Around K300 million is spent on personal emoluments allowance for Departmental Heads and senior public servants.
This was revealed by Finance Minister, James Marape, today during the National Parliament Induction Programme for Members of Parliament.
Marape said the amount has been the same for the last five years and there needs to be some tightening up on the cost.
He told Chief Secretary, Isaac Luapari, in the presence of MPs as well as Departmental Heads who were present, to clamp down on these expenditure and make it a part of the their ‘Key Performance Indicators’ (KPI’s).
“I ask that all secretaries, as part of your KPI’s for all secretaries, if you blow your budget as far as personal emolument, you deserve to be sacked,” Marape said.
Marape also said office allocation cost around the same amount.
He said this affected the amount of funds spent on key development sectors such as Health and Education and needed to be reviewed.