Meagre 2016/17 budget riles FCC

Unimpressed: Francistown councillors say the planned budget is way below the city's needs
Unimpressed: Francistown councillors say the planned budget is way below the city's needs

FRANCISTOWN: Councillors have decried the 2016/17 budget allocated to the city by the central government, noting that it is far too low to meet the city needs.

The civic leaders raised the concerns after Finance and Development committee chair James Kgalajwe presented the draft budget last month.

When presenting the draft budget, Kgalajwe said it was estimated at P193.8 million, and that there were tight restrictions on the overall growth of the budget due to limited allocations. The figure is slight improvement from the P186.6 million in 2015/16 and P159.5 million of 2014/15.

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