I don’t look forward to budget readings anymore. But I should. This year’s budget comes on the back of major donor aid cuts and the decision by the World Bank to withdraw all forms of direct budget support ( all because of runaway corruption though the Bank claims its decision was at the request of the government. See the banks earlier peeving over corruption here). Thus there are major pressures on the exchequer which will express themselves no doubt on some creativity in expanding taxable income. The entire budget program is therefore straining with competing demands and is therefore a great place to examine priority setting. In any case here is the background to the budget. See for yourself
Not a huge fan but here official background to the 2013-14 budget and the budget speech
