By Aaron Okotel
MBALE CITY
Mbale Industrial City Division has projected a resource envelope of Shs3.9 billion for the 2027/2028 financial year, with Shs2.6 billion expected from locally generated revenue as authorities seek to improve infrastructure and service delivery.
The projections were presented on Wednesday during the division’s budget conference for the 2027/2028 financial year, held at Mbale City under the theme “Full Monetisation of Uganda’s Economy through Commercial Agriculture, Industrialization, Expanding and Broadening Services, Digital Transformation and Market Access.”
The proposed resource envelope stands at Shs3,914,013,895, comprising Shs108.1 million in non-wage transfers, Shs224.2 million under the District Discretionary Development Equalisation Grant (DDEG) and Shs2.65 billion expected from locally generated revenue.
The conference was attended by Industrial Division Mayor Abdullah Madoi, Town Clerk Geoffrey Mugisa, Deputy Resident City Commissioner in charge of Industrial Division Hamza Banja, heads of departments and technical staff.
Speaking during the conference, Madoi said the projected budget would support development priorities, including the implementation of the Parish Development Model, improving household incomes and expanding access to markets.
He commended the town clerk and his team for improving revenue collection, saying the division had increased its revenue projections from about Shs800 million when the current administration began to the current Shs2.6 billion target.
“When we came to the city, we were collecting only Shs800 million, but now we are projecting Shs2.6 billion. Whenever we collect such money, it means we are going to deliver services to our people,” Madoi said.
