KAMPALA, December 11, 2025 — The Permanent Secretary and Secretary to the Treasury [PSST], Ramathan Ggoobi, has today launched the Public Investment and Asset Management for Growth and Resilience Operation [ PIM PLUS ], a programme aimed at reforming and redefining how government plans, prepares, executes, and manages public investments.
The US$ 200 million [about Shs 700 billion] loan facility will be disbursed upon the achievement of agreed Disbursement-Linked Indicators [DLIs] and Intermediate Results Indicators [IRIs].
Ggoobi said PIM PLUS, launched in Kampala, under the theme “Promoting Performance through the PIM PLUS Operation”, will ensure that resources are earned not by spending but by improving processes and institutions.
“PIM PLUS is a Programme for Results [PforR]. It uses our own systems and disburses funds only when we achieve and verify the agreed results,” Ggoobi said, adding that this results-driven approach makes the programme more accountable, empowering, and better aligned with efforts to strengthen government institutions to deliver tangible outcomes.
The programme is expected to tackle longstanding bottlenecks in public investment management, including weaknesses in project preparation, execution, monitoring, maintenance, asset management, and climate-related losses, which are estimated at over US$ 140mln annually.
Under PIM PLUS, US$ 40mln will support the Project Preparation Facility [PPF] at the National Planning Authority [NPA], while US$160mln will finance investment projects aligned to the Fourth National Development Plan [NDP IV] and Tenfold Growth targets. These will be implemented through the Agro-industrialisation, Tourism Development, Mineral-based Industrialisation, and Science, Technology & Innovation [ATMS] programmes and their enablers.
In a statement, the World Bank congratulated Uganda on achieving this milestone and pledged continued support to improve the Government of Uganda’s capacity to design and implement public investment projects.
Activities to be supported by the PPF include feasibility and pre-feasibility studies. Proposed feasibility study sites and activities include: Kampala–Bombo Expressway, Kampala Outer Beltway, Kibuye–Busega Expressway study update, Kampala–Hoima Expressway, and the Water Supply and Sanitation Programme Phase III.
Other PPF-supported activities include WASH infrastructure development in lagging communities, particularly islands and fish landing sites, Integrated Flood and Drought Management, Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital Infrastructure Development, and the isotope production facility for the Uganda Cancer Institute, among others.
Identified activities for pre-feasibility studies include the Lopei Multi-purpose Dam and Irrigation Development Project, Waste Management Projects for Cities, development of tourist infrastructure at the three equator points in Kayabwe, Nfo Island, Kayinja Ntara, Kikorongo and Ntuusi, the Customised Tourism Tour of Kampala City, and the UWEC Infrastructure Development Project.
The PIM PLUS Operation, planned for fiscal year 2026, will run until September 30, 2031.
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