| 22 December 2009
The District has two counties, one Municipality with two divisions, seventeen (17) rural sub-counties, two Town councils, two town boards, eighty (80) parishes and six hundred and fifty (650) villages. The District Headquarters is located in Tororo Municipality, which is 214km from Kampala City. The District has established Political and Administrative structures up to village level. The Local Councils make up the Political structures thus, District Council level to the Village level. The key decision-making Councils are the District, Municipal Sub-County/Divisions/Town council, and Village. County Councils and Parish councils are Administrative Units. District, Municipality and Sub-county/Division/Town Councils are independent Local Governments. All these councils are policy-making bodies, which monitor all developmental programmes in the District. The District Chairperson is the District Political Head. The Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) heads the civil service in the District, coordinates the Government Departments and is the Chief Executive of the Local Administration. In the District there is the Office of the Resident District Commissioner (RDC) who represents the President and the Central Government. The Assistant Chief Administrative Officers head the Counties and co-ordinate government business at County level and are supported by Extension Officers from the Technical Departments for example Agriculture, Community Services, Veterinary, Fisheries, Health, Water and Sanitation. Sub-County Chiefs head and co-ordinate government business at Sub-County level while the Parish Chiefs head the lowest administrative units, the Parishes. Municipality, Divisions and Town Councils are headed by Town Clerks.