WHEN budget session starting today Dodoma, Head of the Association of ACT-nationalists, Zitto Kabwe said the act of sitting MPs in parliament for three months to discuss the budget year 2017/18 is equal to the waste of time.
Zitto who is also the MP for Kigoma Urban claimed yesterday that the budget of 31.6 trillion shillings can not be implemented, he returned he called lies in budget execution iyobakiza three months ended, stressing that now is not implemented more than 28 trillion shillings.
He called on lawmakers to question the implementation of the 2016/17 budget and wanting analyzed in detail to show the real situation and demanding that the government write it reviewed the proposed budget for the year 2017/18.
"MPs would not normally use development called. Symbolically, this year to show the development budget is larger, the Government imerundika use as buy medicine, school grant funds moving to other areas and call progress, "he said.
She made the statement about the five days since the Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. Philip plan to submit recommendations to the Government's National Development Plan and Rate Unlimited Budget for the financial year 2017/18.
In the description of Dr. Plan, the government issued only a third of the money allocated for the 2016/17 year, with the next fiscal year planned to raise and spend 31.6 trillion shillings compared to 29.5 trillion shillings Budget this year, while the proportion of the development budget coming down to 38 percent from 40 last year.
Dr program said in February this year, money that was provided for development is between 3.97 trillion Sh Sh 11.8 trillion passed by Parliament in June last year, to fund development projects.
In a statement sent to State with the media yesterday, Zitto said: "Obviously Tanzania goes to lose three months to discuss another budget that is deceiving. Actual 2017/18 budget not to exceed 28 trillion Sh We said in the 2016/17 budget. "
According to Zitto, the first budget of the Government of Phase Five (2016/17) demonstrated a significant reduction in implementation and that after reviewing the information presented by Dr. Plan on sectoral parliamentary committees, he noted that the 2016/17 budget had to be sh 24.8 trillion and 29 trillion is not sh submitted by the Government in June last year.
"Until March, the purpose of all the revenue of the government as it has failed to reach 79 percent of the collections are assembled," he said.
"Even if the government will collect 100 percent for the remaining months up to June 2017 remains the target will be missed because there are sources said the government is not going to completely including commercial loans from abroad."
He said the government said Sh official will receive 2 trillion from commercial loans, collections that will achieve the goal of 90 percent and thus missing Sh 1.7 trillion.
He said even donors will increase funding up to 80 percent (far have provided 40 percent of the target), thereby missing one trillion shillings.
"For the real budget will be 24.8 trillion shillings only. This is the highest estimate and an increase of the budget clearer comparison to 22.9 trillion shillings he left Mkuya Saada Salum (former Minister of Finance) in 2015/16, "he said.
He questioned the reasons for the Government to bring the budget to 31.7 trillion shillings during the 2016/17 Budget has failed to be reached, "This is the question every legislator carefully wonders here Dodoma. The government wants to give it a new budget where the money? "
Explaining the stalled implementation of the Budget that, Zitto said tax revenues of the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) is Sh trillion from 17 trillion shillings 15 now that can not be realized by Shs 1.5 trillion, ie 90 percent of the annual target 2016/17.
"Non-tax revenue 2.2 trillion shillings whereas now this source reached only seven percent of the target of 2016/17. Proceeds of the council is Sh 0.7 trillion, whereas now this source reached only 70 percent of the goal of 2016/17, "he said.
"Cheap loans and aid from outside is 4 trillion shillings where this source reached only 40 percent of the target of 2016/17. Domestic credit and concessional Shs 8 trillion where this source reached 78 percent of the annual target 2016/17. "
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