Finance orders eviction of ICT ministry
Apr 25, 2007
THE Ministry of Finance has given that of information and communication technology (ICT) one month to vacate the Statistics House.
THE Ministry of Finance has given that of information and communication technology (ICT) one month to vacate the Statistics House, writes Paul Kiwuuwa.
The ICT minister, Dr. Ham Mulira, on Tuesday told the technology parliamentary committee: “The finance ministry is telling us to shift to Social Security House on Jinja Road yet they have not given us rent and we do not have the money. We need an intervention (because) our budget allocation of sh6.4b for the financial year 2007/08 is too small to keep us running.â€
He added: “The gender ministry was allocated sh11.9b, lands sh8.9b, the National Planning Authority sh11.2b, but the ICT ministry got sh6.4b.â€
Mulira explained that his ministry, which occupies only four rooms on Statistics House, does not own office furniture. “I doubt its destiny. It is the only ministry where a full minister, state minister, permanent secretary and the entire staff do not have vehicles to run the ministry affairs.â€
He revealed that the Government will deduct sh2.7b from the ministry’s budget to build a national data bank. China will contribute sh181b to the project.
The finance state minister, Omwony Ojwok, assured the committee that his ministry would financially support that of Mulira.
However, he asserted that the Government lacked enough funds to cater for every ministry’s requirements.
Ojwok said the funds for the ICT ministry were included in the supplementary budget for the financial year 2007/08.
“The ICT ministry cannot be evicted from the Statistics House before we provide rent,†Ojwok said.
The ICT minister, Dr. Ham Mulira, on Tuesday told the technology parliamentary committee: “The finance ministry is telling us to shift to Social Security House on Jinja Road yet they have not given us rent and we do not have the money. We need an intervention (because) our budget allocation of sh6.4b for the financial year 2007/08 is too small to keep us running.â€
He added: “The gender ministry was allocated sh11.9b, lands sh8.9b, the National Planning Authority sh11.2b, but the ICT ministry got sh6.4b.â€
Mulira explained that his ministry, which occupies only four rooms on Statistics House, does not own office furniture. “I doubt its destiny. It is the only ministry where a full minister, state minister, permanent secretary and the entire staff do not have vehicles to run the ministry affairs.â€
He revealed that the Government will deduct sh2.7b from the ministry’s budget to build a national data bank. China will contribute sh181b to the project.
The finance state minister, Omwony Ojwok, assured the committee that his ministry would financially support that of Mulira.
However, he asserted that the Government lacked enough funds to cater for every ministry’s requirements.
Ojwok said the funds for the ICT ministry were included in the supplementary budget for the financial year 2007/08.
“The ICT ministry cannot be evicted from the Statistics House before we provide rent,†Ojwok said.