Local Government Workplan Vote: 504 Bugiri District Structure of Workplan Foreword Executive Summary A: Revenue Performance and Plans B: Summary of Department Performance and Plans by Workplan C: Draft Annual Workplan Outputs for 2015/16 D: Details of Annual Workplan Activities and Expenditures for 2015/16 Page 1 Local Government Workplan Vote: 504 Bugiri District Foreword It is with great pleasure that I present the Annual Workplan and Budget for Bugiri District Local Government for the Financial Year 2014-2015. The Budget Estimates have been prepared in fulfilment of the Local Government Act 1997, Section 78 (1) that mandates Local Governments to formulate, approve and execute their budgets and workplans provided the budgets are balanced. The theme of this Financial Years's Budget Estimates is to consolidate our program achievements that address increased productivity, improved health, household incomes, education and improved access to social infrastructure so as to achieve prosperity for all for the people of Bugiri District. The Budget provides for resources ear marked for the provision of basic public goods and services especially in the most prioritized sectors of Health, Education, Roads, and Production to improve incomes of the people in the district. The budget estimates have been prepared in an all inclusive manner and I take this opportunity to convey my sincere gratitude to all stakeholders who have participated in the process of formulating these estimates of revenue and expenditure; the technical staff in the district, NGOs, Donors and other partners in development. I wish to extend my Special thanks to the Government of Uganda and the Ministry of Local Government for the support provided through the DLSP and CAIIP-3 programme to District which focus on improving livelihoods of the people in Bugiri. I wish to express my gratitude to SDS-USAID programme, and development partners like the STRIDES, UCOBAC, SCORE, Heifer international, World Vision, KIWODA among other for the support geared towards improving the quality of life of the people in Bugiri. Special thanks also go to the District citizens/residents who participated in identifying the district priorities for the period 2014/15 that are presented in these budget estimates for FY 2014-15. Special thanks to the Central Government for the continued guidance and provision of funds towards the development of Bugiri district. I therefore wish to inform the general public that Bugiri District Council is determined to make Bugiri District a better place to live by providing a conducive political environment appropiate for quality service delivery. I wish to call upon all people of Bugiri district to join the district council in actualising the set strategies to improve on the mobilization of local revenue to enable the District Council to fund its development and recurrent prioritized activities. I also wish to call upon my fellow political leaders, councilors and the Bugiri population to accord the budget estimates the support it deserves to actualize it and meet the objectives for which it is to serve in order to make the mission of “improving the quality of life of our people through the provision of quality services” a reality. For God and My Country Page 2 Local Government Workplan Vote: 504 Bugiri District Executive Summary Revenue Performance and Plans 2014/15 2015/16 Approved Budget Receipts by End Proposed Budget Dec UShs 000's 1. Locally Raised Revenues 555,144 304,583 658,284 2a. Discretionary Government Transfers 2,558,470 1,092,990 2,320,269 2b. Conditional Government Transfers 17,105,914 8,173,823 19,143,878 2c. Other Government Transfers 7,022,240 1,428,715 1,633,230 3. Local Development Grant 728,061 361,640 728,061 4. Donor Funding 988,430 245,149 511,061 Total Revenues 28,958,260 11,606,900 24,994,784 Revenue Performance in 2014/15 The total district receipts by end of the second quarter amounted to Ushs. 11,647,675,000 with government transfers accounting for 95%, local revenue and donors constituting 3% and 2% respectively. The above receipts are an attainment of 40% of the planned budget for FY 2014-15. The failure to achieve the expected 50% of the budget is mainly attributed to the dismal performance of revenue sources like other government transfers which have performed at 20% and Donor funding which has performed at 25% by the end of the second quarter. The poor performance by the other government transfers was basically due to the closure of the District Livelihood Support Programme (DLSP) coupled with the direct payment for services by the Ministry of Local Government to service providers under the programme and also under CAIIP. Donor funding also deterred the District from achieving the anticipated 50% of the budget but the District has little or no control in this situation. The Local Revenue performance of the District was at 55% by the end of the second quarter and this fair performance is attributed to the improved revenue collection by Bugiri Town Council that accounts for more than 50% of all the local revenue collected by the District. The rural local governments local revenue performance is still wanting mainly due to the small Local Revenue base. Ushs.11,534,856,000 of the above receipts was transferred to departments leaving a balance of Ushs. 72,044,000 on the General fund collection account. The balances were mainly receipts from other government agencies that remitted funds late like the Smart agriculture project, the other receipts accruing from the sale of bids to service providers that occurred during the close of the quarter and the land agency and other fees that trickle in almost on a daily basis. Departments absorbed Ushs. 10,773,918,000 of the funds transferred to them leaving a balance of Ushs.760,938,000 as unspent by the end of the quarter. The unspent balances were mainly in the departments of Production and marketing basically due to the NAADS salaries received for the laid off staff in the process of being paid off and under the Water sector due to the rigorous process of procuring service providers for the development projects, capital investments in progress but awaiting payments coupled with late release of funds especially other transfers from central government like Road fund, CAIIP, DLSP e.t.c. There are also delays due to IFMS processes (especially failure) with little control by the district. Planned Revenues for 2015/16 The District Budget for FY 2015/16 is Ushs. 24,994,784,000 of which Ushs. 658,284,000 is Local revenue, Ushs. 23,825,439,000 are central government transfers and Ushs. 511,061,000 as donor funding. This indicates a budget reduction compared to FY 2014/15 that included census funds, NAADS and DLSP that have closed up. There were also significant reductions in IPFs for a number of Central Government transfers that are the major source of revenue for the district and also donor funding. Expenditure Performance and Plans 2014/15 2015/16 Approved Budget Actual Proposed Budget Expenditure by UShs 000's end of Dec 1a Administration 1,268,534 643,325 1,108,059 2 Finance 505,071 241,053 471,829 3 Statutory Bodies 615,715 260,827 1,651,137 4 Production and Marketing 1,013,381 123,771 299,954 Page 3 Local Government Workplan Vote: 504 Bugiri District Executive Summary 2014/15 2015/16 Approved Budget Actual Proposed Budget Expenditure by UShs 000's end of Dec 5 Health 3,736,835 1,543,438 4,315,132 6 Education 13,004,813 6,226,127 13,457,315 7a Roads and Engineering 6,673,973 746,971 1,654,909 7b Water 753,517 144,030 745,439 8 Natural Resources 194,671 68,300 147,604 9 Community Based Services 680,788 201,872 877,737 10 Planning 404,643 780,245 166,262 11 Internal Audit 106,320 26,858 99,408 Grand Total 28,958,260 11,006,818 24,994,784 Wage Rec't: 13,454,579 6,433,904 13,838,122 Non Wage Rec't: 6,361,344 3,708,695 7,051,353 Domestic Dev't 8,153,907 739,405 3,594,248 Donor Dev't 988,430 124,814 511,061 Expenditure Performance in 2014/15 Out of the receipts received, Ushs.11,534,856,000 was transferred to departments leaving a balance of Ushs. 72,044,000 on the General fund collection account. The balances were mainly receipts from other government agencies that remitted funds late like the Smart agriculture project, the other receipts accruing from the sale of bids to service providers that occurred during the close of the quarter and the land agency and other fees that trickle in almost on a daily basis. Departments absorbed Ushs. 10,773,918,000 of the funds transferred to them leaving a balance of Ushs.760,938,000 as unspent by the end of the quarter. The unspent balances were mainly in the departments of Production and marketing basically due to the NAADS salaries received for the laid off staff in the process of being paid off and under the Water sector due to the rigorous process of procuring service providers for the development projects, capital investments in progress but awaiting payments coupled with late release of funds especially other transfers from central government like Road fund, CAIIP, DLSP e.t.c. There are also delays due to IFMS processes (especially failure) with little control by the district. Planned Expenditures for 2015/16 The District Budget of Ushs. 24,994,784,000 has Ushs. 13,838,122,000 as Wage and the rest for the delivery of planned services.