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REPUBLIC OF BOTSWANA SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE FROM THE CONSOLIDATED AND DEVELOPMENT FUNDS Financial Paper No. 2 of 2016/2017 December, 2016 PRINTED BY THE GOVERNMENT PRINTER, GABORONE SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE FROM THE CONSOLIDATED FUND AND DEVELOPMENT FUNDS Financial Paper No. 2 of 2016/2017 i TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE Executive Summary……………………………………………………….(iii) – (iv) Preface……………………………………………………………………………………(v) PART I: CONSOLIDATED FUND Summary of Supplementary Requests...............................................1 Financial Statement.........................................................................2 Organisation 0600 – Education & Skills Development……....................3 Explanatory Notes.....................................................................4 – 5 PART II: DEVELOPMENT FUND Summary of Supplementary Requests................................................ 6 Part A: TEC Revision........................................................................................7- 8 Explanatory Notes.......................................................................9 - 12 Part B: Outline Sketches of Revised Projects...............................13 – 17 ii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Financial Paper No. 2 of 2016/2017 contains Supplementary Estimates of Expenditure from the Consolidated and Development Funds. The Supplementary Estimates of Expenditure contained in this Financial Paper were prepared on the basis of the authority conferred upon the Minister of Finance, by the Constitution and the requirements of the Presidential Directives CAB.1/99 and CAB.1/2004 which provide guidance when assessing requests for supplementary estimates as explained below. 2. Section 119(3) (a) of the Constitution provides that “if in any Financial Year it is found that the amount appropriated by the Appropriation Act for the purposes included in any head of expenditure is insufficient or that a need has arisen for expenditure for a purpose for which no amount has been appropriated by the Appropriation Act, a Supplementary Estimate showing the sums required shall be laid before the National Assembly …” 3. Further, Presidential Directive CAB.1/99 stipulates that, “Accounting Officers should strengthen their expenditure control measures and restrict Supplementary Estimates requests to cover unforeseen requirements and emergencies only”. 4. Part I of the Financial Paper contains proposals for the Consolidated Fund Supplementary Estimates. The Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MOESD) submitted supplementary budget estimates amounting to P1, 308,071,800 which is being recommended for approval through this Financial Paper. Explanatory notes for the supplementary estimates are available on Pages 4 - 5 of the Financial Paper. 5. Part II of the draft Financial Paper contains proposals amounting to P2,007,698,000 for the Development Fund Supplementary Estimates from the Ministry of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources (MMEWR) and Ministry of Infrastructure, Science and Technology (MIST) iii in respect of four ongoing projects. These are the Water Planning and Development; Major Villages Water Supply and Development; Botswana Power Corporation Finances and Botswana Innovation Hub project. Meanwhile the Ministry of Infrastructure, Science and Technology submitted a request to increase the Total Estimated Cost of the Botswana Innovation Hub project by P158,297,380. Explanatory notes for the supplementary estimates are available on Pages 9 - 12 of the Financial Paper. iv SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES NO. 2 OF 2016/2017 (November, 2016) SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES BY THE HON. MINISTER OF FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT PLANNING SHOWING IN PURSUANCE OF SECTION 119 (3) OF THE CONSTITUTION SUMS A. REQUIRED/EXPENDED IN EXCESS OF AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED BY LAW FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2016/2017 B. REQUIRED/EXPENDED FOR PURPOSES FOR WHICH NO AMOUNT WAS APPROPRIATED BY LAW FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR, 2016/2017 V PART l SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE FROM THE CONSOLIDATED FUND Financial Paper No. 2 of 2016/2017 SUMMARY OF SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES NO. 2 OF 2016/2017 MINISTRY/DEPARTMENT Original Total Revised Supplementary Approved Authorised Estimates Estimate Provision 2016/2017 2016/2017 Required 2016/2017 P P P P 0100 Parliament 117,215,770 117,215,770 117,215,770 0 0200 State President 1,110,984,910 1,110,984,910 1,110,984,910 0 0300 Finance & Dev. Planning 759,101,280 873,385,370 873,385,370 0 0400 Labour & Home Affairs 380,500,860 380,500,860 380,500,860 0 0500 Agriculture 1,088,013,870 1,088,013,870 1,088,013,870 0 0600 Education & Skills Dev. 10,636,328,520 10,641,328,520 11,949,400,320 1,308,071,800 0700 Trade & Industry 908,526,320 908,526,320 908,526,320 0 0800 Local Gov. & Rural Development 4,989,920,230 4,989,920,230 4,989,920,230 0 1000 Minerals, Energy & Water Resources 374,312,820 374,312,820 374,312,820 0 1100 Health 5,745,875,920 5,745,875,920 5,745,875,920 0 1200 Administration Of Justice 254,575,060 254,575,060 254,575,060 0 1300 Attorney General's Chambers 198,158,280 198,158,280 198,158,280 0 1400 Auditor General 53,773,370 53,773,370 53,773,370 0 1500 Foreign Affairs & International Coop. 491,639,280 491,639,280 491,639,280 0 1600 Independent Electoral Commission 55,686,490 55,686,490 55,686,490 0 1700 Ombudsman 24,432,580 24,432,580 24,432,580 0 1800 Lands & Housing 833,239,050 833,239,050 833,239,050 0 2000 Environment, Wildlife & Tourism 615,444,400 615,444,400 615,444,400 0 2100 Industrial Court 42,506,110 42,506,110 42,506,110 0 2200 Youth, Sports & Culture 899,822,900 899,822,900 899,822,900 0 2300 Infrastructure, Science & Technology 433,549,960 433,549,960 433,549,960 0 2400 Transport & Communications 2,022,398,190 2,022,398,190 2,022,398,190 0 2500 Defence, Justice & Security 4,951,166,780 4,951,166,780 4,951,166,780 0 9100 Appropriations from Revenue 14,690,580,332 14,690,580,332 14,690,580,332 0 TOTALS 51,677,753,282 51,797,037,372 53,105,109,172 1,308,071,800 1 FINANCIAL STATEMENT TOTAL SUPPLEMENTARY REQUIRED P1, 308,071,800 TO BE FINANCED FROM GENERAL REVENUE BALANCE P1, 308, 071,800 2 ORGANISATION 0600 - MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT TOTAL AUTHORISED REVISED SUPPLEMENTARY AUTHORISED ESTIMATES ESTIMATES P P P TOTALS 10,641,328,520 11,949,400,320 1,308,071,800 DETAILS OF THE FOREGOING PARENT AUTHORISED REVISED SUPPLEMENTARY ACCOUNT/ DETAILS NOTES PROVISION ESTIMATES ESTIMATES ACCOUNT P P P 0602 Department of Vocational Training and Education 01200 Training 01201 Allowances 4,642,770 124,518,600 119,875,830 Parent Account Total 9,050,230 128,926,060 119,875,830 Departmental Total 531,658,650 651,534,480 119,875,830 (1) 0603 Department of Tertiary Education Financing 01700 Grants Subventions and Other Payments 01759 Bursaries, Post Secondary Schools 2,139,284,880 3,327,480,850 1,188,195,970 Parent Account Total 2,139,284,880 3,327,480,850 1,188,195,970 Departmental Total 2,190,505,750 3,378,701,720 1,188,195,970 (2) 3 EXPLANATORY NOTES TO SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES ORGANIZATION 0600: MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT (MOESD) 0602: Department of Vocational Training and Education 01201: Allowances An amount of P119, 875,830 is required to pay student allowances for Tertiary and Vocational Education students. These allowances were initially paid by the Human Resource Development Council (HRDC). The Council has since indicated that they have run out of funds, hence MOTE is required to foot the bill. 0603: Department of Tertiary Education Financing 1. 01759: Bursaries, Post-Secondary Schools The Department of Tertiary Education Financing requires additional funding amounting to P1, 188,195,970. This is intended to address shortfalls under Tertiary Education Financing arising from increases in student population:- a) With the cut-off point set at 36 points, the number of students qualifying for sponsorship now stands at 10,237 compared to last year’s figure of 10,165. Altogether, the cost of new students’ sponsorship is an additional amount of P1, 033,010,970. b) Additional funding amounting to P155, 185,000 is also required to re-sponsor 2,500, out of the 7,000 students that discontinued their studies due to unsatisfactory performance. 4 The decision to re-sponsor the students is in recognition of the investment already made on the group. Among others, priority was also given to completing students, those who had dropped out of school due to ill health as well as Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC), Rural Areas Communities (RAC) and students with Special Education Needs (SEN). Furthermore, there was consideration for proceeding students who had gone on self-sponsorship for the failed modules or for an academic year and were qualified to proceed to the next level as per their initial agreement. c) The additional funding required to finance tertiary education needs will be sourced from the recurrent budget by withdrawing funds from existing budget votes. Fifteen (15) ministerial recurrent budgets have been identified for withdrawal of funds amounting to P1, 463,769,800. This amount will be able to cover the costs relating to Tertiary Education Financing requirements of P1, 308,071,800. The remaining balance of P155, 698,000 will be re-allocated to address the shortfalls under the Development Budget. 5 PART II DEVELOPMENT FUND SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE 2016/2017 SUMMARY OF SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES -DEVELOPMENT ESTIMATED SUPPLEMENTARY REVENUE 2016/2017 ESTIMATED SUPPLEMENTARY EXPENDITUREE 2016/2017 ACCOUNT CODE SOURCE OF FINANCE AMOUNT ORGANISATION AMOUNT (P) (P) 0301 DEVELOPMENT
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    Mogotsi et al. Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice (2016) 6:21 Pastoralism: Research, Policy DOI 10.1186/s13570-016-0068-7 and Practice RESEARCH Open Access Wildlife-livestock interface, veterinary cordon fence damage, lack of protection zones, livestock theft and owner apathy: Complex socio-ecological dynamics in Foot and Mouth disease control in southern Africa Kabo Mogotsi1*, Olaotswe Ernest Kgosikoma2 and Keotshepile Fredric Lubinda3 Abstract Current efforts to control and possibly eradicate the highly contagious and economically important Foot and Mouth disease (FMD) in Botswana are hampered by numerous inextricably linked constraints. These constraints were unveiled using a questionnaire-based approach among 94 communal area livestock owners in eastern Botswana’sZone6 (FMD-free zone without vaccination, straddling part of the Central and North East Districts, sharing a common border with Zimbabwe to the east). The area has a history of FMD, with the last outbreaks recorded in 2002 and 2003 prior to the study. Some of the most outstanding constraints in FMD control were (1) rampant cross-border livestock theft, (2) veterinary cordon fence damage attributed to illegal immigrants and an ever-increasing elephant population, (3) livestock interaction with FMD-susceptible wild ungulates on the same rangelands, and (4) an absence of a protection zone (formerly ‘buffer zone’) along the Botswana/Zimbabwean border as well as (5) general apathy towards daily livestock management demonstrated by some owners/herders. The paper further discusses these complex socio- ecological constraints as perceived by livestock owners and offers possible policy considerations including targeted FMD awareness campaigns, strengthening of FMD risk analysis capacity and synchronization of surveillance and control strategies among neighbouring countries as well as adoption of approaches such as compartmentalization and commodity-based trade to enable greater access of Botswana’s beef to high-value international markets.