Minister Babalanda Gives RDCs/RCCs Directives to enhance monitoring of government projects

Government has launched a renewed nationwide monitoring drive on public projects and corrupt government officers, while directing all Resident District Commissioners (RDCs), Resident City Commissioners (RCCs) and their Deputies to intensify monitoring services delivery and projects.

This was disclosed by the Minister for Presidency, Hon. Milly Babirye Babalanda diring a press conference at Uganda Media Center on Thursday 16th July 2026.

The Minister said corruption, poor supervision and weak accountability continue to undermine government investments despite billions of shillings being spent on roads, schools, health facilities, water projects, electricity, markets and agricultural programmes. The minister warned that abandoned projects, inflated contracts, ghost projects, fraudulent payments and shoddy work will no longer be tolerated.

The directive follows President Yoweri Museveni’s renewed push to eliminate corruption, which the government describes as one of the biggest obstacles to Uganda’s socio-economic transformation.

Under the new measures, RDCs, RCCs and their deputies have been ordered to closely monitor every stage of government projects from planning and procurement to implementation and commissioning and maintain updated monitoring registers detailing project progress, contractor performance, implementation challenges and recommended interventions. The reports will be submitted regularly to the Office of the President.

Babalanda also ordered accounting officers and district leaders to intensify the fight against corruption, citing reports of public jobs allegedly being sold and collusion between government officials and contractors to approve payments for incomplete or non-existent works.

Cases involving bribery, procurement fraud, abuse of office, ghost workers, ghost projects, diversion of public funds and falsification of accountability documents must be investigated and reported immediately. RDCs have also been instructed to display toll-free anti-corruption hotlines at their offices to encourage citizens to report corruption.

As part of the campaign, the Ministry for the Presidency announced it will begin nationwide inspections of the Parish Development Model (PDM), with officials assessing beneficiary performance and implementation of President Museveni’s Four-Acre Model for household wealth creation.

District officials have been directed to keep comprehensive records of PDM beneficiaries, enterprises funded, extension services provided and loan recovery while fully utilizing the Parish-Based Management Information System (PBMIS).

She said government data shows PDM is beginning to deliver results, citing significant increases in production of bananas, root crops, cereals and oil crops. Government has also doubled annual PDM funding from Shs100 million to Shs200 million per parish to accelerate household income generation and support Uganda’s ambition of expanding the economy to USD 500 billion by 2040.

However, the statement expressed concern over Uganda’s growing dependence on agricultural imports, noting that Tanzania has overtaken China as Uganda’s largest source of imports, including rice, maize and groundnuts—commodities the country has the capacity to produce locally.

The praised several RDCs for exposing corruption and improving service delivery, highlighting efforts in Ankole that helped curb cattle theft and the Kween RDC’s role in uncovering an alleged PDM fraud scheme involving ghost beneficiaries, dead people’s phone numbers and altered National Identification Number (NIN) details.

She warned public servants that poor supervision, weak monitoring and failure to address citizens’ concerns will attract disciplinary action, including removal from office where necessary.

The minister also called on Ugandans to actively report corruption, misuse of public resources, abandoned projects and poor workmanship, saying the fight against corruption cannot be won by government alone.