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Rais #YoweriMuseveni amepiga marufuku kusafiri nje ya Nchi na posho za ndani kwa Wabunge na Watumishi wa Umma ili kuokoa Fedha za kuendeleza sekta muhimu kama Mafuta na Gesi
Hata hivyo, Waziri wa Fedha, Matia Kasaija, amesema Serikali haiwezi kupiga marufuku safari zote nje ya Nchi kwasababu nyingine ni muhimu sana kwa Maendeleo ya Uchumi wa Nchi hiyo
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The Minister of Finance, Mr Matia Kasaija, said the government cannot ban all travels abroad because some are very important for the development of the economy.
President Museveni has placed a blanket ban on travel abroad by Members of Parliament and civil servants to save money for other priority sectors.
While commissioning facilities at Uganda Petroleum Institute-Kigumba (UPIK) in Kiryandongo District on Saturday, Mr Museveni was not happy to learn that the institute does not have enough funding to become a fully-fledged institute.
He bashed the Finance ministry officials for failing to prioritise the most important sectors such as oil and gas that will generate billions of money for the economy and asked them to ban travel abroad as well as internal allowances.
“Some of them just want money to travel abroad. Tell the civil servants, the MPs and all politicians to stop travelling abroad. Money is wasted on external travel and here Kigumba is crying for money. This is really poor planning,” the President said.
Mr Museveni said he was informed that even before the oil starts flowing, the oil companies are going to invest $15b (Shs54.7 trillion) in Uganda and out of that, 40 percent will remain in the country.
The President, who was in company of the Minister of Education and First Lady, Ms Janet Museveni, said the government contracted UPIK to train experts who are going to work in oil exploration.
“So how can you say that you lack Shs8b per year, which I think is $2m, in order to earn $7b from the oil sector. It is not lack of money, but lack of planning by the Ministry of Planning, foresight and wisdom and all that. How can you fail to plan to save money in order to get more money in a very short time?” he said.
He added: “Allowance inside Uganda, we can freeze all those and do this as we have done previously.”
Source: The Daily Monitor
Hata hivyo, Waziri wa Fedha, Matia Kasaija, amesema Serikali haiwezi kupiga marufuku safari zote nje ya Nchi kwasababu nyingine ni muhimu sana kwa Maendeleo ya Uchumi wa Nchi hiyo
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The Minister of Finance, Mr Matia Kasaija, said the government cannot ban all travels abroad because some are very important for the development of the economy.
President Museveni has placed a blanket ban on travel abroad by Members of Parliament and civil servants to save money for other priority sectors.
While commissioning facilities at Uganda Petroleum Institute-Kigumba (UPIK) in Kiryandongo District on Saturday, Mr Museveni was not happy to learn that the institute does not have enough funding to become a fully-fledged institute.
He bashed the Finance ministry officials for failing to prioritise the most important sectors such as oil and gas that will generate billions of money for the economy and asked them to ban travel abroad as well as internal allowances.
“Some of them just want money to travel abroad. Tell the civil servants, the MPs and all politicians to stop travelling abroad. Money is wasted on external travel and here Kigumba is crying for money. This is really poor planning,” the President said.
Mr Museveni said he was informed that even before the oil starts flowing, the oil companies are going to invest $15b (Shs54.7 trillion) in Uganda and out of that, 40 percent will remain in the country.
The President, who was in company of the Minister of Education and First Lady, Ms Janet Museveni, said the government contracted UPIK to train experts who are going to work in oil exploration.
“So how can you say that you lack Shs8b per year, which I think is $2m, in order to earn $7b from the oil sector. It is not lack of money, but lack of planning by the Ministry of Planning, foresight and wisdom and all that. How can you fail to plan to save money in order to get more money in a very short time?” he said.
He added: “Allowance inside Uganda, we can freeze all those and do this as we have done previously.”
Source: The Daily Monitor
