MPs ask government to increase tourism sector budget
Sep 01, 2005
MPS have asked the government to increase the tourism budget, saying the sector is Uganda’s largest foreign exchange earner.
By Milton Olupot and John Odyek
MPS have asked the government to increase the tourism budget, saying the sector is Uganda’s largest foreign exchange earner.
The tourism parliamentary committee, in a report presented to the House yesterday, said the Government should support recognised areas in the private sector to boost tourism.
The committee recommended that the ministry mainstreams trade into the Poverty Eradication Action Plan by linking trade, the private sector and poverty alleviation.
The ministry has recommended that Parliament approves sh13.7b as recurrent expenditure and sh18.9b as development expenditure for the 2005/2006 financial year.
Each district will be supported to establish four district tourism development plans and tourism associations.
The budget is expected to support the implementation of the national industrialisation policy and training and upgrading industry and technology staff in policy development, analysis and implementation.
The legislators were concerned that the Government was not adequately funding projects that had the capacity to fetch foreign exchange.
Tourism state minister Jovino Akaki said the ministry’s budget had received a boost but more needed to be done.
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MPS have asked the government to increase the tourism budget, saying the sector is Uganda’s largest foreign exchange earner.
The tourism parliamentary committee, in a report presented to the House yesterday, said the Government should support recognised areas in the private sector to boost tourism.
The committee recommended that the ministry mainstreams trade into the Poverty Eradication Action Plan by linking trade, the private sector and poverty alleviation.
The ministry has recommended that Parliament approves sh13.7b as recurrent expenditure and sh18.9b as development expenditure for the 2005/2006 financial year.
Each district will be supported to establish four district tourism development plans and tourism associations.
The budget is expected to support the implementation of the national industrialisation policy and training and upgrading industry and technology staff in policy development, analysis and implementation.
The legislators were concerned that the Government was not adequately funding projects that had the capacity to fetch foreign exchange.
Tourism state minister Jovino Akaki said the ministry’s budget had received a boost but more needed to be done.
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