Government funds provided to the UHRC come out of a consolidated fund, which strengthens the independence of the UHRC by giving some protection against political interference. Section 13(1) of the Act obliges Parliament to "ensure that adequate resources and facilities are provided to the commission to enable it to perform its functions effectively." However, the funds provided by the Ugandan government are inadequate to support the operations of the UHRC. For example, in 1997, the commission's budget was slashed from UShs.5 billion to 1.3 billion [U.S.$ ??]. The commission has, however, received several grants from international donors. UNDP funded the commission's original capacity-building project. In January 1999, the commission received U.S.$1,000,000 from the Swedish government which served as a partial payment for the purchase of office premises.89
The remaining cost for the office premises was supposed to be met by the government by September 1999. However, that had not occurred by the end of the year. The 1999/2000 budget report of the sessional committee on legal and parliamentary affairs, published by the Ugandan parliament, recommended that the government "immediately release U.S.50,000 dollars" to cover the remaining debt on the office space.90

The expansion of regional offices is also awaiting funding from the government. In November 1999, a regional office in Gulu was opened with the help of funding provided by the Belgian government. The Australian government, which recently gave some money for human rights seminars to police, is expected to provide money for a regional office in Kasese, and the Italian government is providing funds for another regional office in Soroti.91 On all the regional offices, as with the building project, the Ugandan government is expected to provide additional funding.

The inadequate government funding is evidently providing hardship for the commission which is, by the report of parliament, "grossly underfunded and so is hampered from carrying out civic education, paying witnesses' subsistence, obtaining transport facilities and carrying out other activities of the Commission."92 There is also some concern about staffing new regional offices when there is already a shortage of staff at the main office.