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Local Government Quarterly Performance Report Vote: 524 Kibaale District 2014/15 Quarter 2 Structure of Quarterly Performance Report Summary Quarterly Department Workplan Performance Cumulative Department Workplan Performance Location of Transfers to Lower Local Services and Capital Investments Submission checklist I hereby submit _________________________________________________________________________. This is in accordance with Paragraph 8 of the letter appointing me as an Accounting Officer for Vote:524 Kibaale District for FY 2014/15. I confirm that the information provided in this report represents the actual performance achieved by the Local Government for the period under review. Name and Signature: Chief Administrative Officer, Kibaale District Date: 17/03/2015 cc. The LCV Chairperson (District)/ The Mayor (Municipality) Page 1 Local Government Quarterly Performance Report Vote: 524 Kibaale District 2014/15 Quarter 2 Summary: Overview of Revenues and Expenditures Overall Revenue Performance Cumulative Receipts Performance Approved Budget Cumulative % Receipts Budget UShs 000's Received 1. Locally Raised Revenues 1,617,978 679,186 42% 2a. Discretionary Government Transfers 4,088,853 1,707,896 42% 2b. Conditional Government Transfers 28,659,376 12,470,813 44% 2c. Other Government Transfers 4,047,743 2,494,329 62% 3. Local Development Grant 1,111,134 554,964 50% 4. Donor Funding 651,736 342,265 53% Total Revenues 40,176,820 18,249,453 45% Overall Expenditure Performance Cumulative Releases and Expenditure Perfromance Approved Budget Cumulative Cumulative % % % Releases Expenditure Budget Budget Releases UShs 000's Released Spent Spent 1a Administration 2,304,787 978,479 909,837 42% 39% 93% 2 Finance 1,157,810 438,994 429,247 38% 37% 98% 3 Statutory Bodies 1,124,385 417,456 407,608 37% 36% 98% 4 Production and Marketing 1,581,975 559,808 428,051 35% 27% 76% 5 Health 4,186,266 2,005,636 1,951,223 48% 47% 97% 6 Education 20,941,422 8,777,771 8,525,799 42% 41% 97% 7a Roads and Engineering 4,876,389 2,278,322 1,201,820 47% 25% 53% 7b Water 589,747 286,369 70,186 49% 12% 25% 8 Natural Resources 289,777 123,425 86,650 43% 30% 70% 9 Community Based Services 1,334,415 391,858 240,117 29% 18% 61% 10 Planning 1,673,222 1,558,176 1,540,901 93% 92% 99% 11 Internal Audit 116,626 67,764 67,626 58% 58% 100% Grand Total 40,176,820 17,884,059 15,859,065 45% 39% 89% Wage Rec't: 21,741,683 8,987,901 8,984,086 41% 41% 100% Non Wage Rec't: 14,077,132 7,398,448 6,162,137 53% 44% 83% Domestic Dev't 3,706,270 1,406,600 633,222 38% 17% 45% Donor Dev't 651,736 91,110 79,619 14% 12% 87% Summary of Cumulative Receipts, disbursements and Expenditure for FY 2014/15 By the end of the 2nd quarter, a cumulative out turn of Ushs. 18,249,453,000 had been received by the District representing 45% of the projected annual income. This revenue had been so far realised from the following sources: Central Government Transfers (94.4%), Local Revenue (3.7%) and donor funding (1.9%). The cumulative revenue performance when disaggregated by source was as follows: Central Government Transfers stood at 45.5% of the projected revenue, Local Revenue stood at 42.0% of the projected revenue while donor funding was at 53% of the projected annual out turn from this source. Of the cumulative receipts by the District Ushs.17,884,059,000 had been disbursed to departments and Lower Local Governments representing 98% of the funds that so far been realised. The balance on the General Fund account as at the end of the quarter was Ushs 382,513,916 out of which ushs 251,154,300 was a donor release for supporting immunisation Page 2 Local Government Quarterly Performance Report Vote: 524 Kibaale District 2014/15 Quarter 2 Summary: Overview of Revenues and Expenditures that was scheduled for the 3rd quarter, ushs 112,471,616 was local revenue from disposal of boarded off items and trading licences realised at the close of the quarter while the balance of ushs 18,888,000 was PHC non wage grant released to the Health department at the end of the quarter. These funds had not yet been disbursed to the spending accounts by the end of the quarter. Regarding expenditure, cumulative expenditure stood at 15,859,065,000 (including expenditure under multi sectoral transfers to Lower Local Governments) representing 89% of the releases that had so far been made to departments and Lower Local Governments. There was high funds utilisation in most of the departments save for Roads and Engineering, water and Community Based Services due to the long procurement process for capital projects that was at contract signing stage and the long appraisal process for the beneficiaries under the Community Driven Development and People With Disability Grants whose appraisal process had just ended. Page 3 Local Government Quarterly Performance Report Vote: 524 Kibaale District 2014/15 Quarter 2 Summary: Cummulative Revenue Performance Cumulative Receipts Performance Approved Budget Cumulative % Receipts Budget UShs 000's Received 1. Locally Raised Revenues 1,617,978 679,186 42% Property related Duties/Fees 80,000 18,708 23% Local Hotel Tax 20 0 0% Local Service Tax 160,000 100,314 63% Other Fees and Charges 297,130 95,320 32% Other licences 43,386 0 0% Park Fees 91,538 7,530 8% Cess on produce 205,000 22,277 11% Market/Gate Charges 245,000 105,004 43% Registration (e.g. Births, Deaths, Marriages, etc.) Fees 20 0 0% Registration of Businesses 600 0 0% Rent & Rates from private entities 260,000 111,405 43% Rent & rates-produced assets-from private entities 20,000 57,213 286% Application Fees 15,000 300 2% Sale of non-produced government Properties/assets 70,000 55,166 79% Business licences 120,000 95,667 80% Unspent balances – Locally Raised Revenues 10,284 10,284 100% 2a. Discretionary Government Transfers 4,088,853 1,707,896 42% Transfer of District Unconditional Grant - Wage 2,081,040 757,827 36% Transfer of Urban Unconditional Grant - Wage 500,774 196,549 39% District Unconditional Grant - Non Wage 1,210,668 605,334 50% Urban Unconditional Grant - Non Wage 296,371 148,186 50% 2b. Conditional Government Transfers 28,659,376 12,470,813 44% Conditional transfers to DSC Operational Costs 56,828 28,414 50% Conditional transfers to Production and Marketing 200,372 100,186 50% Conditional transfers to Salary and Gratuity for LG elected Political 253,094 94,980 38% Leaders Conditional transfer for Rural Water 472,906 236,454 50% Conditional transfers to Councillors allowances and Ex- Gratia for LLGs 225,007 31,200 14% Conditional transfers to Contracts Committee/DSC/PAC/Land Boards, 28,120 14,060 50% etc. Conditional transfers to School Inspection Grant 112,508 56,172 50% Conditional Transfers for Non Wage Technical Institutes 192,473 96,236 50% Conditional Grant to Secondary Salaries 2,101,861 839,964 40% Conditional Grant to Tertiary Salaries 144,979 58,118 40% Conditional Grant to PAF monitoring 81,302 40,650 50% Conditional Grant to SFG 280,869 140,434 50% Conditional Grant to PHC - development 192,815 96,408 50% Conditional transfers to Special Grant for PWDs 68,715 34,358 50% Conditional Grant to PHC- Non wage 252,119 126,207 50% Conditional Grant to PHC Salaries 2,809,627 1,518,642 54% Conditional Grant to Primary Education 1,272,060 610,424 48% Conditional Grant to Secondary Education 2,157,851 1,079,604 50% Conditional Grant to Primary Salaries 13,825,784 5,494,650 40% Conditional Grant to Women Youth and Disability Grant 32,913 16,456 50% Conditional Grant to Community Devt Assistants Non Wage 47,181 23,590 50% Sanitation and Hygiene 22,000 11,000 50% Page 4 Local Government Quarterly Performance Report Vote: 524 Kibaale District 2014/15 Quarter 2 Summary: Cummulative Revenue Performance Cumulative Receipts Performance Approved Budget Cumulative % Receipts Budget UShs 000's Received Roads Rehabilitation Grant 2,230,000 1,115,000 50% Conditional Grant to Agric. Ext Salaries 28,988 14,494 50% Construction of Secondary Schools 284,407 140,604 49% NAADS (Districts) - Wage 511,595 306,720 60% Conditional Grant to District Hospitals 131,634 65,816 50% Conditional Grant to NGO Hospitals 97,135 48,568 50% Conditional Grant to District Natural Res. - Wetlands (Non Wage) 8,723 4,362 50% Conditional Grant to DSC Chairs’ Salaries 24,523 9,000 37% Conditional Grant to Functional Adult Lit 36,082 18,042 50% Conditional Grant for NAADS 474,906 0 0% 2c. Other Government Transfers 4,047,743 2,494,329 62% MOES- PLE 20,126 Youth Livelihood Programme 437,473 0 0% MOES- Monitoring and supervision 4,500 3,677 82% Roads maintenance- URF 1,995,628 875,983 44% Census 2014 - UBOS 1,428,752 1,428,752 100% CAIIP 15,600 0 0% Unspent balances – Conditional Grants 165,791 165,791 100% 3. Local Development Grant 1,111,134 554,964 50% LGMSD (Former LGDP) 1,111,134 554,964 50% 4. Donor Funding 651,736 342,265 53% CES 98,000 0 0% Baylor International (U) 30,000 0 0% A2Z Project 3,600 0 0% Global Fund 75,969 0 0% IDI 38,345 Mini TASO - Kagadi Hosp 40,000 1,920 5% NOTF 8,000 0 0% NTD 22,000 7,300 33% PACE 735 PCY 29,100 4,600 16% PEARL 21,042 0 0% UAC 4,000 0 0% UNEPI/UNICEF/WHO 280,087 257,310 92% UNICEF funding to Community Services 7,440 0 0% Unspent balances - donor 26,298 26,298 100% WHO 4,000 5,757 144% Donor Funding to Planning Unit 2,200 0 0% Total Revenues 40,176,820 18,249,453 45% (i) Cummulative Performance for Locally Raised Revenues During the quarter under review, there was fair performance of Local revenue.
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