KAMPALA, February 21, 2026 — The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development [MOFPED] recently approved its Strategic Plan, Client Charter and Service Delivery Standards for the period 2025/26 – 2029/30.
These documents constitute the core management framework for the ministry and will support the implementation of the Fourth National Development Plan [NDP IV] and the Tenfold Growth Strategy.
Finance Minister, Matia Kasaija, during the launch at the ministry’s headquarters, said the Strategic Plan, Client Charter and Service Delivery Standards unveiled are a testament of his ministry’s dedication to professionalism, integrity, and accountability.
“At the heart of this transformation agenda is fiscal credibility. By maintaining disciplined fiscal management, strengthening domestic revenue mobilisation, and ensuring our public investments deliver measurable returns, we lay the foundation for the tenfold economic growth ambition,” said Kasaija.
He said fiscal credibility is not just a technical goal, it is the bedrock of investor confidence, macroeconomic stability, and public trust.
The Deputy Head of Public Service and Deputy Secretary to Cabinet, Theopista Wenene in her remarks congratulated MOFPED for developing these key documents that will guide the interventions of the Ministry over the next five years in line with the NDP IV.
Wenene said in the execution of its mandate, MOFPED is expected to support other ministries, departments and agencies [MDAs] as well as local governments to implement the NDP IV, adding that the ministry is one of the most critical institutions of Gov’t that should provide leadership by example in conforming to the set standards.
She emphasised that effective service delivery is central to restoring public confidence in government institutions, adding that the launch demonstrates a strong commitment to the principles of accountability, performance management, and results-oriented governance.
MOFPED’s Permanent Secretary/Secretary to the Treasury, Ramathan Ggoobi said the goal of the ministry over the next five years is to “establish and sustain fiscal policy credibility, efficient public investment, and coordinated development financing as the foundation for tenfold economic growth,” under the theme “Fostering Strategic Investments for Rapid and Inclusive Economic Growth.”
He said NDP IV is built on six pillars namely: Strengthening macroeconomic and fiscal policy credibility; mobilising and coordinating financing instruments to reduce the cost of capital and crowd in private sector investment; expanding and diversifying sustainable financing for development while preserving debt sustainability,
Others are; strengthening public investment management for structural transformation; improving the efficiency, credibility, and development impact of public expenditure; and building institutional capacity, systems, and data infrastructure for effective governance and delivery.
“Our agenda is ambitious: to achieve average economic growth of at least 8 percent, reduce poverty, create new jobs, and sustain macroeconomic stability. We will prioritise flagship interventions such as financing oil and gas commercialisation, capitalising government development banks and financing schemes, supporting industrial transformation, empowering women entrepreneurs, and making the Parish Development Model more efficient to transition households into the money economy and profitable enterprises,” said Ggoobi.
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