The Chamber of Deputies, in its session of 22 June 2009;
Pursuant to the Constitution of the Republic of Rwanda of 04 June 2003 as amended to date, especially in Articles 62, 66, 67, 79, 80, 81, 90, 92, 93, 108, 118, 184 and 201;

Pursuant to Organic Law n°37/2006 of 12/09/2006 on State Finances and Property as modified and complemented to date;

The implementation of the 2008 budget was affected by exogenous as well as by endogenous factors. Regarding exogenous factors, the steep rises in the prices of petroleum products and other commodities (notably food items such as grains and sugar) impacted both negatively and positively on the budget execution.

The Rwanda Government signed the Treaty of Accession to the East African Community (EAC) on 18th June 2007 and one of the requirements of the treaty was to align our budget calendar to that of the Community with effect from July 1, 2009.

IJAMBO RYA MINISITIRI W’IMARI N’IGENAMIGAMBI, JAMES MUSONI RIGEZA KU NTEKO ISHINGA AMATEGEKO IBIKUBIYE MU MUSHINGA W’INGENGO Y’IMARI YA LETA Y’UMWAKA WA 2009/2010

This report outlines the progress made in 2008 in implementation of the Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy (EDPRS) based on the selected targets and policy actions defined in the EDPRS Results and Policy Matrix.

A new Public Financial Management Reform Strategy 2008-2012 was presented in September 2008 together with a detailed Action Plan for 2009-12 and approved by Cabinet in December 2008.

The main objective of the Budget Framework Paper (BFP) is to set out the affordable financing options over the medium term (2009/10 – 2011/12) and clarify the cost of strategic policy options.
The Budget Framework (2009/10 – 2011/12) is prepared in the context of the global financial crisis and subsequent economic slowdown. The main focus of the Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy (EDPRS) priority programmes will be to promote higher economic growth in the medium to long term while maintaining macroeconomic stability to reduce the proportion of the population under the poverty line.

Rwanda has made substantial achievements in its recovery from the genocide and war of 1994.
The Government, through its expenditure program has played a crucial role in the process of promoting socio-economic reconstruction.

ANNUAL REPORT OF DECISIONS IN 2008
The National Independent Review Panel on Public Procurement was established on 30th July 2007 by Ministerial order N° 006 of 30/7/2007, following the enactment of Law N° 12/2007of 27/03/2007 on Public Procurement.

The overall goal of the Independent Review Panel is to ensure that the general principles constituting the basis of the national legislation on public procurement are respected by all Public institutions.

The implementation of an integrated system will resolve current problems of data inaccuracy, inconsistent reports by different agencies, bottleneck in monitoring the performance of some programs and activities, complex data consolidation and reconciliation exercise.