Kyenjojo District Council has today laid the budget estimates for the 2025/26 Financial Year, totaling UGX 53,424,620,852 (Fifty-three billion, four hundred twenty-four million, six hundred twenty thousand, eight hundred fifty-two shillings only), revised up from 52,196,244,830 (Fifty-two billion, one hundred ninety-six million, two-hundred forty-four thousand, eight hundred thirty shillings only), a 2.4% increase from last Financial year’s budget.

 Kyenjojo council in session to present the draft budget estimates, Capacity Building Plan, District Revenue Plan 2025/26

The motion to lay the draft budget estimates was presented by Kyenjojo District Secretary of Finance and Planning, Hon Nathan Musinguzi, during a district council meeting held in the District Council Hall, at Kasiina. The session was chaired by the Speaker, Hon Ronald Karamagi.

Hon Nathan Musinguzi presents the Draft Budget Estimates for Kyenjojo DLG FY 2025/2026

According to the presented draft budget, the District’s budget for the 2025/26 Financial Year, the major expenditure allocation to sectors is Education, a total of 18,354,692,969= which constitutes 34% of the entire budget, with major emphasis to promote Primary, Secondary and skills development, highlighting the district’s commitment towards the implementation of UPE and USE Programs, and skills development in line with the National target to provide Labor force with the required skills needed by small and medium scale industries.

The second largest major expenditure is on health, allocated a total of 15,465,603,271=, a percentage of 28.9% of the total budget for FY 2025/2026. This allocation is devoted to the provision of decentralized Primary Health Care services, majorly improving maternal and new born child health, and empowering the referral system with necessary equipment to enable early diagnosis and treatment of non-communicable diseases, upgrading of health center IIs to health center IIIs to improve quality of heath care in the district.

Detailed Allocation to sectors detailed here below:

 The funding of this budget is projected and anticipated from:

 Central Government Transfers (CGT): UGX 49,268,777,500 (92%)

 Other Government Transfers (OGT): UGX 1,020,173,230 (2%)

 External Financing (Donor Funding): UGX 1,122,636,875 (2%)

Locally Collected Revenue: UGX 2,013,033,247 (4%)

The District Secretary of Finance and Planning, Hon Nathan Musinguzi, also presented the District Annual Work Plan 2025/2026, the Supplementary Budget No. 2 of 2024/2025, Capacity Building Plan, and District Revenue Enhancement Plan for the 2025/26 Financial Year.

These plans were laid in accordance with Section 35(1) and Section 77(1) of the Local Government Act, Cap 243, as amended.

 The Speaker, Hon Ronald Karamagi presides over the council session

 Hon Rubaihayo Gilbert, the District Chairperson Kyenjojo, addresses Council.

 A section of councilors in the council session

 Heads of Department of Kyenjojo District Local Government in attendance