The evaluation looked at the range of support provided by undp to uganda in the. Even when it is not explicit, improving service delivery is an implicit motivation behind most of these decentralization efforts. Beekeeping as an alternative source of livelihood in uganda. In short, decentralization is being implemented essentially everywhere. 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. Home ifpri publications decentralization and rural service delivery in uganda reference url. The policy inherently decentralized service delivery institutions and their governance in order to improve access to services for the rural poor. Uganda, popularly known as the the pearl of africa is located in east africa and lies astride the equator. Explaining successes and failures in local governance. 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. The post independence constitution of uganda, laid a legal framework for redecentralization based on regional.
The austrian development agency ada supports the population in uganda with. 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. Ugandan culture rich and diverse multicultural with history. A global perspective as scores of countries have introduced plans to devolve powers and resources from central to subnational governments in recent. Indonesia, japan, peru, south africa, south korea, uganda, the uk, and many others. 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. In mainland tanzania for example, lgas account for. Public administration, governance and globalization, vol 11. This report examines the inception and implementation of the decentralisation policy in uganda and proposes somes reforms. Decentralization, local government capacity and efficiency. The debate about federalism, however, has been a constant that stretches back to the time of independence and remains ongoing. The enactment of the local government statute, 1993 was a way of broadening the space for citizen participation and accountability within the local. This is the second of up to eight countries in subsaharan africa to be studied as part of this initiative. Since the national population council was founded in 1988, it has worked with other stakeholders to achieve the following.
In recent years many countries across the world, especially in africa, have created large numbers of new local administrative units. A survey carried out in 43 forests located in eastern, central and western uganda show unregulated harvesting pattern and use of forest products. Decentralisation and urban governance in uganda by sabiti makara supervisor. The enactment of the local government statute, 1993 was a way of broadening the space for. It presents the legal framework of the local government system. Uniqueness of uganda s policy reform unlike most of the other subsaharan african countries, uganda is a unique case at least in three viewpoints.
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. Enactment of the national population council act 2014. Northern uganda hosts the highest number of rural poor households due to the 20year civil strife. The federal question in uganda friedrich ebert foundation. 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. Posted by tyler dickovick, washington and lee university on monday, november 7th 2011. Decentralization in zimbabwes forest sector has been varied depending on the tenurial status of the land on which the woodlands are found. In protected forest zones, collaborative resource management regimes have only recently been introduced. An overview of decentralization and local governance in.
Political economists have long debated the relationship between decentralization and conflict. For further information, the interested reader should consult villadsen and lubanga 1996, nsibambi 1998, obwona et al. Regional governments mainly in the form of monarchies and chiefdoms were abolished in 1966, four years after independence mushemeza, 2003. 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. Explaining successes and failures in local governance gina m.
Recognizing that with any large region and, in the case of the african continent. First, these basic services, such as health, education. On july 9, 2011, the national flag was raised for the first time in the new country of south sudan. Using mpigi district as a case study, the effectiveness of local institutions in the governance of forests was examined. Decentralisation and rural service delivery in uganda. 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. 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.
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. 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 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. Ugandan culture rich and diverse the kingdom of uganda is a fairy tale. In the north, the government of uganda has long fought the lords resistance. To link to this object, paste this link in email, im or document to embed this object, paste this html in website. This handbook sets out the relevant legislation, and explains the rationale behind the policy. Ugandan culture rich and diverse multicultural with. A crosssector situational analysis on youth in uganda maps existing youthrelated conditions and opportunities across the country.
The peap, which serves as ugandas prsp provides the framework within which both local and national planning efforts are conducted. It seeks to appraise the practice in terms of achievements and challenges in the le. There turns out to be little support for the relevance of these hypotheses to uganda. Local level service delivery, decentralisation and governance. 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. Decentralisation, local development and social cohesion. A crosssector situational analysis on youth in uganda. Physical and social conditions in africa favours it as a pragmatic response to the problems of government. About 24% of these live below the national poverty line 7.
I argue here that uganda s decentralisation programme, while helping to reduce nationallevel conflict, has nonetheless replaced it with locallevel conflict. District creation and decentralisation in uganda elliott green1 development studies institute london school of economics and political science abstract. Uganda embraced the decentralization process in 1992 following the success of the national resistance councils nrc between 1986 and 1990. Decentralization is a complex phenomenon involving many geographic entities, societal actors and social sectors. Formulation of an explicit national population policy, which was promulgated by the government in 1995. Decentralization, local government capacity and efficiency of. This chapter examines the historical background of uganda in order to clarify the context in which decentralization measures are currently implemented. There is a strong consensus in the literature that decentralization has the potential to increase participation of local communities and citizens, improve government. Uganda introduced the decentralization policy in 1997 under the local government act of 1997 that has since undergone four amendments.
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. It is a landlocked country bordered by kenya in the east. 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. Covid19 in uganda content for your information who regional. 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. It is an outcome of a comprehensive study of how the decentralisation policy was implemented. Decentralisation and urban governance in uganda by sabiti. Covid19 patients who are managed early recover well from the disease thereby contributing to prevention and control efforts.
Collaborative resource management is a variant of decentralization in. Tom lodge thesis submitted to the university of the witwatersrand, johannesburg for the award of a ph. A number of countries have just started the process and are presently creating new units andor transferring responsibilities and revenues to them. Uganda has 85% of its population residing in rural areas and engaged in agriculture as a major economic activity 6. 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. Uganda is one of only a handful of countries in subsaharan africa, which have taken part in the new wave of decentralization. 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. The trend encompasses all of the worlds regions, and includes nations rich and poor, large and small, and with very different colonial histories.
Green 1 development studies institute london school of economics e. A large group has only adopted legal texts that engage the central government to proceed towards a more. 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. Decentralization and rural service delivery in uganda.