By Website Writer; Ugandan citizens are frustrated after The office of the President seeking a budgetary allocation of 12.33 billion Shillings to renovate the State House in Entebbe and 23 upcountry State lodges.
Constructed in 2007, the State House in Entebbe has had no major rehabilitation works and needs a retouch.
The budget request was presented by State Minister for Economic Monitoring Peter Ogwang to the Presidential Affairs Committee of Parliament.
Ogwang said that the State Lodges also require rehabilitation to facilitate the President to carry out upcountry engagements.
Ogwang tabled the request while presenting the State House policy statement for the financial year 2022/2023 -The committees of Parliament are currently scrutinizing the National Budget Framework Paper that was tabled before parliament by the Minister of Finance in December.
However, the public have joined some opposition leaders to denounce the plan aligned by the President’s office.
Majority have pointed out the fact that many education facilities and teachers are currently in a dire state especially following the full reopening of schools in Uganda earlier this week.
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