government expenditures - Uganda Multimedia News & Information https://www.weinformers.com Politics, Health, Sceince, Business, Agriculture, Culture, Tourism, Women, Men, Oil, Sports Thu, 30 Jun 2011 19:30:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 Parliament approves 2.8 trillion for central and local government expenditures https://www.weinformers.com/2011/06/30/parliament-approves-2-8-trillion-for-central-and-local-government-expenditures/ https://www.weinformers.com/2011/06/30/parliament-approves-2-8-trillion-for-central-and-local-government-expenditures/#respond Thu, 30 Jun 2011 19:30:58 +0000 http://www.weinformers.net/?p=13655 Parliament has approved the expenditure of 2.8 trillion shillings as vote on account for the financial year 2011/2012. The funds will cover expenditures for both the central and local government for the first quarter of the new financial year that commences July 1. Vote on account constitutes 1/3 of the funds approved in the national […]

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]]> Parliament has approved the expenditure of 2.8 trillion shillings as vote on account for the financial year 2011/2012.

The funds will cover expenditures for both the central and local government for the first quarter of the new financial year that commences July 1. Vote on account constitutes 1/3 of the funds approved in the national budget.

Finance State Minister Fred Omach Jachan re-tabled the motion Thursday June 30, following concerns raised by MPs earl in the week over exclusion of figures for wages.

According to the motion, a total of Ushs.1, 194,226,597,000/= will be spent on recurrent expenditures while Ushs.1, 646,386,110,000/= will cover development expenditure.

Article 154(4) of the constitution permits the President to authorize the expenditure of monies from the consolidated fund account for the purposes of meeting expenditure necessary to carry on services of the government until the expiration of four months from the start of the financial year.

By Isaac Senabulya

 

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]]> https://www.weinformers.com/2011/06/30/parliament-approves-2-8-trillion-for-central-and-local-government-expenditures/feed/ 0 Uganda Army on the spotlight as Auditor General report questions expenditures https://www.weinformers.com/2011/06/15/uganda-army-on-the-spotlight-as-auditor-general-report-questions-expenditures/ https://www.weinformers.com/2011/06/15/uganda-army-on-the-spotlight-as-auditor-general-report-questions-expenditures/#respond Wed, 15 Jun 2011 13:17:59 +0000 http://www.weinformers.net/?p=12937 The Auditor General has unearthed several scandals ranging from theft of construction materials, poor accountabilities and unauthorized expenditures going on in the ministry of defense/UPDF many of which will require the institution to explain before the public accounts committee of parliament. In his latest report of June30 2010, the auditor general states that at Nakasongola […]

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]]> The Auditor General has unearthed several scandals ranging from theft of construction materials, poor accountabilities and unauthorized expenditures going on in the ministry of defense/UPDF many of which will require the institution to explain before the public accounts committee of parliament.

In his latest report of June30 2010, the auditor general states that at Nakasongola School of Air Defense, the officers must explain what happened to the shs100m meant for construction works but was diverted, in addition to disappearance 150 bags of cement.

He says an inspection revealed that the Gun shed was under construction by the engineering brigade and that 150 bags of cement which had been brought to the site were taken away to an unknown destination leaving several guns remain outside in the yard unattended to.

This same case has been reported to be happening in Masindi-field artillery division where shs487m was released to construct a gun shed, but, this facility collapsed even before it was completed.

The same auditor is questioning the transaction in which the ministry for defense recently bought Lugazi university land and its buildings at a cost of shs13.5bn with a view of turning the university into the UPDF military engineering college without following the right procurement rules.

By Isaac Senabulya

 

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