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Bushenyi - Bushenyi District Council has approved a budget of Shs 42.8 billion for the 2025/2026 financial year, with the Education and Sports sector once again receiving the largest allocation. This marks a slight increase from the Shs 42 billion approved for the 2024/2025 financial year.
The budget was presented during a council sitting held at the District Council Hall by Didas Twijukye, the Secretary for Finance and Administration, who also serves as the Leader of Government Business.
“The Education and Sports sector will take the lion’s share of the budget, followed by Administration, Health, and Community-Based Services,” said Mr. Twijukye. “Most of the funding will come from government grants, while the rest will be raised through local revenue, donor contributions, and support from line ministries.”
Compared to last year’s figure, the new budget reflects an increase of Shs 800 million—a sign of the district’s commitment to expanding service delivery and development, despite ongoing financial constraints.
Mucunguzi
Council Speaker Douglas Mucunguzi thanked the councillors for fulfilling their constitutional role in approving the budget and emphasized the importance of proper implementation.
“Approving the budget is only the beginning,” said Mucunguzi. “I urge all leaders to follow through with the recommendations from our standing committees so that we can deliver results to our people.”
He also expressed concern over the district’s low levels of local revenue collection.
“Our local revenue collection remains worryingly low,” he noted. “I call upon both political and technical leaders to collaborate and find lasting solutions. With the emergence of new urban centres, we must innovate and expand our revenue base.”
District Chairperson Jaffari Basajjabalaba emphasized efforts to transform existing opportunities into engines for economic development through Public-Private Partnerships (PPP).
“As a district, we’ve come together to identify projects that can transform our local economy,” he said. “We are focusing on unlocking these opportunities to boost local revenue generation under the PPP model.”
He noted that nine project proposals were recently presented during a stakeholders’ meeting. These include:
In addition, two proposals were submitted by Lower Local Governments (LLGs).
“These proposals will be tabled before the District Council for further deliberation,” Basajjabalaba added.
