The approval followed a request by Henry Musasizi, the Minister of State for Finance –General Duties. The supplementary budget is for this financial year 2021/2022 which is scheduled to end on June 30.
The Ministry of Finance Planning and Economic Development has said that the security budget will increase for the next three years before it can stabilize.
Officials from the defence ministry have declined to reveal the number of Uganda Peoples Defence Forces UPDF soldiers, instead asking legislators to approve an extra 22 billion Shillings for food.
The classified budget of the Ministry of Defence has increased from 342billion Shillings to 607billion Shillings amidst concerns from legislators that the money might be diverted to finance campaigns for the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) candidates during the 2016 general election.
In his response to the defense ministerial policy statement, MP Fungaroo proposes that the defense ministry should be able to tell Parliament what the money requested under classified expenditure is meant for to enable the house to ascertain whether it is spent on its intended purpose or diverted to other things.
