In a meeting held by the Ministry of Local government and partners convened at Sports View Hotel on 15-16th January 2012, Minister James Musoni tasked district officials to use their budgets proportionally in line with performance contracts.
Musoni said that some mayors seek big amounts of money beyond their budgets.
“The budget in districts should be prepared before performance contracts because some districts request for money that is well above their activities.”
He advised mayors to start their activities once they have 20% of the budget instead of waiting for the whole amount of money.
The minister also asked the mayors to ask to sign the equal performance contracts to avoid the delay in some districts caused by a big number of activities.
During the meeting, mayors highlighted their achievements attained in the past 6 months but also showed some of the problems faced including activities of sponsors and the late market offering.
The minister explained that sponsors should sign their own performance contracts and launch them at the right time.
In the meeting, 9 billion were found on districts accounts unused in last year’s budget yet there are many unaccomplished activities.
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