FCC adopts proposed budget for 2015
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Finance and Development committee chairman, Raoboy Mpuang told the meeting that the proposed budget of P218,118,570 was aimed at addressing most problems of Francistown residents. He said that the council’s income is expected to be P41,669,420 mainly from rates, SHHA service levy, interest on deposits and trade licenses.
“The budget is mainly for salaries, subsistence allowances, valuation of plots and compensation,” explained Mpuang. He said that their fear is that the budget will be cut again by the parent ministry.
“A genuine leader is not a searcherfor consensus but a molder of consensus.”–Martin Luther King Jr.Personality wars at Gaborone City Council (GCC), Palapye District Council and recently at Francistown City Council are holding back developments as civic leaders are increasingly consumed by internal power struggles, personality clashes and political factionalism. The latest developments at the GCC are particularly troubling. The postponement...