The creation of new district local governments and service delivery in Lugazi, Buikwe district, Uganda

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2016-10
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Kampala International University, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
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This study titled “The Creation of New District Local Governments and services delivery in Lugazi, Buikwe District, Uganda” was conducted to establish the effectiveness of the creation of new district local governments and service delivery in Lugazi, Buikwe district with the main objective of examining the role played by the creation of new local governments towards services delivery in Lugazi, Buikwe District, Uganda. The specific objectives were; to assess the implementation bearing capacity of such services and also to obtain, assess and analyze the administrative data of local government districts, the contributions of Buikwe district to the community and also the challenges faced by Buikwe district administration. The research instruments used were; observation, questionnaires and interviews. Scope size was 2.3 kilometers from Kampala-Jinja highway, Lugazi Town, Buikwe district. From the study of findings which were conducted, most people are aware about the contributions of the central government to local governments like Buikwe district but the challenge is that civil servants and other government officials embezzle public goods. The research study findings concluded that the plantation social structure impacted most of the community members as compared to economical due to the establishment of more social structure of schools. According to the study of the findings, the research recommended that Buikwe district should establish economic building institutions such as cooperative banks in order to meet the targets and expectations in Lugazi town, Buikwe district. The study recommends that a longitudinal study needs to be done in future, research to investigate the level of transparency in the new local governments districts in Uganda.
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A research report submitted to the College of Humanities and Social Sciences in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Award of a Bachelor’s Degree in Development Studies of Kampala International University
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New district local governments, Service delivery, Buikwe district, Uganda
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