Apac Council Approves Budget
Jul 08, 2002
APAC district local council has approved a sh21.5b budget for the new financial year, a 10% increment from the previous budget.
By Patrick Oyee APAC district local council has approved a sh21.5b budget for the new financial year, a 10% increment from the previous budget.The secretary for finance, Francis Elwa Ojok, presented the budget on Wednesday during a council meeting presided over by the Speaker, Johnson Engole, at Apac Women Development Centre.He said the district was expected to raise sh606m from local revenue collection.Ojok said the district was expected to receive sh19b as transfers from the central Government and about sh2b from donors.He noted that tax collection in the district had been hampered by poor mobilisation and political interference in some sub-counties. Ends