Local Government Workplan Vote: 611 Agago 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: 611 Agago District Foreword In accordance with section 36 of the Local Government Act (cap 243), Local Government prepares plans documents in conformity with Central government guidelines and formats. The ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development issued templates to be used by all Local Government in preparation of this Workplan and Budget. This Workplan and Budget is guided by the National Priorities areas for FY2015/16 which included:1)Maintenance of National Security and Defence,2) Facilitating Private Sector Enterprise for increased Investment, Employment and Economic Growth,3) Commercializing Production and Productivity in Primary Growth Sectors,4) Enhancing Capacity for increased Domestic Revenue Mobilization 5) Effective delivery of infrastructure Development and Maintenance ; 6) Increasing Social Service Delivery and 7) Enhancing Efficiency in Government Management. Based on the above National priority areas, Agago District Local Government came up with the followings: 1) Improvement in provision of health services through increasing the stock of medical supplies and infrastructure buildings as well as fully operationalising the existing health facilities, 2) increasing the stock and improving the quality of community roads for improved service delivery and marketing of agricultural produce, 3) Increasing agricultural production and productivity for household food security and surplus for sale, 4) increasing the availability and access to safe water points within the communities, 5) Empowering of individuals in the communities to provide sanitation facilities for selves and adapt to good hygiene practices, 6) Increasing the stock of physical infrastructures (classrooms ,latrine stances, teachers staff houses) to provide conducive learning environment in schools, 7) Intensifying advocacy for enforcement of sustainable utilization of natural resources, 8) Building capacities of communities to demand ,access, participate and sustain development programmes. The implementation of the priorities highlighted will propel the district towards achievement of its vision "A prosperous and peaceful people of Agago who are able to cope up with global dynamics and can contribute towards National Development" and its mission statement "To create a more conducive socio -economic and political environment for effective service delivery which is in conformity with national and local priorities in order to achieve sustainable development" In order for the district to achieve its goal, the Medium Term Plan is as outlined below: The district priories to be implemented in the medium terms are: 1) Education Sector The District plans to invest shillings 9,475,399,000 for payment of teachers’ salaries, construction of classroom blocks, supply of desks , construction of staff houses, supporting primary and secondary education, payments of teachers’ salaries, inspection of schools, recruitment and promotion of teachers and supporting education department activities in general 2) Works and Technical Services Works and Water budgeted for shillings 2,214,040,000 for the construction of general maintenance of district roads i.e. rehabilitation, repair, routine and periodic maintenance, supervision of contract works, , drilling of new deep boreholes, shallow wells and other water sources in the rural areas, vehicle repair and servicing 3) Health Sector In Health sector shillings 3,791,472,000 will be spent for the provision of minimum healthcare packages, investment in health infrastructures such as Staff houses at health facilities and maintenance of operating existing facilities 4 Production and Marketing Sector In Production and Marketing Sector the district Plans to invest shilling 334,649,000 in productivity enhancement, technology innovation and provision of extension and advisory services as well as vermin, pest, and disease control and prevention 5 Community Development The Community Development Department will invest shillings shs 815,173,000 for FAL, youth, women and the disabled, gender, probation, labor activities and empowerment of vulnerable groups and Youth Livelihood projects 6) Finance, Planning, Audit and Administration In Finance, Planning and Administration, shillings 3,230,415,000 will be spent in recurrent activities, human resource management, salaries, capacity building and transfers to lower local government 7) Council and Statutory Bodies Under Council and Statutory Bodies the district will invest shillings 668,617,000 to finance council and statutory activities 8) Natural Resources Natural Resources Department will invest shilling 86,899,000 in Land Management, Environment and Forestry. This includes budget of salary for staff in the directory a) Specific Government Priority Programmes With the contribution from partners, it’s optimistic that a number of programmes will be implemented including; Page 2 Local Government Workplan Vote: 611 Agago District (i) Youth Livelihood Projects. The Government has planned for Ushs 430,000,000 as revolving funds for the Youths. (ii) There is plan for PRDP III and NUSAF III but the details has not yet been communicated to the district (iii) Operation Wealth Creation /NAADS programme will continue to operate but the details on its operation has not yet been communicated to the district B) Donors will include Expect a total of shs 536,000,000 to be remitted in the district account through donors and agencies such as UNICEF, SDS,JICA,WHO,AMREF,ADRA, (iv) The Budget During the FY 2015/2016,the District Council will require at least shillings 20,616,663,000 to address priority objectives and achieve key sector targets and supports from development partners will be required to effectively deliver services to the population of Agago District. The budget will focus on bridging the facility gap and creating conducive environment for the population of Agago in productive activities and building capacity of staff for effective service delivery. Development Goals 1) To build a strong, accountable and transparent LG in line with Decentralization Policy. 2) To recruit, deploy and retain staff in good working environment 3) To strengthen staff supervision at all levels for effective and efficient service delivery. 4) To build capacity of District leaders in information, research, advertisement and public relation functions. 5) To enhance local revenue generation. 6) To strengthen participatory planning processes at District, sub-county and community levels with focus on poverty reduction and equity as well as mainstreaming crosscutting issues. 7) To strengthen extension and advisory services on crop production, livestock, fisheries, vector control and marketing/ market information. 8) To increase enrolment and retention of school age going children in primary schools. 9) To provide curative, preventive and rehabilitative health services to the population. 10) To Construct and rehabilitate building infrastructure at all levels of LG 11) To provide safe and clean water; and improve sanitation levels within national set standards. 12) To improve road accessibility to socio-economic centres, productive and security areas in the district 13) To ensure planned development of urban centres 14) To encourage reforestation and restoration of the natural environment 15) To promote and encourage productive and sustainable use of wetlands. 16) To empower vulnerable groups 17) To strengthen and promote positive cultural practices. 18) To enforce labour and Child Laws 19) To formalise ownership of all government Land 20) To strengthen the capacity of communities to address conflicts especially land issues OKAKA GEOFFREY - Chief Administrative Officer Page 3 Local Government Workplan Vote: 611 Agago 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 458,200 105,120 450,400 2a. Discretionary Government Transfers 3,945,141 1,972,570 3,989,080 2b. Conditional Government Transfers 14,961,741 6,816,574 13,560,645 2c. Other Government Transfers 2,197,992 1,379,087 1,424,517 3. Local Development Grant 848,714 409,047 813,377 4. Donor Funding 806,000 306,910 536,000 Total Revenues 23,217,789 10,989,308 20,774,019 Revenue Performance in 2014/15 The total revenue received within the first quarter FY 2014/15 was shs 6,337,743,000 which is 27% of the Annual estimated revenue of the district. There was less revenue received from Locally Raised Revenue and from Donors. Locally Raised Revenue was quite low due to bad weather which affected agricultural activities and transport network. Donors contribution was also below expectation because a few donors have resorted to implementing their activities directly instead of submitting the funds through the district. The received funds were disbursed to the departments and Lower Local Governments. The total expenditure within the quarter was only shs 4,545,610,000 which is 72% of the release and 20% of the budget. There was unspent balance of shs 1,792,133,000 meant for contract works. There delay in procurement process caused by late running of advert. The advert delayed basically because of disagreements about some sites