MPs on the budget committee have approved sh3.5b for the capacity building of all Resident District Commissioners (RDCs).
They said this exercise will enhance RDCs’ performances and equip them with the necessary tools and skills to properly monitor the implementation of government programmes.
This is contained in their committee report on the national budget framework paper for the financial year 2024/25 to 2028/29, which was received by the Clerk to Parliament on January 25, 2024.
The committee, chaired by Patrick IsiagiOpolot (Kachumbala County), said it was informed that while the Office of the President desires sh3.5b to carry out this exercise, the indicative allocation given is sh2b, resulting in a funding gap of sh1.5b.
MPs were also informed that the Office of the President has deployed RDCs in 146 administrative units but established that 107 are accommodated in rented premises, 24 are housed by district local governments and 15 are accommodated in offices constructed by the Office of the President.
They also established that the rental fees being charged for office accommodation stand at sh2.35b and have been increasing year in, year out, and, therefore, becoming unsustainable.
