Kanungu District Chairman Francis Byamukama Kapesha, has said that the District Budget Consultative Conference gives an opportunity to make strategies on improving planning, budgeting and service delivery.
Byamukama Kapesha made the remarks while speaking at the opening of the District Budget Consultative Conference which took place at Kanungu District Council Hall where he said that the 2027/2028 Budget must respond to the needs of the people.
The Budget Consultative Conference was held under the theme, ” Improved household income through commercial agriculture, industrialisation, expanding and broadening services, digital transformation and market access”.
The district want to target at least one agro-processing plant pee Subcounty on addition of coffee factories, fast track mining and processing of all mineral resources, harness the tourism potential, increase local content by deliberate promotion of private sector and increase resource mobilisation.
He noted that the right and well undertaken Budget formulation process is going to is going to help the district allocate resources effectively, facilitate service delivery, enhance better financial utilisation and performance.
Byamukama called on the district , sub county, partners and other stakeholders to openly present their views and present community priorities and challenges that affect the development agenda of the district.
He said that Kanungu District resource envelope for the Financial Year 2027/2028 is expected to be Ugx 67.8 billion of which Ugx 1.6 will be locally raised, Ugx 3.9 from other government transfers, Ugx 7.1 billion from discretionary transfers, Ugx 55 billion from Central Government transfers.
He said that the District will continue to follow principles of coordination and collaboration with all stakeholders, promote inclusiveness and equity in all processes of planning, budgeting and implementation to ensure balanced development.
Byamukama Kapesha noted that the main objective of the conference is to communicate the budget strategy and priorities for the next financial year and generate wider consensus on proposed priorities, transparency, accountability and ownership.
The participants also discussed key policy issues and administrative guidelines in preparation of the budget estimates, identify priority internvations, review budget performance in line with the District Development Plan priorities and disseminate the Tenfold Growth Strategy in the fiscal strategy and microeconomics outlook.
On Parish Development Model (PDM), the district will closely monitor all beneficiaries to ensure that funds received are put into good use apprehend all the culprits who solicit funds from the rightful beneficiaries
He therefore said that in the budget preparation they will focus on increasing household incomes by integrating and mainstream all departments in line with sustainable development goals.
