Nakapiripirit District Local Government Councils' Scorecard FY 2018/19
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nakapiripirit DISTRICT LOCAL GOVERNMENT council SCORECARD assessment FY 2018/19 nakapiripirit DISTRICT LOCAL GOVERNMENT council SCORECARD assessment FY 2018/19 L-R: Ms. Rose Gamwera, Secretary General ULGA; Mr. Ben Kumumanya, PS. MoLG and Dr. Arthur Bainomugisha, Executive Director ACODE in a group photo with award winners at the launch of the 8th Local Government Councils Scorecard Report FY 2018/19 at Hotel Africana in Kampala on 10th March 2020 1.0 Introduction the southwest, Kumi district to the west and Katakwi district to This brief is developed from the main the northwest. The district has 5 Scorecard Report titled “The Local sub counties including; Namalu, Government Councils Scorecard Loregae, Kakomongole, Moruita FY 2018/19. The Next Big Steps: and Nakapiripirit Town Council Consolidating Gains of Decentralisation with a total population of 88,281 and Repositioning the Local Government (42,565 male and 45,716 female) Sector in Uganda.” The brief report as per the 2014 population census. highlights the performance of elected leaders and Council of Nakapiripirit District Local Government. 1.2 The Local Government Councils Scorecard 1.1 Brief about Nakapiripirit District Initiative (LGCSCI) Nakapiripit district is located in northeastern The main building blocks in Uganda; bordered by Napak district to the LGCSCI are the principles and north, Nabilatuk district to the northeast, core responsibilities of Local Amudat district to the east, Kween district Governments as set out in Chapter to the southeast, Bulambuli district to 11 of the Constitution of the Republic Eugene Gerald Ssemakula • Kiru1 Simon Alasco • Jenifer Auma nakapiripirit DISTRICT LOCAL GOVERNMENT council SCORECARD assessment FY 2018/19 of Uganda, the Local Governments 2.0 Results of the Assessment Act (CAP 243) under Section 10 This section highlights the performance of (c), (d) and (e). The scorecard Council, Chairperson, Speaker of Council comprises of five parameters and Councillors of Nakapiripirit District based on the core responsibilities Local Government during the FY 2018/19. of the local government Councils, District Chairpersons, Speakers and Individual Councillors. These 2.1 Performance of Nakapiripirit are classified into five categories: District Council Financial management and The performance of council during FY oversight; Political functions and 2018/19 was 40 out of 100 points. This representation; Legislation and was a decline from 48 scored during FY related functions; Development 2016/17. The best performed parameters planning and constituency servicing were accountability and the legislative role and Monitoring service delivery. where council scored 15 out of 25 points The parameters are broken down and 14 out of 25 points respectively. The into quantitative and qualitative poorest performance was registered on indicators. Separate scorecards monitoring service delivery where no are produced for the Chairperson, point was scored by the council. This Speaker, individual Councillors, was attributed to failure to access any and the District Council as a whole. monitoring report by the council. This The major rationale of the LGCSCI performance when compared to the is to induce elected political leaders national and regional levels reveals that and representative organs to the district performed below average, deliver on their electoral promises, placing it as 33rd out of 35 district councils improve public service delivery, assessed. The comparative performance ensure accountability and promote of Council is provided in Figure 1. good governance through periodic assessments. Figure 1: Performance of Nakapiripirit District Council on Key Parameters 1.3 Methodology Relative to National and Regional The FY 2018/19 LGCSCI Average Performances assessment used face-to-face structured interviews, civic engagement meetings, documents’ review, key informant interviews, field visits and photography to collect the relevant data. The assessment was conducted between November 15 and December 2019. A total of 16 elected leaders (14 District Councillors, Chairperson and Speaker of Council) and Council were assessed. Source: Local Government Councils Scorecard Assessment FY 2018/19 2 nakapiripirit DISTRICT LOCAL GOVERNMENT council SCORECARD assessment FY 2018/19 2.2 Performance of the District from 84 points scored in FY 2016/17. Chairperson Similarly, the Speaker’s performance The District Chairperson, Hon. John was below average at national and Nangiro scored 66 points during FY regional levels across all parameters 2018/19. This performance was an as indicated in Figure 3. However, his improvement from 52 points garnered best performed parameters were in his in FY 2016/17. Chairman’s strong participation in LLG at 8 out 10 points performance was in initiation of projects and contact with electorate at 15 out and contact with electorate where he of 20 points. This was facilitated by the scored 10 out of 10 points and his fact that he possessed a coordinating political leadership where he garnered centre in his constituency which 19 out of 20 points. However, his weak enabled him to maintain contact with performance just like council was in his electorate and follow up on their monitoring service delivery where he concerns for action. only scored 19 out of 45 points. His performance when compared to the Figure 3: Speaker of Council’s national and regional levels was below Performance on Key Parameters the average as indicated in Figure 2. Relative to National and Regional Average Performances Figure 2: Performance of Nakapiripirit District Chairperson on Key Parameters Relative to National and Regional Average Performances Source: Local Government Councils Scorecard Assessment FY 2018/19 2.4 Performance of Nakapiripirit District Councillors The average performance of the Nakapiripirit district councillors was 41 out of 100 points which was a decline Source: Local Government Councils Scorecard Assessment FY 2018/19 from 48 points in FY 2016/17. This performance was below the national and regional levels across most 2.3 Performance of the District parameters save for legislation where Speaker of Council on average councillors scored 17 out The Speaker of council is Hon. Richard of 25 points. At individual level, Hon. Lochoto who subscribes to the NRM John Lonye from Moruita (87 points), party. At the time of the assessment, Hon. Richard Edou Arukol from Namalu he was serving his first term in office. (77 points), Hon. Jotham Loyor from He scored 54 points the FY 2018/19. Kakongole (74 points) and Hon. Lucy This performance was a sharp decline Lopuwa for Older Persons (72 points) 3 nakapiripirit DISTRICT LOCAL GOVERNMENT council SCORECARD assessment FY 2018/19 exhibited performance above average. have done. This was particularly Figure 4 summarises the comparative true with regard to the reports performance of the councillors. written after monitoring and the actions taken as follow up. Figure 4: Performance of • High expectation by the Nakapiripirit District Councillors community: This impedes on Key Parameters Relative to councillors to engage the electorate. National and Regional Average Communities expect some Performances monetary and material benefits from councillors, yet councillors do not have such which limits their contact with electorate. • Minimal engagement with LLGs: During the year under assessment, only 4 Councillors had adequately engaged the lower local governments where they originate. An interface with the councillors Source: Local Government Councils Scorecard Assessment FY 2018/19 indicated that they are not invited to participate in LLG council meetings. 3.0 Factors Affecting Performance 4.0 Recommendations • Failure to monitor: This was the single most factor responsible • The Council should introduce for the poor performance of both a mandatory requirement for council and political leaders. There councillors to produce individual was no evidence of the fact that monitoring reports to committees council undertook monitoring to and council. meet the threshold. The research • All political leaders should endeavor team was not availed with to keep records of their activities monitoring reports for committees through the use of diaries and of council. Verification visits to the personal files. service delivery units also indicated • The district council should that a number of political leaders appropriate some funds out of had not made any attempt to visit their local revenues to facilitate these units as part of the routine monitoring activities of councillors. monitoring. This was confirmed through the physical check of the • Lower local governments should visitors’ books and interviews with endeavor to invite councillors to the in charges at these units. participate in their council meetings and also councillors should • Poor record keeping: A number of endeavor to attend. councillors were not able to provide evidence for what they claimed to 4 nakapiripirit DISTRICT LOCAL GOVERNMENT council SCORECARD assessment FY 2018/19 Table 1: Performance of Nakapiripirit District Council FY 2018/19 Planning and Performance Legislation Accountability Monitoring Service Delivery Budgeting Conflict Resolution Initiatives Hearings Public resources Legislative Petitions Capacity Building Sub Total Fiscal Accountability Accountability Political Administrative Accountability of CSO Involvement Principles of accountability Sub Total Vision Plans, and Mission District Budget Local Revenue Sub Total Education Health Water Roads Agriculture