How State House, Office of the President, Ministry of Defense use the slush fund Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | It is hard to ascertain for sure how much Uganda spends on its defence every year as the government routinely asks for supplementary budgets from parliament on top of the …
Read More »CAOs bypassing district councils on budget scrutiny
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa, is perturbed by reports that Chief Administrative Officers (CAOs) are undermining the powers of district councils by submitting budgets to the finance ministry without scrutiny by the councils. Tayebwa said he had received reports from district councillors and speakers …
Read More »Deputy Speaker directs Minister Magyezi on local government’s budgets
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa has directed the Minister of Local Government, Raphael Magyezi to present a comprehensive statement explaining why budgets that had not been approved by districts councils were submitted to parliament. Tayebwa made the statement while delivering his communication to Members of …
Read More »New sub counties in Soroti directed to share budgets with mother units
Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The new administrative units which are expected to start operations in July in Soroti district will share budgets with their mother sub-counties, according to new guidelines issued by the district. The sub-counties that have been idle for more than one year after their elevation had …
Read More »TWAWEZA: 70% Ugandans can’t access government information
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Up to 70 percent of citizens can’t access information on local government budgets, laws and projects. This is according to latest findings of the report generated from a qualitative research study conducted by Twaweza between December 2018 and March 2019. The study targeted senior …
Read More »Health centers operating without budgets-Survey
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A primary health care performance survey has pinned lower government health centres for operating without budgets. According to preliminary findings of Primary Health Care Performance National Survey 2019, less than 40% of health centre IIs and 50% of health centre IIIs operate with budgets for …
Read More »At a glance: East African budgets
By Independent team Kenya Budget read by Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta, deputy prime minister and minister for Finance of Kenya. Theme: overcoming today’s challenges for a better Kenya tomorrow Economy expected to grow by 3% in 2009/2010. Total revenue target for fiscal year 2009/10 is Kshs.569.6 billion (or 22.4% of GDP) …
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