An increase in church dues like wedding fees tithe and others are one of the major drivers behind Uganda’s inflation rise according to the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS).
According to the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) report released on Wednesday for the last 12 months ending January 2024, the country’s annual inflation rate increased to 2.8 per cent compared to the 2.6 per cent recorded in the same period the year ending December 2023.
In the report, this increment was largely due to the rise in the annual core inflation group, whose main driver was the annual services sector where at 30.7 per cent up from 9.5 per cent, wedding fees had the sharpest increase in this group.
Currently, wedding fees paid to churches and mosques have risen to an average of between Shs 200,000 and Shs 800,000 up from between Shs 150,000 and Shs 450,000. In some churches, a couple can part with over Shs 2 million as wedding fees.
An increase in church wedding fees is one of the major drivers behind Uganda’s inflation rise according to the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS).
According to the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) report released on Wednesday for the last 12 months ending January 2024, the country’s annual inflation rate increased to 2.8 per cent compared to the 2.6 per cent recorded in the same period the year ending December 2023.
In the report, this increment was largely due to the rise in the annual core inflation group, whose main driver was the annual services sector where at 30.7 per cent up from 9.5 per cent, wedding fees had the sharpest increase in this group.
Currently, wedding fees paid to churches and mosques have risen to an average of between Shs 200,000 and Shs 800,000 up from between Shs 150,000 and Shs 450,000. In some churches, a couple can part with over Shs 2 million as wedding fees.
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