BY Orachwun Ronald

Nebbi District has presented a draft budget of Shs47.17 billion for the 2026/2027 financial year, outlining key priority areas aimed at driving socio-economic transformation.

The proposed budget is anchored under the theme: “Monetization of Nebbi District’s Economy through Commercial Agriculture, Industrial Growth, Service Expansion, Market Access, and ICT-Enabled Service Delivery.”

According to the draft estimates, the education sector takes the largest share of the budget, receiving Shs18.5 billion. The allocation will mainly focus on enhancing salaries of primary school teachers, as well as Arts teachers in secondary schools.

The health sector has been allocated Shs10.3 billion to strengthen the healthcare system and its support mechanisms. Priority areas include upgrading Health Centre IIs to Health Centre IIIs in line with the national strategy, as well as rehabilitating and improving existing health infrastructure.

The Production and Marketing sector has been allocated Shs2.64 billion, an increase from Shs2.4 billion in the current financial year. The funds are intended to support the Agro-Industrialization Programme, which seeks to boost agricultural production, productivity, and value addition.

Meanwhile, Shs1.57 billion has been earmarked for Roads and Engineering works. The funds will support the rehabilitation of key road networks, including the 7.7km Parombo–Malara road, 4.2km Raguka–Penji Oryang road, and the 16.2km Nyaravur–Parombo road.

In the water and sanitation sector, part of the Shs10.8 million allocation will go towards drilling three boreholes and one production well, rehabilitating 10 boreholes, installing a water harvesting tank at Ndhew Seed Secondary School, and constructing a latrine at Kucwiny Action Market.

Kisa Lawrence Ojok, the Secretary for Finance, Planning, Administration and Investment at Nebbi District Local Government, said the allocations are intended to support the achievement of the district’s development goals as outlined in the budget theme.