The District is divided into two counties namely Budaka and Iki-Iki counties. There are twenty sub-counties,six Town Councils and 14 subcounties. The District constitutes of 76 parishes and 323 village councils, distributed as in Table 2.1. Iki-Iki County covers most of the district area as it comprises of eleven sub-counties,followed by Budaka County,which comprises of nine  sub-counties. The District has six Town Boards namely: Kamonkoli, Iki-Iki,Budaka,Lyama,Kachomo and Naboa Town Council.

The District Council is the highest political authority in the District, with 43 members under the headship of the District Chairperson Hon.Kateu Anthony. The compostion of the District Council membership include: directely elected male councillors, directly elected Female councillors, Youths and PWDs representatives. Some female councillors represent more than one sub-county for Lyama and Nansanga, Budaka Tc and Budaka Sc, Naboa and Kakule,and Iki-Iki and Katira.

The District has a total of three Members of Parliament (MPs). The two MPs represent the counties of Budaka and Iki-iki and the district is represented by the Woman MP. Hon Kampanya abdu swaibu represents represents Iki-Iki county in Parliament, Hon Goire Moses represents Budaka county and Hon.Kataike Babula Noel represents Budaka district as a woman member of Parliament.

The District staffing position as at August 2024
The District has a technical team headed by the Chief Administrative Officer Mr.Mugolo Richard, distributed in thirteen departments and four units.Each of the departments and units has a head and under every department, there are a number of Sections.The staffing position is at 50 percent at the District headquarters, only 70percent at the sub-county level and only 60 percent in Budaka Town Council At departmental level, the most affected deparments/units are: Community Based services (80% filled), Production and marketing (66%filled). Most heads of department are in substantive positions and about 03 in  acting capacity.

The heads of department who are substantively appointed include; District Planner (U2), District Internal Auditor (U2) Chief Finanical Officer (U1), District Health Officer(U1), District Natural Officer(U1), District Commerical Officer(U1), District Community Developmental Officer(U1), Deputy Chief Administrative Officer(U2) The District staffing gaps has alot of implications on service delivery and public service management function. There is need to have all the necceray strategies to attract and retain strategic staffs.