Musasizi Orders Shift From Spending to Results in Budgeting

What the report says

Finance Minister Henry Musasizi has told government planning, accounting and procurement officials to move away from budgeting that is judged mainly by how much money is spent, and instead focus on whether public funds produce measurable results for citizens, according to Nile Post. He made the remarks on Wednesday while closing the annual meeting of Heads of Planning, Accounts and Procurement Units.

Musasizi said better coordination across those functions is needed to improve planning, implementation, reporting, accountability and service delivery. He also said government should treat budget success as the value delivered to people, not just the size of expenditure, and urged the officials to work as a single team rather than in separate silos.

The minister linked the message to Uganda’s broader development goals, including the Tenfold Growth Strategy and the ambition of reaching a $500 billion economy by 2040. He said that target will require stronger domestic revenue mobilisation, disciplined public spending, prudent handling of oil resources and tighter monitoring of government programmes.

He also called for more integrated planning from the grassroots up to Cabinet and Parliament, alongside standardisation and regulation of planning and procurement roles. The reported message matters because it reflects the government’s push to improve public expenditure management so that larger allocations translate into visible services and development outcomes.