Poor telecommunication network connectivity, coupled with the ongoing balaalo herdsmen eviction, ban on commercial charcoal businesses and ignorant Parish chiefs who do not know how to operate IRAS are some of the factors that are reportedly affecting revenue realisation in Gulu district.
Gulu district authorities have revealed that they are hardly struggling to collect locally raised revenue from all the 11 sub-counties in the district using new technology -Integrated Revenue Administration System -IRAS due to poor telecommunication network connectivity in some of the sub counties in the district.
Atim Vicky, Vice Chairperson LCV Gulu district lists the sub-counties hit with poor telecommunication network conectivity as Palaro, Owalo, Owoo , Paibona and Omel sub-counties.
In 2023- 2024 financial years, Gulu district projected to collect over 900 million shilling as locally raised revenue however during their first revenue review meeting held in December last year, the district discovered that they had raised less than 200 million shilling leaving them with a shortfall of over 700 millions shilling.
Due to financial constraints resulting from poor revenue collection, Gulu district last year had only 4 council meetings however by law every district is supposed to be deliberated after every two months.
