nebbi DISTRICT LOCAL GOVERNMENT council SCORECARD assessment FY 2018/19
nebbi 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 located in the northwestern part of This brief was developed from Uganda. Nebbi district is bordered by the scorecard report titled, “The Zombo district to the west, Arua district Local Government Councils to the north, Nwoya district to the Scorecard FY 2018/19. The Next east, Buliisa district to the southeast Big Steps: Consolidating Gains of and Democratic Republic of Congo Decentralisation and Repositioning the (DRC) to the southwest. The district Local Government Sector in Uganda.” is made up of 1 County of Padyere, 1 The brief provides key highlights of Municipality of Nebbi, 1 Town Council 1 the performance of elected leaders of Parombo and 12 Sub Counties . The and Council of Nebbi District Local district’s total population is projected at Government during FY 2018/19. 274,800 (133,200 males and 141,600 females) (UBOS, 2019).
1.1 Brief about Nebbi District Nebbi was granted a district status in 1974 and is part of the districts that make up the West Nile sub region 1 Nebbi, Nyaravur, Parombo, Akworo, Kucwiny, Erussi, Ndhew, Atego, Acana, Alala, Padwot & Jupangira.
Eugene Gerald Ssemakula • Ronnie1 R. Rupiny • George Okot nebbi DISTRICT LOCAL GOVERNMENT council SCORECARD assessment FY 2018/19
1.2 The Local Government data. The assessment was conducted Councils Scorecard Initiative between July and September 2019. A (LGCSCI) total of 25 elected leaders (24 District The main building blocks in LGCSCI are Councillors and Speaker of Council) the principles and core responsibilities and Council were assessed. of Local Governments as set out in Chapter 11 of the Constitution of 2.0 Results of the Assessment the Republic of Uganda, the Local Governments Act (CAP 243) under This section highlights the performance Section 10 (c), (d) and (e). The of Council, Chairperson, Speaker scorecard comprises of five parameters of Council and Councillors of Nebbi based on the core responsibilities of District Local Government during the the local government Councils, District FY 2018/19. Chairpersons, Speakers and Individual Councillors. These are classified into five categories: Financial management 2.1 Performance of Nebbi District and oversight; Political functions and Council representation; Legislation and related The district performance during functions; Development planning and FY 2018/19 assessment reveals a constituency servicing and Monitoring score of 79 points which is a huge service delivery. The parameters improvement from 37 points obtained are broken down into quantitative in the previous assessment. With this and qualitative indicators. Separate improvement, Nebbi District Council scorecards are produced for the District registered the greatest improvement, Chairperson, Speaker of Council, emerging 4th of all the 35 assessed Individual Councillors, and Council as district councils in FY 2018/19. a whole. This performance was attributed to The major rationale of the LGCSCI is improvement across all the parameters to induce elected political leaders and especially in planning and budgeting representative organs to deliver on Figure 1: Performance of Nebbi their electoral promises, improve public service delivery, ensure accountability District Council on Key Parameters and promote good governance through Relative to National and Regional periodic assessments. Average Performances
1.3 Methodology The FY 2018/19 LGCSCI assessment used face-to-face structured interviews, civic engagement meetings, documents’ review, key informant interviews, field visits and photography to collect the relevant Source: Local Government Councils Scorecard Assessment FY 2018/19
2 nebbi DISTRICT LOCAL GOVERNMENT council SCORECARD assessment FY 2018/19 where the district scored maximum speaker scored above the national and points. Overall, the scores were above regional averages of 62 and 64 points the national and regional averages of respectively. Hon. Kizito’s performance 62 and 64 points respectively. Figure across the assessed parameters was 1 shows comparative performance per also above average. His performance parameter. was particularly very impressive under the parameters of presiding over council (20 out of 25 points) and 2.2 Performance of the District contact with electorate (17 out of 20 Chairperson points) as indicated in Table 2. No assessment was done for the Chairperson given that he had passed on during the year under assessment. 2.4 Performance of the District The current chairperson can only be Councillors assessed in subsequent years. A total of 24 councillors were assessed. Overall, Nebbi District Councillors scored an average of 48 points in 2.3 Performance of the District FY 2018/19 assessment, a 2 point Speaker of Council decline from the previous assessment. The Speaker of Council during the This decline was particularly evident assessment was Hon. Kizito Ongan in monitoring service delivery with representing the Nyaravur Sub County. scores below the national and regional The Speaker was being assessed averages of 16 out of 45 and 14 out for the first time and he garnered of 45 points respectively. However, the 75 points. This score placed him as average score of 48 points for all the the 3rd best Speaker out of the 35 councillors was above the national and assessed speakers of councils. The regional averages of 43 points. The best performing councillor (also best male councillor) was Hon. Morris Kwach Figure 2: Speaker of Council’s Performance on Key Parameters Figure 3: Performance of Nebbi Relative to National and Regional District Councillors on Key Average Performances Parameters Relative to National and Regional Average Performances
Source: Local Government Councils Scorecard Assessment FY 2018/19 Source: Local Government Councils Scorecard Assessment FY 2018/19
3 nebbi DISTRICT LOCAL GOVERNMENT council SCORECARD assessment FY 2018/19 from Kucwiny Sub County who scored 4.0 Recommendations 77 out of 100 points. On the other hand, the best performing female councillor • Improve contact with electorate: was Hon. Grace Owonda from Erussi Councilors should improve contact Sub County scoring 63 out of 100 with electorate by holding regular points. Details of the performance of community meetings initiated by the councillors are illustrated in Table 3. local councils. As the community members plan and discuss in such meetings the district councillors 3.0 Key Factors Affecting could be given a platform to Performance give feedback pertaining service delivery. It would also provide an • Limited Contact with electorate: opportunity to sensitize community Much as some councillors had on the roles and responsibilities of contact with electorate especially the councilors. in regards to visits to their coordinating office, majority did • Improve monitoring of service not hold any community meetings delivery: The council should with their electorate to know their endeavor to allocate more service delivery concerns. This resources monitoring to enhance widened the relationship between service delivery. the citizens and the elected leaders hence affecting service delivery. • The Council should introduce a mandatory requirement for • Limited monitoring and follow councillors to produce individual up action: During the assessment monitoring reports to committees it was discovered that majority and council. of the councillors did not monitor • Strengthening capacity of service delivery on NPPA and councilors: The Council and MOLG in instances where it was done, should regularly build the capacity no follow up actions were made. of councillors through trainings This was mainly attributed to poor on areas such as; legislation, facilitation provided for undertaking monitoring, report writing, lobbying monitoring exercises. and advocacy, drafting motions and bills among others. In addition, the • Lack of monitoring reports: capacity of the office of the clerk Where councillors made an effort to council office should also be to monitor service delivery points, strengthened so as to continuously reports to back up this exercise was support the councillors to effectively not done. This was partly attributed play their roles. to councillors’ lack of capacity and poor culture with regard to report writing.
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nebbi DISTRICT LOCAL GOVERNMENT council SCORECARD assessment FY 2018/19
Sub Total Sub Sub Total Sub
45 32 24 30 21 17
ENR Environment
5 5 3
4 3 2
FAL
FAL 5 0 1
4 0 1 Roads
7 7 4 Agriculture Water
4 4 2 7 6 4
Roads Delivery Agriculture
7 0 3
4 4 2
Education Water 7 7 4
Monitoring Service
4 0 2 Health Health 7 7 5
5 5 3
6 4 Participation in LLG in Participation Monitoring Service Delivery Education 10
5 5 3
LLG
Sub Total Sub Sub Total Sub
20 20 14 20 17 16
Local Revenue Local
Coordinating Centre Coordinating 9 9 8
11 11 5
District Budget District
Contact Electorate Meetings 8 8
4 4 4
Electorate 11
Budgeting Mission and Vision Plans, Planning and Total Sub
5 5 5 25 20 17
Sub Total Sub
Special Skills Special 5 0 0 25 20 15
Principles of Accountability of Principles
Record of motions of Record 3 3 2 3 1 0
Involvement of CSO of Involvement
Records Book Records 2 2 2 2 2 2
Administrative Accountability Administrative
8 8 5 Committee Business 3 3 2
Political Accountability Political
Accountability Procedure of Rules
8 5 5 9 9 7 Fiscal Accountability Fiscal
Presiding over Council Presiding over
4 4 3 Council Chairing
3 3 3
Sub Total Sub
25 18 16 Change % Capacity Building Capacity 18
3 3 2
2018/19 Petitions 75 62
2 1 1
100 Legislative Resources Legislative
4 4 3
2016/17 57 Public Hearings Public Performance
2 0 1 100 Conflict Resolution Initiatives Resolution Conflict
2 2
1 1 1 Served Terms Ordinances
Legislation 3 3 2
Gender Motions Passed by the Council the by Passed Motions
3 1 2 M Committees of Council of Committees
3 2 2
Membership to ULGA to Membership Constituency
2 1 1 Rules of Procedure of Rules
Nyaravur 2 2 2
2018/19
Identifiers Party Political 100 79 62 2016/17 NRM
100 37 51
Name District Performance Max Score Nebbi Average Ongan Kizito Average Table 1: Performance of Nebbi District Council FY 2018/19 Performance 1: Table Table 2: Speaker of Council’s Performance, Nebbi District FY 2018/19 Performance, Speaker of Council’s 2: Table
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nebbi DISTRICT LOCAL GOVERNMENT council SCORECARD assessment FY 2018/19 Sub Total Sub
9 7 6 5 4 45 30 20 21 21 19 14 19 17 14 18 13 14 11 ENR
5 4 1 5 2 2 2 1 5 0 5 0 1 1 0 5 2 0 0 FAL
5 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 Roads
7 5 1 7 7 3 1 1 7 7 3 1 1 3 1 5 0 5 0 Water 7
0 1 3 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
Delivery Agriculture
7 7 3 0 1 3 1 1 7 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 3 3 Education
7 Monitoring Service 7 7 3 7 3 3 3 0 1 1 0 1 7 3 0 0 1 0 Health
7
7 7 1 1 3 1 7 0 5 1 5 0 5 5 0 1 1 0 Sub County Meetings County Sub 10 6 6 6 6 6 0 6 6 6 6 0 0 6 0 6 6
10 10
LLG Sub Total Sub
20
9 9 20 17 16 16 13 17 16 16 16 17 16 14 20 17 17 16 Office
9 9 9 9 5 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 Contact Electorate Meeting
11
8 7 4 8 7 7 7 8 7 5 8 0 8 0 7 Electorate 11 11 11 Sub Total Sub
9 9 25 21 21 16 11 16 16 16 16 11 18 21 16 16 21 16 16 Special Skills Special
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Motion
5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 Committee 8
8 8 8 3 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Legislation Plenary
8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 1 3 8 8 1 8 8 8 8 8 % Change %
-8 -6
97 82 57 40 -18 -19 -15 -42 -37 -31 220 330 2018/2019
100
77 64 63 54 54 52 52 51 48 48 47 47 47 46 45 43 42 42 Performance 2016/17
100 39 20 77 67 61 28 52 81 30 49 71 10 61 30 Terms Served Served Terms
1 4 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 4 1 1 1 4 2 1
Gender
F F F F F F F F F
M M M M M M M M M
Constituency
S/C Kucwiny S/C Nebbi Erussi S/C Abindu Div S/C Parombo Nyaravur/Ategu Thatha Div Older Persons S/C Ndhew S/C Parombo/Akworo S/C Ndhew Nebbi Workers Older Persons Erussi PWD Atego S/C S/C Kucwiny Political
Identifiers NRM NRM FDC NRM FDC NRM IND NRM FDC NRM NRM NRM NRM NRM UPC NRM NRM NRM Name Maximum Scores Maximum Morris Kwach Gabriel Ocibre Owonda Grace Berocan Moses Angecan Warom Focus Kerpou Molly Giramia Geoffrey Thorwinyowa John Bosco Odongkara Gladys Kayeny Remelda Martha Bitoi* Anecho Okello Geoffrey Owiny Grace Mandhawun Teddy Doreen Odongtho* Coothum Brown Dorine Clare Nimungu* Ronald Ocamgiu Awachango Dorothy Table 3: Performance of Nebbi District Councillors FY 2018/19 of Nebbi District Councillors Performance 3: Table
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nebbi DISTRICT LOCAL GOVERNMENT council SCORECARD assessment FY 2018/19 Sub Total Sub
3 6 5 7 5 45 13 13 ENR
5 0 1 5 0 0 0 2 FAL
5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Roads
7 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 Water 7
0 1 1 0 1 0 1
Delivery Agriculture
7 3 1 7 0 3 1 3 Education
7 Monitoring Service 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 Health
7
0 1 0 5 1 1 2 Sub County Meetings County Sub 10 6 6 0 6 0 6 5
LLG Sub Total Sub
20
2 16 17 16 16 13 15 Office
9 9 9 9 9 5 2 8
Contact Electorate Meeting
11 7 8 7 7 8 0 7 Electorate Sub Total Sub
9 9 9 25 16 16 16 15 Special Skills Special
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Motion
5 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 Committee 8
8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Legislation Plenary
8 8 1 1 1 8 3 6 % Change %
33 -21 -12 -61 2018/2019
100
41 38 38 36 36 29 48 Performance 2016/17
100 52 41 75 50 Terms Served Served Terms
1 1 1 1 4 1
Gender
F
M M M M M
Constituency
Youth Div Thatha Central Workers Abindu Div PWD S/C Akworo Political
Identifiers NRM IND NRM NRM NRM NRM Name Maximum Scores Maximum Ronnie Otimber Doreen Acen Oucha Stanley Saulo Rwothomio Wathum* Lawrence Operi* Jimmy Average *Councillors Assessed Using Secondary Data
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REFERENCES Bainomugisha, A., Mbabazi, J., Muhwezi, W., W., Bogere, G., Atukunda, P., Ssemakula, E.G., Otile, O., M., Kasalirwe, F., Mukwaya, N., R., Akena, W., Ayesigwa, R., The Local Government Councils Scorecard FY 2018/19: The Next Big Steps; Consolidating Gains of Decentralisation and Repositioning the Local Government Sector in Uganda. ACODE Policy Research Paper Series No. 96, 2020. Nebbi District Local Government (2019), Minutes of Nebbi District Council FY 2018/19 (2019), Minutes of Standing Committees of Nebbi District Council FY 2018/19 (2019), Minutes of the District Executive Committee FY 2018/19 (2015), District Development Plan 2015/2016-2019/2020 Republic of Uganda (1995), Constitution of the Republic of Uganda (1997), Local Governments Act (CAP 243) as amended UBOS (2019), District Population Projection 2015-2030
About ACODE: The Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment (ACODE) is an independent public policy research and advocacy Think Tank based in Uganda, working in the East and Southern Africa sub-regions on a wide range of public policy issues. Our core business is policy research and analysis, outreach and capacity building. Since it’s founding 19 years ago, ACODE has emerged as one of the leading regional public policy think tanks in Sub-Saharan Africa. For the last 8 consecutive years, ACODE has been recognized among the Top-100 Think Tanks worldwide by the University of Pennsylvania’s annual Global-Go-To Think Tank Index Reports.
About LGCSCI: The Local Government Councils Scorecard Initiative (LGCSCI) is a policy research and capacity building initiative implemented by ACODE and ULGA. The initiative is a strategic social accountability initiative that enables citizens to demand excellence of their local governments and enables local governments to respond effectively and efficiently to those demands with the aim of improving service delivery.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS Eugene Gerald Ssemakula: Eugene is a researcher who for the past 14 years has undertaken various social research assignments with interests in Monitoring and Evaluation, Local Governance, financing and accountability. He is currently a Research Fellow with the Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment (ACODE), where for the past 10 years has conducted annual capacity building and assessment of political leaders under the Local Government Councils Scorecard initiative. His publications can be accessed at www.acode-u.org Ronnie Robert Rupiny is the lead researcher for Nebbi district under the Local Government Scorecard Initiative (LGCSCI). Ronnie is an independent researcher. George Okot Onegi is a district researcher for Nebbi district under the Local Government Scorecard Initiative (LGCSCI). George is an independent researcher
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