Five legislators in the 11th Parliament including Hon Ssemujju Nganda of Kira municipality, have identified about UGX454 billion which they think would be wasteful expenditure by the President.
A case in point, it has been highlighted in today’s plenary that the UGX350 million provided for buying President Y K Museveni’s clothes which they feel is a wasteful expenditure as the President would spend UGX1 million on clothes per day.
Opposition MPs sitting on the Budget Committee have authored a minority report showing that they do not agree with the Budget Committee on non-compliance, budget being inconsistent with the plan for 2023/24, facilitation of recourse envelope, revenue impropriety, and, specific issues on budget allocations.
The authors of the Minority Report are Hon. Muwanga Kivumbi (Butambala County – National Unity Platform-NUP), Hon Adeke Anna (Soroti District – FDC), Hon. Ibrahim Ssemujju (Kira Municipality-FDC), Hon. Lulume Bayiga (Buikwe south – Democratic Party-DP) and Hon Goreth Namugga (Mawogola County -NUP). The Minority Report also questions the budget allocations to the Presidency and State House. They argue that instead of providing for one residence for the President, the government has allocated money for both Nakasero State Lodge and State House Entebbe.
With the UGX52.7 trillion National Budget for FY 2023/24 expected to be passed by Parliament and read by the Minister of Finance on June 14, 2023, here are the key strategic priorities for the next financial year; Peace and security, Maintenance of both tarmac and murram roads, Construction of power sub-stations and transmission lines, Acquisition of right of way and starting the construction of Standard Gauge Railway, Construction of small-scale solar-powered irrigation, Building infrastructure and connecting them to electricity, Funding the Parish Development Model (PDM) and Emyooga, Oil and Gas Development, Capitalization of Uganda Development Bank (UDB) and Uganda Development Corporation (UDC), Support to ICT development. It has increased from the current 51 trillion.
