The activists warned that, in the medium and long term, experienced civil servants might resign in large numbers, contrary to the government's intended objective of retention.
Some of the losses emanate from taking loans without planning, leading to incidents where the country pays huge penalties on undisbursed loans. The penalties come in form of commitment fees on top of interest on debt. Mukunda called for criminal sanctions where there is negligence or out-right abuse to ensure the officers, be it at the centre or local governments adhere to procedures and processes.
In the coming financial year 2022/2023, government has allocated 465 billion Shillings for the Parish Development Model. President Yoweri Museveni told MPs last year that government plans to allocate 100 million Shillings to every parish for the implementation of the Development Model and this would require a total of 1 trillion Shillings budgetary allocation for the 10,595 parishes.
A windfall tax is a tax levied by Government against industries that have benefited the most from prevailing economic conditions causing those industries to experience above average profits.
