{"id":50670,"date":"2023-06-11T10:49:12","date_gmt":"2023-06-11T10:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/state-house-donations-nears-shs1-trillion-mark"},"modified":"2023-06-11T11:58:41","modified_gmt":"2023-06-11T11:58:41","slug":"state-house-donations-nears-shs1-trillion-mark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/state-house-donations-nears-shs1-trillion-mark","title":{"rendered":"State House donations nears Shs1 trillion mark"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Donations have dominated the State House\u2019s expenditures, with figures from the Finance Ministry and the Civil Society Budget Advocacy Group (CSBAG) indicating that they gobbled Shs751 billion across seven financial years.<\/p>\n

The computation however does not capture what was expended in the Financial Year 2017\/2018.<\/p>\n

Donations took up almost twice as much money as what went to classified expenditure and nearly three times as much as what was expended on inland travel.<\/p>\n

Classified expenditure took up Shs342 billion and inland travel Shs275 billion.<\/p>\n

Donations were first included in the national budgets in the Financial Year 1986\/1987, the first under the National Resistance Movement-NRM.<\/p>\n

At the time, the State House and the Office of the President did not have separate budgets. Under that budget, Shs229.1 billion of the Shs2.73 trillion budget went to the Office of the President, under which the State House was.<\/p>\n

Donations featured with Shs5 billion allocated as \u201ccontributions to local organisations\u201d and another Shs500 million made available for \u201cother contributions.\u201d Most of the organisations towards which the donations had been planned were never made known.<\/p>\n

The amounts and allocations towards donations have been growing over the years. It reached the Shs53.7 billion mark in the Financial Year 2013\/2014 when State House tabled a request in April 2013 and obtained supplementary funding to the tune of Shs138.2 billion.<\/p>\n

Of this, Shs47 billion was to cater to presidential donations.<\/p>\n

Whereas the Ministry of Finance announced cuts of up to 30 percent for the budgets of key ministries and government departments and agencies next financial year, another Shs83 billion has been made available for the President to donate.<\/p>\n

Should the money actually be made available, State House will have spent at least Shs834 billion over an eight-year period.<\/p>\n

The decision by the President to continue making donations at a time when the economy is in shambles and at a time when the government has been calling on ordinary Ugandans to be frugal has attracted sharp criticism from sections of civil society and the public.<\/p>\n

Mr Muhammad Muwanga Kivumbi, the shadow Finance minister, who is also the Butambala County lawmaker, told Sunday Monitor that President Museveni owes the public an explanation.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is a servant of the people. He enjoys this power in trust.<\/p>\n

In an ideal situation, this puts him in that space where he needs to explain to the people what he is doing with their money,\u201d Mr Kivumbi said.<\/p>\n

Dr Chris Baryomunsi, the Information, Communication, Technology and National Guidance minister, said thus: \u201cWith budgeting, it is just a huge framework but depending on the cash flow and liquidity some of those will eventually be cut down. We have already suppressed some key areas across the national budget.\u201d<\/p>\n

Among the other items that State House was found to have heavily spent on during the seven-year stretch is the provision of logistical support, welfare, and security for the President and his travels abroad.<\/p>\n

Provision of logistical support to the President took up Shs153 billion while foreign travel took up just under Shs101 billion.<\/p>\n

Whereas Dr Baryomunsi insists that the President has to be supported to deliver his mandate, there have always been concerns about the high cost at which that support has come. The provision of logistical support is believed to have had an influence on the Shs94 billion that was paid out as general staff salaries and an additional Shs46 billion in State House workers\u2019 allowances.<\/p>\n

There was also another Shs69 billion paid out in allowances to casual and temporary staff of State House.<\/p>\n

Such an outlay has seen calls grow in their frequency and stridency over a reduction in the size of the State House workforce.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think there are serious areas where we e money. The Cabinet is very big and the cost of remuneration of those members is high,\u201d Mr Arthur Bainomugisha, the executive director of the Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment (ACODE), told Monitor, adding that President Museveni has to consider reducing the size of his Cabinet if and when he makes a reshuffle.<\/p>\n

Other areas that Dr Bainomugisha feels should be reconsidered to whittle down the public expenditure include a reduction in the security details of certain individuals, a reduction in the number of members of Parliament, and reduction in the number of resident district commissioners (RDCs).<\/p>\n

Whereas money spent on foreign travel has also been questioned, Dr Baryomunsi has offered assurances that it will be \u201cgreatly minimised\u201d in the next financial year.<\/p>\n

\u201cMinisters and staff of government will only travel in exceptional circumstances where they must travel,\u201d Dr Baryomunsi said.<\/p>\n

According to the documents, State House spent at least Shs24 billion on aircrafts in the period between the financial years 2015\/2016 and 2022\/2023. Previously, between 2000 and 2009, Uganda spent Shs148 billion on the purchase of two Gulfstream presidential jets.<\/p>\n

The first jet, a Gulfstream IV, cost Shs60 billion and the second, the Gulfstream V, cost Shs88 billion.<\/p>\n

A Mil Mi-171 helicopter owned by the Uganda People\u2019s Defence Air Force, which was purchased in 2016 at a cost of approximately Shs11.3 billion, is available for the President to use, especially for internal flights<\/p>\n

State House also spent quite heavily on the purchase and maintenance of vehicles. Whereas Sunday Monitor could not establish the actual number of vehicles acquired, the President\u2019s official residence is found to have spent at least Shs43.7 billion on the purchase and maintenance of vehicles.<\/p>\n

Another Shs720 million was found to have been spent on fuel, lubricants, and oils.<\/p>\n

The size of the State House\u2019s fleet of vehicles has been a subject of intense speculation, with some sources putting the number at well over 100.<\/p>\n

One source, for instance, told Sunday Monitor that there are up to 120 vehicles split into three different sets for simultaneous deployment in different places as and when required.<\/p>\n

Dr Byaryomunsi, however, insists that the President needs to be facilitated with transport in order to execute his duties.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do not know how many [vehicles] he has. I do not know whether they are 100, but the President has to be enabled to move.<\/p>\n

Much as there are budgetary constraints, the President has to move and supervise government work because he is a working President,\u201d Dr Baryomunsi reasoned, adding, \u201cHe is not just one who stays in [the] State House. He has to be enabled to reach the people and supervise like he is supervising the Parish Development Model.\u201d<\/p>\n

The State House has previously purchased vehicles for the President at an eye-watering amount. In October 2012, two armoured Mercedes Benz cars were acquired for Shs6 billion.<\/p>\n

Last June, when President Museveni delivered the State of the Nation Address, he arrived at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds in a new Mercedes Benz, believed to have been a Mercedes-Benz Maybach S 680 4MATIC.<\/p>\n

The car costs anywhere between Shs1.4 billion and Shs2.2 billion.<\/p>\n

Other areas where State House was found to have spent heavily during the seven-year stretch include special meals and drinks that came to the tune of Shs28.5 billion; welfare and entertainment that took up Shs30 billion; and rent (Shs12.6 billion).<\/p>\n

State house expenses in seven years<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2022Donations\u2013 Shs 751b<\/p>\n

\u2022Classified expenditure \u2013 Shs342b<\/p>\n

\u2022 Inland travel \u2013Shs 275b<\/p>\n

\u2022 Logistics, welfare and security – Shs152b<\/p>\n

\u2022 Travel abroad – Shs100b<\/p>\n

\u2022 Staff Salaries – Shs93b<\/p>\n

\u2022 Community outreaches- Shs90b<\/p>\n

\u2022Aircrafts \u2013 Shs24b<\/p>\n

\u2022Vehicle maintenance- Shs44b<\/p>\n

\u2022 Transport Equipment \u2013 26b<\/p>\n

\u2022Special meals and drinks \u2013 Shs29b<\/p>\n

\u2022Rent \u2013 Shs13b<\/p>\n

\u2022Welfare and entertainment – Shs30b<\/p>\n

\u2022 Electricity \u2013 Shs9b<\/p>\n

\u2022 Water – Shs6bn<\/p>\n

\u2022 Furniture \u2013 5bn<\/p>\n

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