How will the govt plug budget hole left by donors?

BoT official says the money is expected from two foreign banks before the end of this month

The Consultative Committee involving the Standing Parliamentary Committee on Budget and some Cabinet ministers have agreed to reallocate extra funds to 13 items in a bid to seal the 2013/14 national Budget deficit.

The East African Community (EAC) will seek the approval of $1,121,107 as a supplementary budget for the 2014/15 financial year from the East African Legislative Assembly (Eala) when the regional Parliament reconvenes here tomorrow.

>Tanzania’s Development Partners have agreed to release a further $44 million (about Sh80 billion) through the General Budget Support (GBS) after they were satisfied by measures taken over the Tegeta escrow account scam.

Donors in the General Budget Support (GBS) lobby have promised slightly more than half a billion dollars in direct financial support for the government in the next financial year.

>Donors have released $15 million (Sh25.8 billion) of the $558 million (Sh959 billion) budget support they withheld over the Tegeta escrow account scam. The money was sent in December, according to a statement by the Development Partners Group Tanzania.

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