Rwanda slashes 2025-26 fiscal year budget


KIGALI, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- Rwanda's Minister of Finance and Economic Planning Yusuf Murangwa announced Thursday a revised national budget for the 2025-26 fiscal year, indicating a reduction of 80.4 billion Rwandan francs (about 57.5 million U.S. dollars) due to changes in the financing arrangements.

The revised budget presented before Parliament in capital Kigali is 6.95 trillion Rwandan francs, down from 7 trillion francs initially approved in June 2025.

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