KAMPALA- The Presidential Affairs Committee of Parliament has backed a proposal to allocate UGX23Bn for Resident District Commissioners (RDCs).
This includes UGX6.2Bn to close the funding gap for RDC facilitation and UGX2.8Bn for phased construction of RDC offices nationwide.
The presidential Affairs committee chairperson Alex Byarugaba said that the office of the President mobilizes the population towards socio-economic transformation. It requires UGX21Bn to facilitate RDCs, but only UGX14.8Bn is provided in the 2025/26 indicative budget, leaving a funding gap of UGX6.2Bn.
He noted that the lack of office accommodation for RDCs is a persistent issue and the office of the President requires UGX3.05Bn annually to construct at least five RDC offices, but only UGX700M is allocated, which is insufficient. At this rate, it would take over 100 years to resolve the office accommodation issue.
Byarugaba recommended that UGX2.8Bn be provided annually to construct five offices per financial year, addressing the accommodation challenge in the medium term. However, Kira municipality mp Ssemujju criticized the ever-expanding number of RDCs, which he said is straining the national budget.
