Speech of Government Budget of the Year 2009 - 2010

Abstract

Honorable Speaker, I beg to move that this esteemed House now resolves to debate and approve Government proposals of Revenue and Expenditure estimates for the Financial Year 2009/10. This budget has been consolidated in four volumes, which provide details of budget estimates. Volume One presents revenue estimates and it includes new revenue measures that are announced during budget speech presentation. Volumes Two and Three present recurrent expenditure estimates for Ministries, Government Departments, Regions, Urban and District Councils. The fourth volume contains development expenditure estimates for the Ministries, Government Departments, Regions, and Councils. In addition, there is the Finance Bill of 2009, which is also part of this budget.