even leave the change there.
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Stop building mansions in the village mbu retirement home! You and I know you like the city too much, you are not retiring in the village, away from your golf course, away from all the fancy dinners at Serena. Away from all your friends who live in Kampala. You don’t even know…
FINANCE MINISTRY SIGNS SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT WITH BANK OF UGANDA: PSST @rggoobi today signed a service level agreement (SLA) with the Governor @BOU_Official, Michael Atingi-Ego at @mofpedU The agreement stipulates the roles and responsibilities of each party in their…
Italians are nice people. Congratulations Sinner. The only guy who could stop Carlos. #Wimbledon
USA-UGANDA BILATERAL RELATIONS: PSST @rggoobi today met the United States Ambassador to Uganda H.E. William Popp at @mofpedU @rggoobi welcomed the US Ambassador and hailed the existing bilateral relationship between the two countries. He also acknowledged the growth in trade…
In the pursuit of “man biting dog” i.e. sensationalizing negative news in order to sell more papers (since man has a “bad news bias”), some media outlets are lately making a lot of errors, and/or misrepresent information. One classic example is here👇🏿
We refer to the publication by the Daily Monitor dated July 8, 2025, regarding the Makerere University ranking. We have since received clarification on the matter, as highlighted in the correspondence below from Times Higher Education.
Ggoobi Roots for Inclusive Prosperity in Housing, Managing Urbanisation, and Centering Green Growth - SoftPower News softpower.ug/ggoobi-roots-f…
I enjoyed talking to you @qataharraymond and @kasyate. You are doing a fantastic job; keep going.
For #GrabACoffee subscribers, the early access episode of our conversation with @rggoobi is now up. You can subscribe here and listen to it podcasts.apple.com/ug/podcast/gra…
From Zohran Mamdani to Khaman Maluach and Arthur Kaluma, #Uganda is being very well represented in 🇺🇸. #UgandaToTheWorld 🇺🇬
We are going to: 1. Green up 2. Clean up 3. Team up 4. Skill up 5. Link up #TenfoldGrowth #Uganda phoenix-browser.com/GKzJjfpT1xp
🔴 LIVE: #KkirizaObaGaana with Meddie Nsereko, joined by the Permanent Secretary and Secretary to the Treasury at the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, @rggoobi Topic: Understanding the National Budget 🎧 Listen live 👉 cbsfm.ug…
Important history. 🤷♂️
Man Utd v Arsenal in Matchweek 1 🍿 The last time those sides played each other in August, the result was... 😱
Signs that weekend life is back soon. 🤘🏾
🚨🗓️ BREAKING: Manchester United's FULL fixture list for the 2025/26 Premier League season: August Arsenal (H) Fulham (A) Burnley (H) September Man City (A) Chelsea (H) Brentford (A) October Sunderland (H) Liverpool (A) Brighton (H) November N.Forest (A) Spurs (A) Everton (H)…
I spoke to @forbesafrica about Uganda’s tenfold growth goal. forbesafrica.com/africa-undisco…
Delivering a keynote address at the ABSA-NTV post budget dialogue (FY 2025/26) this morning,PSST @rggoobi said Uganda is on a mission of building a 500 billion dollar economy. "We are on a mission to change our destiny and it's in our hands.I would like to mobilise every Ugandan…
ECD. #TenFoldGrowth
Happening Now: Tourism Road show in Mersin, Türkiye organised by the Uganda Embassy. In attendance is the Türkiye Association of Travel Agents, TÜRSAB. #ExploreUganda | @UgandaMFA
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Good morning Uganda 🇺🇬!! Good News this morning as we await for the reading of the National Budget FY 2025/2026 later today. 𝐔𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐤-𝐎𝐟𝐟 𝐄𝐔 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡-𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐤 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐦𝐢𝐝 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞.…
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HERE COMES THE D-DAY: Tomorrow,Thursday 12th June, 2025 is the D-Day. We have done all the neccessary consultations and preparations to put together a People's Budget. We are now ready to present the Budget Speech for FY 2025/26 to @Parliament_Ug and the People of Uganda. We…
The importance of a NIN in one picture 1-Enables the tax man identify and serve her clients. @URA_CG 2- Enables the PS/ST perform precise allocations @rggoobi 3- The AG can rely on the identifier to defend and protect the citizens @KiryowaKk prereg.nsis.nira.go.ug/pre-registrati…