If you love the language of expressions, look Michael Barton’s book, It Is Raining Cats and Dogs, which has illustrated idioms. All illustrations in this article are extracts from the book by Michael Barton. One of such expressions as, “getting the sack. It is yours”. This means losing your job.  In these coronavirus pandemic times, this is a handy expression. Instead of telling someone, you have been terminated. Just tell them, come, and get your sack. Instead of the letter, give them the sack! Then you can reply, “you are pulling my leg”, to mean you are joking. More…

Kampala, 11th June 2020: Uganda’s Minister of Finance Planning and Economic Development (MoFPED), Hon. Matia Kasaija read the Ugx. 45 trillion national budgets for the FY 2020/21. Every year, the national budget is anchored on a tactical theme. This year’s budget theme is ‘stimulating the economy to safeguard livelihoods, jobs, business, and industrial recovery.‘ Following the coronavirus pandemic that hit the country, and caused a lockdown of more than 70 days, and closure of schools, the economy needs to be stimulated indeed to safeguard livelihoods, jobs, business, and recover the industry. Below are brief highlights of the budget allocations in…