Civil society decries State House expenditure
THE creation of new districts, over expenditure by State House and the Office of the President and a large Parliament have increased the cost of public administration, thus straining the national budget.
By Vision Reporter
THE creation of new districts, over expenditure by State House and the Office of the President and a large Parliament have increased the cost of public administration, thus straining the national budget.
Analysing the forthcoming budget, civil society organisations said the rise in public expenditure was against the Government promise to allocate sufficient funds for investment and production.
Under the auspices of the Civil Society Budget Advocacy Group, the pressure groups said the cost of public administration had increased from 14.4% in the 2002/03 budget to 22.3% in the next financial year.
The group’s paper on the budget presented by Elly Twineyo at a public dialogue last week said a big fleet of Government vehicles, which stood at 12,004 by December 2005, was a burden on the budget.
In the 2006/07 budget, sh221b was allocated to purchase vehicles while sh91b was spent on fuel, lubricants and repair.
“The creation of new local governments, political appointments and increasing interest by most top government officials to lead luxurious lives is undermining the need to allocate sufficient resources for investment,†Twineyo said at Hotel Equatoria in Kampala.
Kenneth Mugambe, the Commissioner of the Budget, said the finance ministry was also concerned about the high cost of public administration.
THE creation of new districts, over expenditure by State House and the Office of the President and a large Parliament have increased the cost of public administration, thus straining the national budget.
Analysing the forthcoming budget, civil society organisations said the rise in public expenditure was against the Government promise to allocate sufficient funds for investment and production.
Under the auspices of the Civil Society Budget Advocacy Group, the pressure groups said the cost of public administration had increased from 14.4% in the 2002/03 budget to 22.3% in the next financial year.
The group’s paper on the budget presented by Elly Twineyo at a public dialogue last week said a big fleet of Government vehicles, which stood at 12,004 by December 2005, was a burden on the budget.
In the 2006/07 budget, sh221b was allocated to purchase vehicles while sh91b was spent on fuel, lubricants and repair.
“The creation of new local governments, political appointments and increasing interest by most top government officials to lead luxurious lives is undermining the need to allocate sufficient resources for investment,†Twineyo said at Hotel Equatoria in Kampala.
Kenneth Mugambe, the Commissioner of the Budget, said the finance ministry was also concerned about the high cost of public administration.