september, 17.2025
By Ojok Walter-Lcc reporter
Lira city, Uganda|Local governments in Uganda must submit their budget for financial year 2026/2027 by 14 November.
The directive was issued on Monday 15 September 2025 by Hellen Jenny Owechi, Commissioner IT & Performance Audit in the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development while representing Finance Minister Matia Kasaija at a local government budget consultative workshop at Margaritha Palace Hotel in Lira City.
These was under atheme “Full Monetization of Uganda’s Economy through Commercial Agriculture, Industrialization, Expanding and Broadening Services, Digital Transformation and Market Access”, followed the National Budget Conference at Speke Resort Munyonyo on 11 September, which officially launched the 2026/27 budget preparation process as guided by Article 155 of the Constitution of Uganda and Section 12 of the Public Finance Management Act.
The 2026/27 budget is the second year of NDP facev IV implementation, the first plan to deliver the Tenfold Growth Strategy, and the final plan aligned to agenda 2030 of the Sustainable Development Goals.
It will also be the first to operationalize the ruling party’s 2026/27–2030/31
Kotido Municipality Mayor Irar Peter Abrahams said UGX 1 billion annual road grant often goes unutilized due to lack of road maintenance equipment.
Apac District Planner Agunsi Benedict said all allocations should reflect road network sizes, citing Oyam District’s 500km of roads compared with Apac’s 300km, despite both receiving equal money.
He assured the government of increasing allocations to local governments, warning that service delivery would remain incomplete without reform.
Eight local governments, Bugweri, Butebo, Buvuma, Gomba, Kalungu, Kiboga, Luuka, and Lugazi Municipality, remain without draft LGDP IVs, raising concerns over their readiness for the upcoming financial year as Uganda prepares for National Planning Authority Vision 2040.
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