The BFP reveals a Rwf 7,032.5 billion budget for 2025/26, marking a 21% surge from the prior year's revised Frw 5,816.4 billion.
Aligned with the National Strategy for Transformation (NST2) and Vision 2050, the budget prioritizes sustainable development and includes funding for key projects like the Bugesera airport, RwandAir expansion, and recovery efforts from the COVID-19 pandemic, May 2023 floods, and Marburg disease outbreak.
The government projects Rwf 4,105.2 billion in domestic revenue (Frw 3,628.0 billion from taxes and Frw 477.2 billion from other sources), Frw 585.2 billion in external grants, and Frw 2,151.9 billion in loans to finance the budget.
Expenditure is divided into Frw 4,395.1 billion for recurrent costs, such as salaries, and Frw 2,637.4 billion for capital investments.
On May 8, 2025, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning Yusuf Murangwa presented the BFP, noting a Rwf 1,216.1 billion budget increase driven by accelerated construction of the Bugesera airport, RwandAir expansion, and new pension policies.
Launched in 2017, the Bugesera airport's first phase is slated for completion by 2027, with a capacity of 7 million passengers annually and employment for over 6,000 people.
Qatar Airways, holding a 60% stake, supports the project, which is now 25â€"30% complete.
Key infrastructure, including runways and drainage systems, is finished, with construction now focusing on vertical structures.
The airport's full completion by 2032 will enable it to serve 14 million passengers yearly.
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