{"id":17529,"date":"2015-04-23T06:23:35","date_gmt":"2015-04-23T06:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kfm.co.ug\/?p=17529"},"modified":"2015-04-23T06:23:35","modified_gmt":"2015-04-23T06:23:35","slug":"institutional-failure-cripples-uganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/institutional-failure-cripples-uganda\/","title":{"rendered":"Institutional failure cripples Uganda"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_17530\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17530\" style=\"width: 149px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kfm.co.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Niringiye.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/kfm.co.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Niringiye.jpg\" alt=\"Rtd. Bishop Zac Niringiye. (Internet photo)\" width=\"149\" height=\"136\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17530\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17530\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rtd. Bishop Zac Niringiye. (Internet photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>BY JUDITH ATIM The government\u2019s budgeting has become a ritual and can no longer work. This is according to renowned activist Retired Bishop Zac Niringiye who says the government\u2019s budgeting is not a true reflection of how it plans for the citizens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTomorrow they are going to issue supplementary budgets, bloat expenditure for statehouse, ministry of defence and police, while education and health will be the first places to suffer,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nHe was speaking to KFM in relation to the proposed increase in UPE funding. <\/p>\n<p>While appearing before the parliamentary committee on education on Tuesday, Education Minister Jessica Alupo revealed plans to increase the UPE capitation grant from 7,000 to 10,000 effective July this year.<\/p>\n<p>However, Retired Bishop Niringiye argues that Uganda\u2019s biggest problem is institutional failure, which he says will continue to cripple service delivery especially in key sectors like education and health.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you know what in reality reaches a child in any of the schools in this country? The national average is around 4,000 to 4,500. When Jessica Alupo says 7,000 was made available how much reached the child?  When she says  Shs.10,000 is available, the truth of the matter is a child never sees the 10,000,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY JUDITH ATIM The government\u2019s budgeting has become a ritual and can no longer work. This is according to renowned activist Retired Bishop Zac Niringiye who says the government\u2019s budgeting is not a true reflection of how it plans for the citizens. \u201cTomorrow they are going to issue supplementary budgets, bloat expenditure for statehouse, ministry of defence and police, while education and health will be the first places to suffer,\u201d he said. He was speaking to KFM in relation to the proposed increase in UPE funding. While appearing before the parliamentary committee on education on Tuesday, Education Minister Jessica Alupo revealed plans to increase the UPE capitation grant from 7,000 to 10,000 effective July this year. 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