ANALYSIS OF THE NATIONAL BUDGET ESTIMATES FY 2023/24 - Budget Lines for Local Government Mandates under Central

Nonetheless, analysis of the xii | Analysis of the National Budget Estimates FY 2023/24 composition of the funds retained by MDAs partly supports the notion of "donor conditionality". [...] xiv |A nalysis of the National Budget Estimates FY 2023/24 The proposed re-allocations of programme budgets to LGs are grounded in existing legal and policy frameworks as enshrined in the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda 1995 (as amended), the LGA (CAP 243) and the Decentralization Policy. [...] Analysis of the National Budget Estimates FY 2023/24 | xv 1.0 INTRODUCTION This report presents the findings of a study commissioned by the Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment (ACODE) with support from the Danish Embassy, to analyse the national budget estimates for FY 2023/24 to identify budget lines for devolved functions under Central Government MDAs and proposals for re-allocat. [...] This section outlines the background to the study, the problem, the rationale of the study, and the specific objectives. [...] As shown in Table 6, most of the retained funds (amounting to UGX 262 billion) by the Transport Infrastructure and Services programme that could be re-allocated to the LGs were for the acquisition (building) of roads and bridges and transferred to other government units.