Govt, Bunge team face off ahead of Budget Day

The government will increase the budget for empowering youths by 66.6 per cent during the next financial year, the Labour and Employment deputy minister has said. 

Parliament sets the 2014/15 Budget sessions rolling today amid signs that MPs will be spoiling for clashes with ministers over the limited funding of development projects in the just-ended financial year.

EAC should face up to budget crunch
East African Business Week
At the best of times, the East African Community (EAC) Secretariat staff in Arusha would wish for more than the $110 million regional legislators are debating at present. Notably, the budget for 2015/16 is about $15 million less than the previous one of $126 ...

Dar es Salaam. The government faces severely limited funding options for the 2015/16 financial year which would affect implementation of infrastructure projects and social service delivery.

Budget team presses for salary hikes
Daily News
THE Parliamentary Budget Committee has been challenged to press the government to consider a pay rise and reduction of Pay-As-You-Earn (PAYE) for civil servants to boost efficiency. Speaking before the committee on Tuesday in Dar es Salaam, the ...

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CA Members Face Daunting Task Ahead
AllAfrica.com
Dodoma — ON Thursday is the 37th day since the Special Constituent Assembly (CA) members started holding sessions here. A remarkable work to write the Standing Orders that shall be applied during all the CA meetings has already been accomplished.
CA chair: No discussions on JK and Warioba's speechesIPPmedia
It's time CA learnt to act more responsiblyDaily News

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The East African finance ministers are bracing for another round of customs review as the budget cycle begins amid concerns that some member states could be exploiting the loophole to stifle competition.

>Members of the Parliamentary Infrastructure Committee have threatened to block the budget for the ministry of Works following their realisation that most of the road construction projects in Kyela District, Mbeya Region, were substandard.

Monday was the International Day of the African Child (DAC) with theme for this year being “A child-friendly, quality, free and compulsory education for all children in Africa”.