Mukono DISTRICT LOCAL GOVERNMENT council SCORECARD assessment FY 2018/19
Mukono 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
1.2 The Local Government Councils 1.0 Introduction Scorecard Initiative (LGCSCI)
th This brief was developed from the 8 The main building blocks in LGCSCI are the principles and scorecard report titled, “The Local core responsibilities of Local Governments as set out in Government Councils Scorecard FY Chapter 11 of the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda, 2018/19. The Next Big Steps: Consolidating the Local Governments Act (CAP 243) under Section 10 gains of decentralisation and repositioning (c), (d) and (e). The scorecard comprises of five parameters the local government sector.” The brief based on the core responsibilities of the local government provides key highlights of the performance Councils, District Chairpersons, Speakers and Individual of elected leaders and Council of Mukono Councillors. These are classified into five categories: District Local Government during Financial Financial management and oversight; Political functions Year 2018/19. and representation; Legislation and related functions; 1.1 About the District Development planning and constituency servicing and Monitoring service delivery. The parameters are broken Mukono District is located in central Uganda. down into quantitative and qualitative indicators. Separate The District neighbours Wakiso to the west, scorecards are produced for the Chairperson, Speaker of Kayunga to the north, Buikwe to the east Council, Individual Councillors, and the District Council as and Kalangala to the south. Mukono has 15 a whole. Subcounties, 1 Municipality with 2 divisions and 4 Town Councils. The district has 80 The major rationale of the LGCSCI is to induce elected parishes and 592 villages. Mukono District political leaders and representative organs to deliver on has a total population of approximately their electoral promises, improve public service delivery, 701,400 people (UBOS, 2019). ensure accountability and promote good governance through periodic assessments.
Rebecca Nalwoga-Mukwaya • Stephen1 Ssemakula • Deoson Kigoonya Mukono DISTRICT LOCAL GOVERNMENT council SCORECARD assessment FY 2018/19
1.3 Methodology than the regional average score at 70 out of 100 points. Council’s performance under the parameter The FY 2018/19 LGCSCI assessment was of planning and budgeting was exceptional having conducted from July to September 2019. The attained 18 points out of the 20 possible points. This scorecard used both qualitative and quantitative was a high score considering that the national and tools to collect data. These included: face-to-face regional average scores were 14 out of 20 points structured interviews, civic engagement meetings, and 17 out of 20 points respectively. Despite the documents’ review, key informant interviews, tremendous performance under the planning and field visits and photography. Out of the 34 elected budgeting, Council registered a weak performance on leaders (including District Chairperson and Speaker monitoring service delivery with 17 out of a possible of Council), a total of 32 members, of which 30 points. This was because the monitoring exercise 20 were male and 12 female and Council were was not sufficiently done and in cases where it was assessed. Unfortunately, the district council lost two done, there was no evidence of monitoring reports councillors, Hon. Mastulah Namaganda (Ntenjeru produced as well as follow up actions undertaken and Mpatta Sub Counties) and Hon. Roy Grace from the issues that arose. However, the District Namayanja (Nakisunga Sub County) during the Council’s scores under monitoring service delivery year under review. units were similar to those at the national level but lower than the regional average scores at 19 out of 30 possible points. Table 1 shows the performance 2.0 Results of the Assessment of Mukono District Council. This section highlights the performance of the Council, Chairperson, Speaker of Council and 2.2 Performance of the District Councillors of Mukono District Local Government Chairperson during the FY 2018/19. During the year of review, Hon. Andrew Ssenyonga 2.1 Performance of Mukono District was the District Chaiperson and was serving his Council first term. He subscribes to the NRM political party. The chairperson scored 56 points out of the Mukono District Local Government Council has 100 possible points. Although this was lower than a total of 32 members including the Chairperson the regional and national averages which stood and Speaker. The total number of council at 72 out of 100 points and 70 out of 100 points members should have been 34, unfortunately 2 respectively, the chairperson made an improvement (two) councillors passed away that is Hon. Roy of 24 points from the previous assessment. His best Grace Namayanja (Nakisunga Sub County) and performance was on the initiation of projects where Hon. Mastulah Namaganda (Ntenjeru and Mpatta he scored 9 out of the 10 points and this average ran Sub Counties. In terms of performance, Mukono through at both national and regional levels. Hon. District Council scored 64 points out of the 100 Senyonga also registered exceptional performance possible points, an improvement from the previous on contact with the electorate where he scored 10 assessment where council obtained 50 points out out of the 10 points which was equivalent to the of 100 possible points. During FY2018/19 council’s performance was slightly higher than the national average score at 62 out of 100 points but lower Figure 2: Performance of Mukono District Chairperson on Key Parameters Relative to Figure 1: Performance of Mukono District National and Regional Average Performances Council on Key Parameters Relative to National and Regional Average Performances
Source: Local Government Council Scorecard Assessment FY 2018/19 Source: Local Government Council Scorecard Assessment FY 2018/19
2 Mukono DISTRICT LOCAL GOVERNMENT council SCORECARD assessment FY 2018/19 scores at regional level with 9 out of 10 points at Mbonye’s performance on participation in lower national level. local governments was found wanting. He did not As a political head, the chairperson obtained an earn any point, although the regional and national average performance on the parameter of provision averages were quite low too, at 4 out of 10 possible of political leadership where he scored 10 out of 20 points. Table 3 illustrates the performance of the points which was lower than both the regional and Speaker of Mukono District Council. national averages at 14 out of 20 points and 16 out 2.4 Performance of the District of 20 points respectively. With regard to monitoring Councillors service delivery, Hon. Senyonga realized a weak performance of 18 out of 45 points because he had The average score for councillors was 36 points no evidence of monitoring reports. Table 2 shows out of 100 possible points, 2 (two) points lower the performance of Mukono District Chairperson. than in the previous assessment. The Councillors’ performance was very low, considering the regional 2.3 Performance of the Speaker of and national averages which were at 47 out of 100 Council points and 43 out of 100 points respectively. During During the year under review, Hon. Emmanuel the year under review, Hon. Stephen Mufuwa Mbonye was the Mukono District Speaker of (Nakisunga Sub County) emerged as the best male Council. He subscribes to the NRM political party councillor with 75 out of 100 points, an improvement and was serving in this office for the first time but by 13 points from the previous assessment. On the this was his second term as councillor for Mpatta other hand, Hon. Sylvia Kyobe (Nama/Kyampisi) Sub County. Hon. Mbonye scored 47 out of 100 emerged as the best female councillor in Mukono points which was 14 points lower than his score in District Council obtaining 68 out of 100 points, a the previous assessment. This was also lower than remarkable improvement by 30 points from the both the regional and national average scores which previous assessment. Overall, the councillors’ best were at 57 out of 100 points and 62 out of 100 points performance was under the parameter of contact respectively. His best performance was realized on with the electorate whose average was 12 out of 20 his contact with the electorate where he scored 19 points. This was similar to the national average but out of 20 points. This was higher than the regional below the regional average which was at 15 out of and national averages at 15 out of 20 and 16 out of 20 points. Generally, the performance of councillors 20 points respectively. Hon. Mbonye also performed in the other parameters (Legislation (11 out of 25 well on the parameter of presiding over council where points), Participation in LLGs (2 out of 10 points) he obtained 17 out of the 25 which was the same and Monitoring service delivery (11 out of 45 points)) average across the national and regional levels. was wanting as it was below average. Majority of However, the Speaker’s performance on monitoring the councillors did not perform well in monitoring service delivery was below average since he only service delivery because they had no evidence of obtained 11 points out of 45 possible points. The monitoring reports as well as follow up actions of regional and national averages under this parameter issues that arose, in cases where they endeavored were 22 out of 45 points and 24 out of 45 points to monitor. In addition, several councillors also did respectively. Like in the previous assessment, Hon. Figure 4: Performance of Mukono District Figure 3: Speaker of Council’s Performance Councillors on Key Parameters Relative to on Key Parameters Relative to National and National and Regional Average Performances Regional Average Performances
Source: Local Government Council Scorecard Assessment FY 2018/19 Source: Local Government Council Scorecard Assessment FY 2018/19
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not meet the threshold of attending LLG council • Restriction of moving motions to committee meetings (at least 4 (four) times) claiming that they chairpersons: The way council business were not invited or the district council schedule of is conducted in Mukono is such that only meetings collided with that of LLGs hence the poor committee chairpersons are allowed to move performance. Table 4 shows the performance of motions after agreeing on issues within the Mukono District Councillors. committees. Ordinary councillors are deprived of performing this duty during council meetings which jeopardized their performance. 3.0 Critical Factors Affecting • Low civic awareness among community Performance members: From the various community engagement meetings conducted, as well as 3.1 Key Factors Enabling Good interactions with district officials, it was noted Performance that the majority of citizens make demands outside the mandate of councillors. It was • Availability of coordinating centres: All for such a reason numerous councillors felt councillors had designated coordinating uncomfortable keeping in contact with their centers where they can be reached by their electorate. electorate which enhances accountability and improved service delivery. • Low attendance of lower local government meetings: Failure of councillors to attend • Membership to District Executive lower local government meetings affected their Committee: Councillors who were members performance. They claimed that they were not of the District Executive Committee had an invited or invited late or worse still blamed it on added advantage for instance, they had access the collision of the schedules of meetings at the to offices and additional resources to carry various levels. out council activities like monitoring service delivery. 4.0 Recommendations 3.2 Key Factors Affecting Performance • There is need for the district council to • Unavailable minutes: The minutes from advocate a substantive clerk to council who some committees were not easily available so should undergo capacity building on proper the councillors did not perform well under the documentation and management of records. parameter of legislation since it could not be • Councillors should increase sensitization efforts ascertained whether or not they had attended for citizens to understand their obligations such those meetings. This equally impacted on as the importance and role of keeping children the Speaker’s performance especially on the in school as well as provision of food to the indicator of timely production of minutes. children while at school. Otherwise citizens • Lack of a substantive clerk to council: At will continue to demand the wrong things from the time of the assessment, the clerk to council councillors. who had served under the year that was being • The district council should identify new sources assessed had long handed over the office and of local revenue to increase funds for the so the incoming clerk did not have sufficient facilitation of council operations like monitoring information. Worse still, towards the end of the service delivery. In addition, the council should assessment, a new clerk to council assumed devise means of sealing off of all leakages of office. Therefore, the lack of a substantive clerk revenues being lost during collection in the to council worked against the councillors and district. council. • All political leaders in the district should • Poor documentation of issues: Whereas improve on record keeping of the activities they councillors reported on issues raised during participate in on behalf of council and on their council meetings, many of such were not easy own behalf. to trace in the minutes, something which cost • The Speaker should communicate and share performance due to lack of evidence for their the council schedule with LLGs, such that the claims. In the same way, councillors failed to meetings for the respective councils are not produce activity and monitoring reports to back colliding. their claims of having carried out such activities/ monitoring.
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Mukono DISTRICT LOCAL GOVERNMENT council SCORECARD assessment FY 2018/19
Sub Total Sub Sub Total Sub
18 29 45
30 17 17 Environment
4 3 ENR
5
4 1 2 FAL
FAL 0 2 5 4 1 1 Sources Water
2 4
Agriculture 7
4 1 2 Roads
Roads 2 5
7
Delivery
4 3 2 Schools Water 6 5
7
4 3 2 Health
Health 2 5 Monitoring Service
7
5 4 3 Agriculture
2 5
7 Education
Monitoring Service Delivery Total Sub 9 9 5 4 3
Sub Total Sub 10 NGOs 5 5
20 18 14
5 Local Revenue Local Communal Projects Communal 1 1
11 9 5 2
Projects District Budget District Initiation of Initiated Projects 3 3
4 4 4 3 Mission
Budgeting
Sub Total Sub 8 Planning and and Vision Plans, 10
10 5 5 5
Issues by Electorate by Issues Sub Total Sub 5 4
5 with
25 14 15
Meetings Electorate Meetings Accountability Contact 5 4
Electorate
5 Principles of of Principles
Sub Total Sub 9 9 3 0 0
Involvement of CSO of Involvement 15
2 2 2 Executive by Bills
3 2 5 Accountability Motions Executive Motions
4 5 Administrative Administrative Role
8
8 6 5 Council Accountability Legislative 2 2
Accountability
2
Political Political 8 3 5 Total Sub
10 16 Fiscal Accountability Fiscal 20
4 3 3 Gov’t Central 2 3
Sub Total Sub 4
Boards
25 15 16 1 2
Capacity Building Capacity Commissions/
2
3 1 2
Servants
Petitions 0 3
2 1 1 Civil Oversight
Legislative Resources Legislative 4 State of Affairs of State
4 2 3 2 2
2 Public Hearings Public Monitoring Admin Monitoring
Political Leadership Political 5 4
5 2 0 1
DEC Initiatives
2 2 3
Conflict Resolution Resolution Conflict 2018/19
1 1 1
56 72 Ordinances 100
3 3 2 2016/17 Legislation Council 32 62 Perfor
mance
100 Motions Passed by the the by Passed Motions
Terms
3 3 2 1
Council
Political Party Political Committees of of Committees
3 1 2
NRM Membership to ULGA to Membership
2 1 1
District Rules of Procedure of Rules
2 2 2
2018/19 Mukono Gender
100 64 62
M 2016/17
Identifiers
100 50 51
Name District Performance Andrew Andrew Ssenyonga Score Average Max Score Mukono Average Table 1: Performance of Mukono District Council FY2018/19 of Mukono Performance 1: Table of the District Chairperson Performance 2: Table
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Mukono DISTRICT LOCAL GOVERNMENT council SCORECARD assessment FY 2018/19
Sub Total Sub Sub Total Sub
45 11 24
45 28 21 24 15 21 18 26 14
Environment ENR
5 1 3
5 1 4 5 4 4 5 4 1
FAL FAL
5 1 1
5 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0
Roads Roads
7 1 4
7 7 1 1 7 5 1 1 1
Water Water
7 1 4 7 7 0 0 0 5 3 4 5
Delivery Agriculture
Agriculture 7 3 5 5 1 1 3 5 3 7 1 3
Education
Education 7 7 4 6 1 1 3 4 3
Monitoring Service
7 1 4
Health Health 7 3 7 7 1 5 3 5 1
7 5 5
Monitoring Service Delivery Meetings
LLG 10
0 4 County Sub 6 2 6 6 0 6 4 6 Participation in in Participation 10 LLG
LLG
Sub Total Sub Sub Total Sub
20
9 9 20 20 20 20 13 16 20 19 16
Centre Office
9 9 8 9
9 9 9 9 2 9 2 9 Coordinating Coordinating
Electorate
Electorate Contact
11
8 Meeting
0 7 7 Contact Electorate
11 11 11 11 11 Meetings Meetings 11 10 Electorate
Sub Total Sub
Sub Total Sub 25
21 25 11 16 21 21 14 14 25 17 17
Special Skills Special
Special Skills Special 4 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0
Motion
Record of Motions of Record 5
5 5 0 5 5 5 2 5 3 3 2
Committee 8
Records Book Records 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 2 2 2 Legislation
Plenary
Committee 8
8 8 3 3 8 8 3 1 3 2 2
Business Business % Change %
-9 21 79 17 78 34 29 10
Rules of Procedure of Rules 9 7 7 2018/2019
Presiding over Council Presiding over
75 68 61 57 55 54 53 50 100
Chairing Council Chairing 3 3 3
Perfor mance
2016/17 % Change % 100 62 38 52 32 41 42 48 55
18
-23
Terms Served Served Terms
2018/19 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1
47 62 100 Gender
Perfor
mance F F M M M M M M 2016/17 61 57
100
Terms Served Served Terms 1 2
Gender
M Constituency District Mukono
Nakisunga S/C Nama/Kyampisi S/C Nabbale Goma Div Mpunge S/C Youth Nagojje/Ntunda S/C Ntenjeru S/C
Constituency Political Mpatta Identifiers
NRM NRM NRM DP NRM NRM NRM DP Political Party Political
Identifiers NRM
Name Name Maximum Scores Maximum Mbonye Emmanuel Average Maximum Scores Maximum Stephen Mufuwa Sylvia Kyobe Kabenge Abbas Ssegayi Lukeman Semakula Lawrence Kigongo Luggya Faisal Anna Lubulwa* Lukyamuzi Francis Table 3: Speaker of Council’s Performance FY 2018/19 Performance Speaker of Council’s 3: Table FY 2018/19 of District Councillors Performance 4: Table
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Mukono DISTRICT LOCAL GOVERNMENT council SCORECARD assessment FY 2018/19 Sub Total Sub
45 12 9 9 19 18 9 16 5 20 6 18 4 4 11 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 11 ENR
5 1 1 1 0 5 5 4 1 4 1 1 1 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 FAL
5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Roads
7 7 1 3 1 3 1 5 1 1 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Water
7 1 5 1 1 3 1 0 0 4 1 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Delivery Agriculture
7 1 0 1 3 3 0 1 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Education
7 1 1 2 7 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Monitoring Service Health
7 1 1 1 7 1 1 5 1 1 1 5 0 1 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 Meetings
10 Sub County County Sub 0 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
10
LLG Sub Total Sub
20
9 6 9 9 9 5 2 2 2 2 2 20 11 10 20 20 15 12 20 20 13 12 12 Office
9 2 9 0 2 5 9 9 9 5 2 2 9 9 2 2 9 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 Electorate
Contact
11
Meeting Meeting 7 4 4 1 7 7 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 7 Electorate 11 11 11 11 10 10 11 11 10 Sub Total Sub
25
2 1 4 4 4 1 1 2 8 6 2 1 1 16 16 16 16 14 21 11 21 10 11 Special Skills Special
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Motion
5 5 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 2
Committee 8
8 8 8 8 8 8 1 3 0 8 3 1 3 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Legislation Plenary
8 3 8 8 8 1 8 1 8 1 8 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 8 1 1 1 1 4 % Change %
5 6 6 1
-3 47 36 72 21 12 91 -34 -27 -32 -21 -43 -30 -86 -76 -88 -93 2018/2019 8 4 3 3 47 45 44 43 41 40 38 36 36 36 34 30 28 21 20 19 14 12 36 100
Perfor mance 2016/17
100 32 33 42 25 62 33 34 49 34 53 32 38 29 11 35 20 56 17 25 43 38 Terms Served Served Terms
5 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Gender
F F F F F F F F F F M M M M M M M M M M M M Constituency
Koome S/C Koome Goma Div Seeta Namuganga S/C Kimenyedde Nama S/C Div Central Ntunda S/C Div Central Nabbaale/Kimenyedde Seeta Namuganga S/C Koome/Mpunge Older Persons PWD S/C Kyampisi Older Persons Workers PWD Workers S/C Kasawo Youth S/C Kasawo Nagojje S/C Political Identifiers
NRM DP NRM NRM NRM DP IND DP NRM NRM NRM NRM NRM DP NRM NRM NRM IND NRM NRM NRM NRM Name Maximum Scores Maximum Muwumuza Asuman L. Specioza Nassolo Ronald Kayanja Mutebi Edward Kiwanuka Musonge Nkajja Fred Betty Nakasi Kisakye Timothy Ssemakula D. Julius Betty Nansubuga* Kayaga Sarah Kiiza Afuwa Claudia Kamya Annet Nakanwagi Ronald Kikomeko* Joseph Mukasa Ssozi Mariam Mirembe Abdul Nsubuga* Gonzaga Ssensamba Samalie Musenero* Joanita Nalweyiso* Sabiiti Ssekisambu* Lukyamuzi* Davis Average *Councillors Assessed Using Secondary Data *Councillors
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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. Mukono District Local Government (2019), Minutes of Mukono District Council 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 Rebecca Nalwoga-Mukwaya is a Research Assistant at the Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment (ACODE) - one of the leading public policy research think tanks in Eastern and Southern Africa Sub-regions. Rebecca has been a researcher under ACODE’s Local Government Council Scorecard Initiative since 2016. Rebecca has contributed to ACODE’s research work. Stephen Ssemakula is the Executive Director of Community Development Concern. He has been a researcher under ACODE’s Local Government Council Scorecard Initiative for the last7 years. Kigoonya Deoson is an independent Researcher based in Mukono with Lasmotec Foundation –UG who has extensive expertise in community development facilitation, Health, Education, Water and Sanitation and Governance. He is in his 8th year of research work with ACODE in Mukono District.
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