Rukungiri District Council Approves UGX 62.5 Billion Budget for 2025/2026

Rukungiri: Rukungiri District Council has approved a budget of UGX 62,498,882,000 for the 2025/2026 financial year. This marks a 0.6% increase from the UGX 62,118,429,000 allocated in the 2024/2025 financial year.

The draft budget was presented by the Vice Chairperson of Rukungiri District, Santurina Nahwera, who represented the Secretary for Finance, Planning, and Administration, Hon. Gideon Ntungura. This took place during the district’s final council meeting for the financial year 2024/2025, held on May 28, at the council hall of Rukungiri District headquarters.

Despite the budget approval, there is no allocation for pension and gratuity arrears, salaries, or salary arrears, even though the district is closing the financial year with outstanding balances in these areas.

The Administration department will receive UGX 13,071,514,000, of which UGX 11,743,298,000 is for the Higher Local Government and UGX 1,328,216,000 for Lower Local Governments. The Finance department was allocated UGX 402,627,000, while statutory bodies will receive UGX 918,142,000. The Production and Marketing department was allocated UGX 3,335,334,000, and the Health sector is set to receive UGX 10,389,428,000.

Education remains the biggest beneficiary with UGX 30,266,128,000. Roads and Engineering will receive UGX 2,084,263,000, while the Water department was allocated UGX 651,145,000. The Natural Resources department will get UGX 561,640,000, and Community-Based Services will receive UGX 325,122,000. The Planning department was allocated UGX 302,159,000.

The Internal Audit department received UGX 70,491,000, while Trade, Industry, and Local Development will get UGX 120,888,000. The district’s total wage bill stands at UGX 35,296,607,700.

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