The parish chief is a government employee that provides technical leadership to the LCII.
LCIIs are made up all of the chairmen from the village local council I (LCI) committees in the parish and are responsible for settling land disputes and community outreach.
[1] President Yoweri Museveni introduced the Parish Development Model in February 2022 as a program for poverty eradication.
[2] This seven-pillared model revolves around the parish as the smallest subdivision for economic and social development in Uganda.
As of May 2023, the program has been marred by missed deadlines and challenges associated with a lack of national infrastructure.