Assessing Uganda decentralization policy: a case study Of Namutumba district.
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2018-11
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Kampala international international: School Of Law
Abstract
It is a constitutional policy that Uganda shall be governed on the principles of decentralization is the transfer of powers and functions from the central government to local or regional semiautonomous units with the aim of extending services and attracting participation of the people in the management and implementation of their own policies formulated at the district as the basis for local governments in Uganda or other lower local governments units. The rampant division, sub division and creation of new districts out of the already stalled/ under developed existing one has motivated the research using the doctrinal methodology to review the available literature of the topic and analyze the legal framework considering the national lays and ratified International conventions in Uganda. While as anticipated generally. Decentralization resulted in greater participation and control over service delivery and governance by local communities, local government are still grappling with a range of challenges namely; inadequate local financial resources and over-reliance on conditional central government grants, inability to attract and retain sufficient trained and experienced start; corruption nepotism and elite capture, however. The preceding problems found to be engulfing the decentralized administration would not contain the functionality of the district if there is a policy reviled to increase on devolution to at least a state of federation where the revenue generated in a locality would be utilized in specific locality and also limit elite capture and political patronage. This coupled with financial empowerment to generate more and financially viable local revenue. But these recommendations will only see light if the intended audience of the research including the ministry for local government is ready to consider policy review to have federal ism to replace the current devolution mechanism and also the district authorities being readily available resources with parliament and the community as the major audience playing their crucial role of oversight and demanding accountability of the services and resource usage.
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A dissertation report submitted to the faculty of law of Kampala international university in partial completion of the Requirements for the a ward of a bachelor's degree Laws
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Constitutionalism, Uganda, Decentralization policy, Namutumba district.