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Burundi passes 2017 budget bill amid frozen support

Xinhua, December 23, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Burundian National Assembly on Thursday passed the bill on the east African country's 2017 annual budget that featured a 5.2-percent increase from the 2016 one.

The bill came at a time when most of Burundi's financial and technical partners have frozen their support to the east African nation following President Pierre Nkurunziza's controversial third term that was the origin of the country's 2015 crisis.

Burundi's finance, budget and privatization minister Domitien Ndihokubwayo had been invited at Kigobe Parliament House to give lawmakers clarifications about the 2017 budget bill.

The country's total charges for the year 2017 are estimated at 1,326.9 billion Burundi francs (7.9 billion U.S. dollars) while charges for 2016 were 1,260.6 billion francs.

The 2017 budget bill also allows the country's education ministry to recruit 1,000 teachers at secondary, elementary and professional education with charges amounting to 2.2 billion francs.

The country's health and AIDS control ministry has also been allowed to recruit 167 medical staff members with various qualifications with charges estimated at 531.7 million francs.

The budget allocated to the energy and infrastructure sectors was however reduced compared with in 2016.

The 2017 budget bill is to be analyzed Friday by the country's senate before its promulgation by the Burundian president. Endit