To link to this object, paste this link in email, im or document to embed this object, paste this html in website. Uganda has 85% of its population residing in rural areas and engaged in agriculture as a major economic activity 6. Summary why do some african local governments perform well, while others fail to deliver even the most basic services. Decentralization, local government capacity and efficiency of. Green 1 development studies institute london school of economics e. An overview of decentralization and local governance in. Decentralization and rural service delivery in uganda. Uganda is one of only a handful of countries in subsaharan africa, which have taken part in the new wave of decentralization. In mainland tanzania for example, lgas account for. Towards democratic local governance or political expediency in. Every two years, the government of uganda gou prepares the poverty status report psr, which is a progress report on implementation of poverty reduction strategies. Explaining successes and failures in local governance. Collaborative resource management is a variant of decentralization in. It presents the legal framework of the local government system.
There is a strong consensus in the literature that decentralization has the potential to increase participation of local communities and citizens, improve government. Decentralization, local government capacity and efficiency. Physical and social conditions in africa favours it as a pragmatic response to the problems of government. The enactment of the local government statute, 1993 was a way of broadening the space for. Beekeeping as an alternative source of livelihood in uganda. The scenery is different, the climate is different and most of all, the people are different from anything elsewhere to be seen in the whole range of africa. This chapter examines the historical background of uganda in order to clarify the context in which decentralization measures are currently implemented.
The possibilities can form a critical basis for making decentralization as a positivesum solution for uganda rather than a zerosum one as was the case before. It is a landlocked country bordered by kenya in the east. A global perspective as scores of countries have introduced plans to devolve powers and resources from central to subnational governments in recent. Decentralisation and urban governance in uganda by sabiti makara supervisor. Though the city council is the highest authority under kcca, the executive functions are discharged by the chief executive officer, who is appointed by the central government, while the lord mayor is the chief political officer and is elected, just like his. Even when it is not explicit, improving service delivery is an implicit motivation behind most of these decentralization efforts. A large group has only adopted legal texts that engage the central government to proceed towards a more. It is an outcome of a comprehensive study of how the decentralisation policy was implemented.
The legal frameworks for the decentralized system of governance in uganda are contained in the constitution of uganda 1995, articles 176 207 and the local government act, 19975. Implementation of national content in the oil and gas sector by the ministry of energy and mineral development to obtain the greatest benefits for the economy from the extraction of its petroleum resources, uganda has several. Uganda introduced the decentralization policy in 1997 under the local government act of 1997 that has since undergone four amendments. The federal question in uganda friedrich ebert foundation. Ugandan culture rich and diverse multicultural with history. The policy inherently decentralized service delivery institutions and their governance in order to improve access to services for the rural poor. Explaining variation across local governments in uganda by bruno onzima a thesis submitted to the department of administration and organization theory, university of bergen in partial fulfilment for the award of the master of philosophy in public administration. In section 2, i provide a short overview of the main features of decentralisation in uganda, including political, administrative, and fiscal elements of the reform. Formulation of an explicit national population policy, which was promulgated by the government in 1995.
A crosssector situational analysis on youth in uganda. I argue here that uganda s decentralisation programme, while helping to reduce nationallevel conflict, has nonetheless replaced it with locallevel conflict. In short, decentralization is being implemented essentially everywhere. Using mpigi district as a case study, the effectiveness of local institutions in the governance of forests was examined. Explaining successes and failures in local governance gina m. The trend encompasses all of the worlds regions, and includes nations rich and poor, large and small, and with very different colonial histories.
A number of countries have just started the process and are presently creating new units andor transferring responsibilities and revenues to them. In protected forest zones, collaborative resource management regimes have only recently been introduced. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Northern uganda hosts the highest number of rural poor households due to the 20year civil strife. Decentralisation and rural service delivery in uganda. Public administration, governance and globalization, vol 11. Decentralisation, local development and social cohesion. More specifically, this adr provides forward looking recommendations to assist undp uganda and its partners in formulating an action plan for the next programming cycle 20102014. Covid19 patients who are managed early recover well from the disease thereby contributing to prevention and control efforts. The enactment of the local government statute, 1993 was a way of broadening the space for citizen participation and accountability within the local.
District creation and decentralisation in uganda elliott green1 development studies institute london school of economics and political science abstract. Decentralization is a complex phenomenon involving many geographic entities, societal actors and social sectors. A few countries namely, ethiopia, south africa and uganda are proceeding fast. Since the national population council was founded in 1988, it has worked with other stakeholders to achieve the following. Decentralization in zimbabwes forest sector has been varied depending on the tenurial status of the land on which the woodlands are found. Though the city council is the highest authority under kcca, the executive functions are discharged by the chief executive officer, who is appointed by the central government, while the lord mayor is the chief political officer and is elected, just like his counterparts. This is the second of up to eight countries in subsaharan africa to be studied as part of this initiative. Posted by tyler dickovick, washington and lee university on monday, november 7th 2011. Ugandan culture rich and diverse the kingdom of uganda is a fairy tale.
It seeks to appraise the practice in terms of achievements and challenges in the le. The debate about federalism, however, has been a constant that stretches back to the time of independence and remains ongoing. For example, at a recent meeting in uganda of the commonwealth local government forum, president museveni encouraged all commonwealth countries to adopt decentralization. Regional governments mainly in the form of monarchies and chiefdoms were abolished in 1966, four years after independence mushemeza, 2003. Covid19 in uganda content for your information who regional. Partly designed as an element of the political process following the civil war, the process quickly became enmeshed with the countrys overarching povertyreduction strategy and as a mechanism to improve service delivery, as advocated by. Tom lodge thesis submitted to the university of the witwatersrand, johannesburg for the award of a ph. Uniqueness of uganda s policy reform unlike most of the other subsaharan african countries, uganda is a unique case at least in three viewpoints. Indonesia, japan, peru, south africa, south korea, uganda, the uk, and many others.
The peap, which serves as ugandas prsp provides the framework within which both local and national planning efforts are conducted. The austrian development agency ada supports the population in uganda with. This report examines the inception and implementation of the decentralisation policy in uganda and proposes somes reforms. Part 1 posted on june 14, 2015 by deirdreappel the republic of uganda is in the process of implementing decentralization policy with the expressed goals of enabling inclusive economic development and nationwide democratic participation. Uganda embraced the decentralization process in 1992 following the success of the national resistance councils nrc between 1986 and 1990. Although charcoal is the single most important energy source for millions of urban dwellers in tanzania, being used by all tiers of society from laborers to politicians, it seems to be politically neglected and even unwanted, given that it is not considered as a possible mean to achieve longterm sustainable development, for example as a lowcarbon growth option contributing to. This handbook sets out the relevant legislation, and explains the rationale behind the policy. In the north, the government of uganda has long fought the lords resistance. Gina lambright finds answers to this question in her investigation of the factors that contribute to good and ineffective performance at the district level in uganda. Separate evaluation country reports were prepared as part of the evaluation. A crosssector situational analysis on youth in uganda maps existing youthrelated conditions and opportunities across the country.
The republic of uganda is in the process of implementing decentralization policy with the expressed goals of enabling inclusive economic development and nationwide democratic participation. The federal question in uganda 3 foreword the year 2012 marks 50 years since ugandas independence, during which time the country has seen many changes politically, socially and economically. Ugandan culture rich and diverse multicultural with. A survey carried out in 43 forests located in eastern, central and western uganda show unregulated harvesting pattern and use of forest products. About 24% of these live below the national poverty line 7. Uganda, popularly known as the the pearl of africa is located in east africa and lies astride the equator. The evaluation looked at the range of support provided by undp to uganda in the. In recent years many countries across the world, especially in africa, have created large numbers of new local administrative units. The post independence constitution of uganda, laid a legal framework for redecentralization based on regional.
Local level service delivery, decentralisation and governance. Recognizing that with any large region and, in the case of the african continent. The process differs from the efforts of the 1960s and 1970s in that this time governments seem ready to cede real power to the lower local government levels. Uganda experienced a tumultuous postindependence period, with power passing first to milton obote, then to idi amin, back to obote and eventually to yoweri museveni and his national resistance movement nrm.
Home ifpri publications decentralization and rural service delivery in uganda reference url. Enactment of the national population council act 2014. On july 9, 2011, the national flag was raised for the first time in the new country of south sudan. For further information, the interested reader should consult villadsen and lubanga 1996, nsibambi 1998, obwona et al. Local level service delivery, decentralisation and governance a comparative study of uganda, kenya and tanzania education, health and agriculture sectors uganda case report institute for international cooperation japan international cooperation agency march 2008. There turns out to be little support for the relevance of these hypotheses to uganda. Decentralisation and urban governance in uganda by sabiti. Political economists have long debated the relationship between decentralization and conflict. First, these basic services, such as health, education. The post independence constitution of uganda, laid a legal framework for re decentralization based on regional. In uganda and tanzania, local authorities1 account for a significant share of government spending, and therefore play a fundamental role in the implementation of national growth and poverty reduction strategies.
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