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Kikuube District Approves Sh41.5bn Budget For FY 2023/24

Kikuube District Approves Sh41.5bn Budget For FY 2023/24

The Kikuube District Local Government Council on Wednesday, 30th May 2023, approved the 2023/2024  Shs41.5billion Finacial Year budget. The Motion for approval of the budget was tabled by the Kikuube District Secretary for Finance, Planning and Investment, Hon Nyakahara Zulia. This was as per section 77 of the Local Government Act Cap.243. According to the Secretary, the Resource Envelope for ...

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Minister Raphael Magyezi Calls For Review Of Decentralization Policy

Magyezi says he's tired of people calling him asking for the age limit money

The Minister for Local Government, Raphael Magyezi has called for an urgent review of Uganda’s decentralization policy which was implemented in 1992. The government introduced this policy that empowered lower governments to manage public affairs on behalf of the central government. This is in a bid to speed up development and service delivery. According to Magyezi, the policy review is ...

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Ministry Of Finance Asked To Let Local Governments Spend Own Revenue

Ministry Of Finance Asked To Let Local Governments Spend Own Revenue

Members of Parliament are not satisfied with the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development. This is because the ministry failed to implement the House’s resolution to allow local governments to spend local revenue at the source. The parliament passed a resolution in September 2021. This urged the government to reverse a directive requiring local governments to remit consolidated funds. ...

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Government To Measure Performance With Newly Introduced Balanced Scorecards

Government To Measure Performance With Newly Introduced Balanced Scorecards

Benjamin Kamumanya, the Permanent Secretary minister of Local Government, revealed the government’s new move. He said it will use the balanced scorecard to measure civil servants’ performance this fiscal year. “It is an instrument to accelerate levels of evaluation, monitoring, output, outcomes and levels of impact,” he said. He said scorecards help to show whether someone has achieved the targets ...

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