We have made provision in our budget to buy food for our people.

So what did we try to do? We introduced a fiscal rule that de linked our budget from the oil price.

He became the chairman of the National AIDS Committee and increased the budget fifty fold.

And the IMF went from issuing warnings to calling our Budget essential Now we must implement some of the key decisions required by that Budget.

As a direct result of that situation, for the first time in our history we are now faced with an acute financial crisis and are forced to appeal for budgetary support from our development partners and other friendly countries.

We have a detailed plan for the rebalance in our budget, and we have made decisions that will make our military more cost effective, efficient, and productive.