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Recurrent expenditure eats 97pc of Exchequer's releases

Only 10 of the Government’s ministries and state departments have received development money for the current financial year.

According to the National Treasury update for the first two months of the current financial year (up to end August), most key state departments such as Agriculture, Devolution, Tourism and Trade are yet to get any development funds from the Exchequer.

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