
I don’t know about you… but the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (MoFPED) isn’t of a sound mind and never has been under the administration of National Resistance Movement (NRM). The recent years has been heavy and hectic. The newest addition of supplementary budgets is no different.
There is a talk of adding 3,5 trillion shilling to various of projects, budget posts and help re occurrent shortfalls in revenue. Meaning the state is lacking the funds to begin with and have to add these fill to the void. This isn’t a wise move or a brilliant one. It is another cash-grab.
Just like the State House just needs another 100 billion shillings to “confidential funds”. Like it didn’t get enough in the original vote and budget for the Financial Year of 2023/24. They had to add more and give the President another slush-fund. Because, what else there to give and spend money on right?
Well… you have 2,7 billion shillings to be spent on “supervision of the Lubowa Hospital” which is just amazing wast of funds. As we know the monies here are misused and the progress of hospital is at a standstill. The contractors, the companies behind and the state themselves haven’t even allowed the Ministry of Health or Members of Parliament to watch the “building site” so who knows where these billions of shillings will go to.
In addition the Soroti Fruit Factory through the Uganda Development Company (UDC) get another bailout and a friendly push from the state with 9,4 billion shillings. That’s a real treat for a failing state corporation, which wasn’t long ago deemed to be sold. The whole Soroti Fruit Factory has been a tragedy from the paperwork to the implementation of it. It hasn’t added value to the produce, but been a steady budget post of the state.
These are just few of the budget posts in the supplementary budget and it shows how blatant it is. There is no middle ground or progress here. Only more of the same and wastage of public funds. They are spent on either mischief or status symbols for a chosen few. If not on secretive missions and miscellaneous, which we have no idea about.
This Supplementary Budget is just showing how the NRM isn’t having fiscal discipline or even bothers to try. They know there is “free” money and someone else who can cough up the dough. That’s why the nation is run like this and they have all sorts of excuses for additional expenditure. This isn’t new in 2023… and we have heard all sorts of reasons before.
I can promise you… this won’t be the last in this Financial Year. They tend to have like three or so. Just to add on enough funds… because they hope someone will loan, grant or be able to get funding outside of domestic revenue. Peace.










