The alternative budget contains budget proposals from the public and sector stakeholders who attended the IEA annual pre-budget hearings that took place on 5th and 6th February 2013. The proposals submitted were consolidated and synthesized by the IEA according to the various Medium Terms Expenditure Framework (MTEF) sectors largely based on their feasibility, whether they make economic sense and whether they are in line with the national priorities of the government. Furthermore, this alternative budget takes cognizance of the Budget Review and Outlook Paper 2013/14 as a pre-budget statement that sets the macroeconomic framework through which the government will prepare the forthcoming budget.