By Bondry Kilenga
Kotido District Council on Monday, March 23, 2026, laid Shs24 billion budget estimates for the 2026/2027 fiscal year, with health and education sector taking a lion share.
The budget was tabled before council by Mathew Lochoto Akerosky, the Secretary for Works and Technical Services, who represented the District LCV Chairperson, Paul Lotee Komol, during a special council meeting, held at Kotido Youth Council Hall.
It comes with an increase of Shs2 billion, representing a 6.3 percent increase from the current financial year 2025/2026, which had Shs22 billion.
In the proposed budget estimates for the next financial year, the central government is expected to transfer Shs16.5 billion, discretionary transfers Shs5 billion, and other government transfers Shs 703 million.
The district hopes to generate Shs323 million from local revenue and donor or external funding amounting to Shs 2 million.
In the budget estimates, the health sector takes a lion share with Shs9.31billion, education is allotted Shs 5 billion followed by production with Shs2 billion.
Mathew Lochoto Akerosky, Secretary for Works and Technical Services, said the budget is in line with Uganda’s Fourth National Development Plan (NDP IV), which aims to accelerate socio-economic transformation, targeting higher household incomes, full economic monetization, and sustainable industrialization.
He explained that the 2026/2027 budget estimates are subject to changes as the district expects more Indicative Planning Figures- IPFS from the Ministry of Finance.
He added that the new budget, when approved in May, is expected to facilitate the recruitment of staff, construct wards and classrooms in different sub counties among other interventions.
“Of the proposed local revenue, income is mainly expected from land fees, market fees, business licenses, local service tax among others,” he said.
Kotido District Speaker Emmanuel Lodio Lopwot urged the councilors to thoroughly read and scrutinize the draft budget before it’s passed as a working budget in May, 2026.
“This is an opportune moment for you to understand the priorities from your respective sub-counties reflected in the budget, including the allocated amounts before the budget is passed in May, which would facilitate effective tracking of implementation”, Lodio told the councilors.
“This is the right time for you to know the priorities from their sub-counties that have been captured in the budget and how much has been allocated as this helps in tracking implementation”, Lodio told the councilors.
Lodio said the district councils are required by law to lay their budgets by March 30 every year and approval of the same by May 31 as per the revised government regulations through the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development.
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