Kayunga Passes sh8b budget

By Fred Zziwa KAYUNGA district council met at Ntenjeru district headquarters last week and passed a sh8b budget for the financial year 2001/2002. the finance and planning secretary, Robert Mutanda, said they expected to raise sh1.2b from local revenue, sh2.6b from transfers, sh3.2b from the central government and sh1b from donors. Mutanda said sh2.8b was allocated to the education department due to the poor education standards and performance in the district. He said sh1b was allocated to technical services, sh1b to management, sh66m to gender issues and sh426m to health. Mutanda said renovations of the office buildings and provision of basic equipment was going on. He said two computers and a double cabin pick-up truck had been procured to speed up the district work. Mutanda said the scrapping of cost-sharing had affected revenue from the health units and also caused some staff to be laid off. Ends