Uganda, May 1 -- Two months to the next Financial Year (FY), Parliament April 30 passed a Shs1.1 trillion Supplementary Expenditure Schedule No.2 for FY2023/2024 where over 70 percent of it will be spent on recurrent expenditures, with rest allocated for national development.

The key funding priorities in the supplementary budget include Shs19billion classified expenditures to State House, Shs3billion to facilitate the annual Martyrs' Day, Shs13.6billion for Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) to cater for wage shortfalls of the city cleaning casual workers while Shs9billion was approved to compensate Uganda police property affected by the Kampala flyover project.

Out of a heated debate, parliament also okayed a contentious Shs578bill...