SERVICES
LED is a process by which government, private and civil society sectors work in partnerships to collectively create better conditions for economic growth and employment generation.
Rukungiri District has promoted and established Local economic development (LED) initiatives aimed at managing resources and stimulating the local economy. The results of the LED initiative include improvement in the local economy and investment.
Rukungiri District has focused attention on LED and wealth creation through a people, public, and private partnership strategy. This is evident in joint committees, contracting for infrastructure development and maintenance. More
Agriculture extension services which are the responsibility of local governments have been reformed to promote services to farmers on high-yielding and commercial enterprises. We provide crop, animal and fisheries husbandry extension services; entomological services and vermin control; trade development services; and cooperative development services. This has been done through a Programme for Modernization of Agriculture (PMA). The PMA has key components of research, national advisory services, agro-processing and marketing.
We employ a pro-people approach in transforming households to improve food security, nutrition and stabilize incomes. Crop farming contributes to 77% of the economy and employment. We have improved access to agricultural extension services and productivity by focusing on agronomy and animal husbandry, agribusiness, reduction of post-harvest losses and marketing, targeting women and youth. Extension services focus on banana, coffee, beans and ground-nut production, which contribute a production output of 158725, 136938, 3426 and 782 tons per annum respectively.
We plan, coordinate and regulate land use and management including surveying, physical planning, valuation, registration and administration.
Lands office offers services such as inspection and verification of land; transfer and mortgages; resolving land disputes; surveying, inspection and approval of building plans; processing and issuance of deed plans and titles.
We offer physical planning services and approval of building plans. If you intend to carry out building work, you must apply to us for building plans approval. You can find out about how planning decisions are made or information on when you need to apply for planning permission, how to do so and fees, as well as application forms, from the links provided below.
We provide the following community-based services:
1. Gender promotion, in particular empowerment of women, youth and persons with disability has become a reality with statutory representation in governance structures at a minimum of 30%. Gender-related services are aimed at improving the quality of life of our people, especially women, youth, people with disabilities (PWDs), the elderly and orphans and vulnerable children (OVC). Key activities are gender mainstreaming, women economic empowerment, fighting gender-based violence (GBV), legal advice, psycho-social support and group development. More
