The Parliament of Uganda has instructed the Ministry of Finance to release over Shs 1 trillion to local government. The said funds were withheld by different ministries in the previous budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MP Nathan Itungo (NRM, Kashaari South), informed Parliament by way of a matter of national importance that a local newspaper had carried a story, communicating the withheld funds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI have seen in the New Vision [newspaper] that\u00a0over shs1.3 trillion has been retained by Ministries\u2026retaining this money has a negative impact on the performance of local governments; we don\u2019t even have agricultural extension workers in most of the districts,\u201d said MP Itungo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Itungo said the Ministries of Agriculture, Animal industries and Fisheries withheld shs281 billion, Education and Sports Shs257.2 billion, Health Shs277.8 billion while Water and Environment retained Shs184.4 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Ministry of Works and Transport is said to have retained Shs96.1 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaker Rebecca Kadaga instructed Finance State Minister, Hon David Bahati, to oversee the disbursement of the said funds to the affected local government units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat money is appropriated by this House; already, local governments are underfunded, we want an answer on this issue tomorrow,\u201d said Kadaga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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