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Tracking district budgeting and expenditure on rural water services in Kabarole and Lira districts

IRC conducts budget tracking studies to understand the financial flows, the district budget and expenditure on different categories of rural water activities and analyze changes in allocations across life-cycle costs categories. Basing on budget tracking exercises for the periods 2009/10 – 2012/13 and 2013/14 – 2014/15 for Lira and Kabarole districts, the following conclusions can be drawn:

Published on: 21/02/2017

  • The analysis of the Kabarole and Lira district budgets and expenditure over the period 2009 – 2015 shows that districts are paying more attention to Capital maintenance and have gradually increased the budget allocation and expenditure over the last five years. In the revised district budget allocation guidelines, the allocation for capital maintenance expenditure was also increased by 2%.
  • It is evident that increasing expenditure on Capital maintenance does not guarantee increase in functionality of water supply facilities.
  • Ongoing Direct support from District Water Office to service providers is crucial to ensure that the required capacity to operate water systems is available and that local stakeholders are well coordinated.
  • The explicit allocation of resources for coordination shows that its high on the agenda and that it will be given more attention over the coming years.

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