The Health Ministry revealed yesterday that its proposed development budget is Sh320bn, up from Sh66bn in the last finanacial year. The ministry will also reduce the recurrrent expenditure from Sh332.6bn previously to Sh278.6bn when its moves its budget plan in Dodoma later in the month or in May.
The revelation means allocation, especially for the development vote will increase fourfold. The Minister for Health Ms Ummy Mwalimu, told The Citizen that a big chunk of the development budget(some Sh251.5 billion) would be directed to purchasing medicines and medical supplies.