Appropriation (2021)Bill ,2020 HB 6, 2020
The 2021 budget Bill appropriates $368.5 billion, with Primary and Secondary Education ($55.2bn), Health ($54.7bn) and Lands and Agriculture ($46.3bn) the three largest votes.
This Bill authorises spending for the year ending 31 December 2021. The Consolidated Revenue Fund is charged with not more than $368,514,300,000.
The largest votes are Primary and Secondary Education at $55,221,000,000, Health and Child Care at $54,705,000,000, and Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement at $46,259,000,000. Behind them come Transport and Infrastructural Development at $30,064,400,000, Finance and Economic Development at $29,336,100,000, Defence and War Veterans at $23,754,000,000 and Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage at $23,556,600,000.
Smaller votes give a sense of the scale gap: the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission receives $2,320,900,000, the Judicial Services Commission $2,487,000,000, the National Prosecuting Authority $610,000,000, the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission $317,000,000 and the Human Rights Commission $148,000,000.
The Bill names the Unallocated Reserve within Vote 5 explicitly at $8,009,100,000, under Programme 3, Sub Programme 1. The Minister of Finance may direct that money from that reserve go to any other Ministry for a stated purpose, and may move money between Votes when a service is reassigned. Unlike the 2019 Bills, this one charges the Consolidated Revenue Fund only — there is no separate Retention Fund appropriation.
What changed
- Consolidated Revenue Fund charged with up to $368,514,300,000 for the year ending 31 December 2021
- Primary and Secondary Education receives $55,221,000,000, the largest vote
- Health and Child Care receives $54,705,000,000
- Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement receives $46,259,000,000
- The Unallocated Reserve of Vote 5 is set at $8,009,100,000
- No separate Retention Fund appropriation is made
- The Minister of Finance may transfer between Votes and release the Unallocated Reserve
Who this affects
- government ministries spending against the 2021 Votes
- suppliers and contractors to government
- teachers and health workers funded from the two largest votes
- budget analysts and economists
- taxpayers
Plain-language summary — not legal advice. Always read the full instrument.