Mr. Andrew Kibwota Otim
Head of Department

Key Mandates:
The department is mandated to ensure that there is effective and efficient performance of 41 Municipal Councils and 272 Town Councils to adhere to Government Laws, Regulations, Instructions, Guidelines and Policies.

The main priorities include:

  • To ensure that public funds in LGs are put to proper use,
  • To inspect Urban LGs to ensure adherence to administrative instruments, regulations in the delivery of social services and utilization of public resources,
  • To tender advice and strengthen the capacity of Urban LGs to mobilize local revenue and local tax administration,
  • To monitor financial management standards in Urban LGs,
  • To evaluate periodic and situational technical progress reports from Urban LGs i.e. Audit reports, budgets, final accounts and
  • To document good practices in LGs to enhance consistency of their application.

Key Activity:
The DUI undertakes independent verification of adherence to established laws, Regulation, Guidelines, Instructions and Policies to ensure efficiency and effectiveness in the operations of Urban LGs. During Inspection, Inspectors gather sufficient evidence to form an opinion on the extent and quality of compliance. The inspection results are meant to guide administrative or policy interventions by the Ministry or Other Government Agencies.

While verifying compliance with Laws and Regulations the DUI is also concerned with the Quality of Compliance. The inspection raises flag for areas that are likely to need more attention by the Ministry or Other Government Agencies. Areas of concern include: attainment of value for money, misappropriation of funds and project appraisals.

Key Policy Achievements: In addition to the normal routine inspection of Urban LGs, the following key policy initiatives were super headed by the Department: –

  • Formulation and enactment of the Local Service Tax,
  • Formulation and enactment of Local Hotel Tax,
  • Business case for Tax Payers Registration Expansion Programme (TREP), e-logrev, to automate local revenue administration in LGs,
  • Policy Guidelines for management of Markets,
  • Policy Guidelines for management of Taxi Parks,
  • Draft Guidelines for LGs Bonds, and
  • Draft LST for Commercial Farmers Regulations.

Projects under Implementation:

  • The Department is implementing Taxpayers Registration Expansion Programme (TREP) in 34 Municipalities.  TREP is a taxpayer’s registration initiative through institutional collaboration with URSB, URA and KCCA. The Ministry’s flagship activity under TREP is the Local Government Revenue Collection and management Information System (LGRMIS) code named e-logrevrolled out in 4 Municipalities only due to resource constraints. E-logrev is an automated solution for Taxpayers’ registration assessments, e-payment, enforcement, reporting, reconciliation and interfacing/integration with other Government Agencies, Telecom and Commercial Bank Systems. On average revenue has increased by over 70% where the e-logrevhas been implemented.
  • The National Oil Seeds Project (NOSP) is a seven-year (July 12 2021- July 11 2028) jointly implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) and Ministry of Local Government (MoLG). This project was designed to build on the successes of the predecessor project, the Vegetable Oil Development Project (VODP) Phase 2. The total funding of the project is $160,805,000 (One Hundred sixty million, eight hundred and five thousand US Dollars). This is being financed by International Fund for Agriculture (IFAD), OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID), Heifer International, Kuehne Foundation, Government of Uganda, Private Sector and Beneficiaries.

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