health allocation from thwarting 2014/15 fiscal year budget is a
result of cashgate which resulted into donors withholding aid.
"That the budget allocation to health is true but we must read the
facts in the context that we are just coming out of a period which
government money was being looted.
"The donors have withheld their aid and there is no way government
could have allocated more than what it has. If you have two meters of
a cloth to make a dress you can't have one with a complicated
pattern," she said adding that government is working on a realistic
budget.
The K16.2 billion health budget which covers ministry of health and,
district councils and National Aids Commission has been criticized by
civil society organisations for being very little.
Chairperson on Parliamentary Committee on Health Juliana Lunguzi has
also joined the criticism saying the development will greatly affect
health service delivery.
She said currently the ministry has shortage of essential hospital
supplies, equipment and staff houses which could have been addressed
in this budget.
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