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Presenting the Plan and Budget Estimates for 2018/2019 before the councillors special meeting, Mr Deus Luziga, the Economist for the Council said that the earmarked revenue collections were higher by 9.2 per cent to 2017/2018 estimates.
He said that the council expects to collect 3.83bn/- from its various domestic sources and additional 42.43bn/- earmarked to be received from development partners and the central government as grants.
“Out of the amount expected to be collected, 18.5bn/- belongs to recurrent expenditure, 12.3bn/- is for development projects and 29.5bn/- is for salaries” Mr Luziga explained. He further said that a total amount of 457.4 m/- is expected to be collected from the health sector through Community Health Fund (CHF), on the spot treatment charges and the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF).
However, as Tanzania plans to become an industrialised country with the middle class economy by 2025, the Municipal Council has set aside just 199.08 m/- for its agriculture, irrigation and cooperatives department which, assumedly is the Municipal’s economic back bone, and allocated a wholesome 1.46bn/- for the administration