Chewing more than one can swallow: the creation of new districts in Uganda

Singiza, Douglas; Visser, Jaap de

doi:10.4314/ldd.v15i1.4

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“…It was observed that without sufficient revenue to create and sustain the new district, the first casualty has often been social services. These findings concurred with findings from another study which found that majority of the districts could not afford making any additions to their infrastructure due to lack of funds [22].…”

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Exploring the Implications of District Splitting on the Constitution and Functionality of District Service Commissions in Uganda: A Case Study of 8 Districts in Uganda

Mutebi¹

2019

HEP

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In Uganda district splitting occurs when new districts are created out of old districts using existing boundaries which usually constitute a health sub district or county boundary. The Ugandan system of local governance is based on the district as a functional unit under which there are lower local governments and administrative units that follow the devolution system of decentralisation. The aim of this study was therefore to assess issues affecting constitution, functionality and operationalization (establishment and appointment) of District Service Commission (DSCs). This was an exploratory crosssectional study that used qualitative methods about the implications of the phenomenon of district splitting (creation) in relation to constitution and functionality of the district service commissions and human resources for health management. We purposively collected data from 16 key informants based on their roles and responsibilities on the DSCs. Out of the eight districts in the study, only one district constituted a fully functional DSC while the remaining seven districts managed to constitute DSCs in a period between 6 and 12 months. This study shows that splitting negatively affected both the parent and child (new) districts in sense that they could not constitute a complete committee within the stipulated time of three months. Generally, all the districts have had challenges in constituting the DSCs of 5-7 commission committee members. Only one in the eight districts had managed to constitute a full committee within three months of post-splitting. After districts are split, majority of the DSCs especially in the child districts took over almost a year to be constituted and fully functional due to mainly lack of qualified members for example retired senior civil servants in these districts. All the eight districts had a challenge of political interference during the process of appointing the technical team, which delayed constitution of quorum of DSCs in the districts. Lack of resources to carry out most of the DSC functions was also mentioned in all districts as a major hindrance to the district councils which were responsible for appointing DSC members. The DSCs should be allowed to operate with no political interference and this can be enacted as a law by parliament.

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confidence: 90%

“…Both parent and child districts were found to have few sources of income that could not allow for payment of any developmental projects. The same findings were in another study that mentioned shortage of funds for development hence leaving the claim of "new districts" to improve service delivery in a quandary [21,22].…”

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confidence: 64%

Exploring the Implications of District Splitting on the Constitution and Functionality of District Service Commissions in Uganda: A Case Study of 8 Districts in Uganda

Mutebi¹

2019

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“…They have a strong Islamic culture. 106 According to the 2002 Uganda Population Census Results, the Nubians had a population of 37,000 people in 2002 (with an estimated 31.882 per cent increase in 2014). 107 The Arua district council (with a population of 413,100 people in 2002 and estimated to increase by 31.882 per cent in 2014) 108 and the Luwero district council (with an estimated population of 336,600 people in 2002 and estimated to increase by 31.882 per cent in 2014), 109 have no Nubian speaking councillor.…”

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The unresolved ethnic question in Uganda’s District Councils

Singiza¹,

Visser²

2015

Law, Dem. & Dev.

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“…In the public sector, local government performance is reflected in the efficiency, effectiveness, and sustainability of interventions (Horton, 2002). Several reports have indicated poor performance of local governments including urban local governments in Uganda (Muhwezi et al, 2020;Singiza & Visser, 2011;Nakayi, 2018). The poor performance threatens the government plan of the attainment of middle-income status by 2040 and the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.…”

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“…In post-colonial Uganda, establishment of local governments/Town Councils has been promoted by the National Resistance Movement (NRM) since it took power in 1986 (Nakayi, 2018). However, the idea became more pronounced in 1993 due to decentralization programme that focused on local government as the epitome of democracy in Uganda (Singiza & Visser, 2011).…”

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Monitoring and Evaluation Systems and Performance of Urban Local Governments: A Case of Town Councils in Jinja District, Eastern Uganda

Bogere¹,

Okoche

Eremugo

2021

HRLJ

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Purpose: The study investigated the relationship between Monitoring and Evaluation systems and performance of Urban local governments in Jinja District of Eastern Uganda. Specifically, the study focused on establishing the relationship between M&E systems inputs, M&E systems process, M&E systems outputs and performance of Urban local governments in Jinja District. Methodology: The study used a cross sectional study design employing both qualitative and quantitative research approaches. The population (112) of the study consisted of the Town clerks, Political leaders and Town council employees to which simple random sampling was applied. Quantitative data was collected from a sample of 76 respondents using researcher administered questionnaire. Responses were rated on a 5-Likert scale and analyzed for descriptive and inferential statistic using SPSS software presented in tables. Qualitative data was collected from 10 key informants using interview guides analyzed using content analysis and presented as text. Findings: Correlational analysis revealed that a significant and a strong positive linear relationship between performance of urban local governments in Jinja District and M&E systems inputs (r= 0.730**, p < 0.05), M&E system process (r= 0.814**, p < 0.05) and M&E system outputs (r= 0.739**, p < 0.05). Regression analysis showed a significant and positive influence of M&E system inputs (β=-.203, p=.001, <0.05), M&E system process (β=.071, p=.001, <0.05) and M&E system outputs (β=.315, p=.000, <0.05) on the performance of urban local governments in Jinja District. Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: There are weaknesses in the M&E systems in urban local governments in Jinja District in terms of failure to track results despite the huge investments in area of M&E. Therefore, there is need to strengthen the M&E systems of urban local governments in Jinja district by; placing trained M&E human resource; developing M&E frameworks and developing costed M&E work plans Future studies should examine the perception of local government employees on the institutionalization of M&E system in the public sector of Uganda.

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Chewing more than one can swallow: the creation of new districts in Uganda

Cited by 5 publications

References 7 publications

Exploring the Implications of District Splitting on the Constitution and Functionality of District Service Commissions in Uganda: A Case Study of 8 Districts in Uganda

Exploring the Implications of District Splitting on the Constitution and Functionality of District Service Commissions in Uganda: A Case Study of 8 Districts in Uganda

The unresolved ethnic question in Uganda’s District Councils

Monitoring and Evaluation Systems and Performance of Urban Local Governments: A Case of Town Councils in Jinja District, Eastern Uganda

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