By Thandie Chadzandiyani
LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-Federation of Disability Organizations in Malawi (FEDOMA) has expressed dissatisfaction on the budgetary allocation to the disability trust fund in the 2022/2023 National Budget.
This is comes days after the newly appointed Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Sosten Gwengwe, presented the 2022/2023 National budget projected at MK2.84 trillion in the August House.
In the budget, government has allocated MK100 million to the Disability Trust Fund, a development which the Executive Director for FEDOMA Simon Munde as described as unfortunate.
Munde said the allocation is too small to enable the organization run all its activities which have been lined up for the entire year, adding that the organization needs at least MK1 billion to successfully implement all the planned activities.
“The MK100 million which is allocated to the Disability Trust Fund is not enough comparing to the MK1 billion that is expected in order for us to run all our activities this year.
“This is just showing that the government is not committed enough to improving challenges faced by people living with disabilities in this country,” explained Munde.
Some of the key points expressed in the budget that have brought excitement to Malawians include the removal of value added tax on cooking oil and also removal of tax in the importation of sanitary pads.
However, the national budget has seen the education and agriculture sectors receiving the lions share of MK462.24 billion and MK447.66 billion respectively.
Members of Parliament are currently in their different clusters discussing the 2022/23 National budget before its approval by the August house
