The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Local Government, Ben Kumumanya, has urged public servants in local governments to embrace digital transformation to support the national vision of clean, efficient and accountable governance to the grassroots.
Kumumanya’s message was delivered by Onesmus Mulondo, the Finance Programme Management Specialist for Local Government Public Finance Management Reforms, in Fort Portal city on September 23, 2026. Kumumanya said that SCART was developed to automate and streamline the tracking of public funds and to ensure that every shilling sent to local governments, schools, or health facilities is accurately accounted for.
“SCART replaces slow and manual processes which are prone to manipulation with fast, accurate and clearly visible processes,” he said.
SCART will also be used for tracking local revenue, expenditures and government assets.
Micheal Twinomujuni, the Finance Management specialist, under the public finance management reforms (PFM) at the Ministry of Local Government, said that SCART will reduce delays in payments that were being caused by using vote books, trial balance reports, filling Form 5s for procurements, and cash books.
SCART will support programmes like IRAS, IFMIS and EGP to make lower local governments more accountable. The tool was developed through a partnership with the Ministry of Local Government, Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education and Sports.
Fort Portal City Town Clerk Francis Nyamugo, said that SCART will reduce the time and expenses that lower local governments have been incurring in moving from one service centre to another, since the finance officers will now be able to view all the transactions from their desks.
Mulondo handed over laptops and routers to the Fort Portal Finance division officers on behalf of the local government permanent secretary.
The officers expressed readiness to work with Mily PLC consultants to input data into the system, attend the trainings, and to ensure that expenses that come up in the process of implementing SCART are incorporated in the city and division plans and budgets.
Majeran Luboyera, the Fort Portal division Town Clerk, advised the technical teams to involve the political leaders of the area.
SCART was launched in 2023 and has so far been rolled out in 66 lower local governments. These include four city divisions, five municipal councils, five town councils, 11 sub-counties, 12 government hospitals, 16 health centre IVs and 23 health centre IIIs.
This was confirmed by Joyce Babirye, Principal Communication Officer, Ministry of Local Government.