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Masindi District Local Government District Five Year Development Plan 2015/2016 – 2019/2020 MASINDI DISTRICT LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISTRICT FIVE YEAR DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2015/2016 – 2019/2020. May 2015 Vision “A transformed Masindi District from a rural subsistence agricultural district to a thriving industrialized entity with exemplary leadership and a better quality life for all by year 2040” Theme ―Strengthening Masindi District’s Sustainable Growth for Wealth Creation and Employment for Social Economic Transformation‘‘ The Map of Masindi District and Location of Masindi District on the Map of Uganda Location of Masindi District on the Map of Uganda ii Masindi District Local Government Vision and Mission Vision “A transformed Masindi District from a rural subsistence agricultural district to a thriving industrialized entity with exemplary leadership and a better quality life for all by year 2040” Mission ―Serving its people through coordinated delivery of services with focus on national and local priorities to promote sustainable development of the district‖. iii Foreword In compliance with section 35 Sub section 3 of the Local Governments Act CAP 243 amended 2010 and in a bid to address development concerns equitably so as to achieve the District‘s Vision, basing on lessons learnt during the implementation of the first Five Year District Development Plan (2010/2011 – 2014/2015), Masindi District Local Government has through wide consultations developed this second integrated and comprehensive five year sustainable development plan for the period 2015/2016 – 2019/2020. Designed interventions in this development plan have been built on the previous plan and aims at achieving the District‘s Mission and the District‘s goal ―To reduce the proportion of people living in extreme poverty by 10% by the end of year 2020‖. The objectives of this plan are; i. Provide a single point of reference for mobilizing resources for implementation of the district priorities; ii. Ensure that resources are channeled to priority programmes and activities to support implementation of the priority programme areas (PPA) iii. Ensure coordinated and effective delivery of services at district and lower local levels; and iv. Guide implementing partners in priority areas of need for development The 2015/2016 – 2019/2020 plan will put more emphasis on the under listed priorities; i) Agriculture; ii) Public infrastructure development; iii) Trade and tourism development; iv) Education and Health for human capital development; v) Local revenue collection enhancement; and vi) Updated statistics/Data bank for informed decision making. Under this development Plan, the District Council will continue to focus on fulfilling the vision of the district ―transforming Masindi from a rural subsistence agricultural district to a thriving industrialized entity with exemplary leadership and a better quality life for all by year 2040‖, with an ultimate goal of attaining its mission of ― serving its people through coordinated delivery of services with focus on national and local priorities to promote sustainable development of the district”. The District Council has continued implementing policies geared towards improving the welfare of people living in Masindi district. In line with the framework for addressing key poverty challenges, the policies that have been implemented by the Council have been in agreement with those in the Comprehensive National Development Planning Framework (CNDPF). New challenges have continued to be registered as the process for implementation of the previous Development plan has been going on; hence this has guided the development of this DDP. iv The District has put reasonable emphasis on planning through a decentralized framework in all its Local Governments and Local Councils. The District has been at the forefront of planning using the bottom up participatory approach to ensure that the priority needs of the people are adequately addressed. In this District Development Plan, the District has taken stock of the achievements so far attained and the challenges and the constraints that have continued to exist. Among many, the challenges that have continued to exist include: (a) None committal of some communities/groups; (b) use public resources more efficiently; (c) provision and access to quality health services; (d) Provision and access to quality basic education; (e) poor community based maintenance system of the social facilities put in place by Government and NGOs; (f) low levels of community participation in executing government programs; (g) building a strong social and economic infrastructure and (h) Enhancing human capital development and retention of human resource. Over the next five years, the District will continue focusing its attention on addressing the above challenges. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to all those stakeholders who worked tirelessly and contributed in one way or another to the production of this document. I am especially grateful to the members of the District Technical Planning Committee, the Planning Unit Staff, Standing Committees of Council, the District Executive Committee and the entire Council, our Development partners and the Lower Local Governments for their commitment rendered during the formulation, preparation and production of this plan. Finally, the implementation of this plan, sustainability and maintenance of the infrastructure derived from this plan calls for total commitment and team work of all stakeholders. Personally I continue to pledge total support during the implementation of this plan. Further, I pledge total commitment towards maintenance and sustainability of the infrastructure that will be derived and put in place from this plan. I call upon all members of the District Executive Committee, the entire Council, the Central Government, Development Partners, Lower Local Governments, Political Leaders, Technical Staff at all levels and the entire community to offer your solid support during the implementation and sustainability of the investments that will be put in place out of this development plan, in order to steer our efforts towards improving the quality of life of people living in Masindi District. Isingoma Wilson Mugimba District Chairperson – Masindi. FOR GOD AND MY COUNTRY. v Acknowledgement Without the willingness, commitment and co-operation of very many stakeholders, this Development plan wouldn‘t have been produced. The preparation of this plan was entirely based on participatory planning approach that involved all stakeholders right away from the Lower Local Councils. It is practically impossible to mention the names of all those who actively participated in the preparation of this document individually. However, special thanks go to the Lower Local Councils and Lower Local Government staff that facilitated the bottom up planning approach in collaboration with the sector and sub-sector technical staff of Masindi District Local Government. I appreciate the tireless efforts of the District Planning Unit Staff, especially the Principal/District Planner who spearheaded and coordinated the entire exercise right from its start to the end. I acknowledge the efforts of Heads of Department, Units and Sections, who constantly participated in planning sessions and provided all the information that was needed at all times to ensure successful compilation of the plan. My appreciation also goes to the Council Standing Committee members who committed their valuable time to discuss the planned proposals of their line sectors for integration into the District Development Plan. Special tribute goes to the members of the District Executive Committee who tirelessly reviewed this plan and for their positive contributions that enriched the contents of the plan. I recognize the contributions of Civil Society Organizations, Non Governmental Organizations, Elders and Opinion leaders who participated in the planning process during the Budget Conference and provided all what was needed from them as development partners. I thank NPA, MoLG and the Embedded Technical Specialist of USAID/DFID-GAPP of Bunyoro Region, for the technical support they rendered that made the compilation the District Development Plan a success. Finally, I would like to thank all members of the District Council who discussed and approved this development plan. I continue to call upon the same spirit of cooperation from all stakeholders during implementation, monitoring, maintenance and sustainability of investments that will be put in place. Further I call upon for more support during the subsequent review and preparation of the District Development Plan. Atama Gabriel CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER – Masindi. vi Table of Contents The Map of Masindi District and Location of Masindi District on the Map of Uganda ....................................................................................... ii Masindi District Local Government Vision and Mission ........................................................................................................................................ iii Foreword ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... iv Acknowledgement ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... vi Table of Contents ......................................................................................................................................................................................................
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