BUDUDA DISTRICT SCORECARD 2014/15 ADVOCATES COALITION FOR DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT BUDUDA DISTRICT SCORECARD 2014/15 In terms of economic activity, the district is 1 Introduction agriculture based where majority of the farmers Bududa district is located in the are small holders who grow both perennial eastern region of Uganda, on the and annual crops. The perennial crops slopes of Mt. Elgon whose scenery include banana, coffee, and tea, while the is characterized by stand-alone annual crops include maize, sweet potatoes, volcanic cones, interlocking spurs, beans, cassava and groundnuts.The district v-shaped valleys and ridges- both has 16 sub counties.Buwali, Bubiita, Bukigai, gently undulating and rugged. The Bushiyi, Nabweya, Nalwanza, Bukalasi, district is bordered by the republic Bumayoka, Bududa Town Council, Bulucheke of Kenya in the east; the district of Bumasheti, Bukibokolo, Bududa, Bushiribo, Sironko in the north; Mbale in the Nakatsi, Bushika. west; Kween in the northeast and Manafwa in the south. The district 2 What are Local Governments? has a population of 210,173 people. Local governments are entities with planning, The district registered a population budgeting and service delivery functions. growth of 4.5% from 2002 to 2014 They have 5 tiers namely the: District (LCV), according to the Census Report County (LCIV), Sub-county LCIII), Parish 2016. Figure 1: Structure of Local Governments and Administrative Units in Uganda CENTRAL GOVERNMENT DISTRICT LG CITY COUNCIL COUNTY MUNICIPALITY SUB-COUNTY TOWN COUNCIL DIVISION DIVISION PARISH WARD WARD VILLAGE CELL / ZONE CELL / ZONE Local Government Administrative Unit Phoebe Atukunda | PeterBogere | Aisha Khaitsa | Amos Kutosi ACODE Policy Briefing Paper, Series No. 41 1 BUDUDA DISTRICT SCORECARD 2014/15 (LCII) and Village (LC1) each playing a specific As presented in Figure 2, role in service delivery. While the District and citizens have a role to pay taxes Sub-county, comprising both technical and that are used to provide the political wings, are political units with powers required services. By electing to sue and be sued, the County, Parish and political leaders, citizens give Village are administrative units without these them the mandate to plan for powers. At district level, the political wing is services to suit the needs of headed by an elected chairperson whereas the their local government, a role technical wing is headed by an appointed Chief the political leaders perform Administrative Officer (CAO). Figure 1 presents through the local council this hierarchy. meetings. Political leaders also use this mandate to 3 What Do Local Governments do? oversee the implementation One of the roles of local governments is to of development programmes provide services to citizens. These services and council decisions include roads, water, education, health and by the technocrats. The agriculture. The delivery of these services provision of quality services undergoes various processes and at each is therefore dependent on stage specific actors are involved. There are each stakeholder effectively three main stakeholders in the service delivery performing their role. at local government level and they are: The Technocrats on the other hand citizens, political leaders and technical persons. implement lawful decisions of Each of these stakeholders has a specific role council. to play and quality service delivery can only be realised if each party plays their role as 4 What is the role of the indicated in Figure 2. citizens? As a citizen the constitution of Figure 2: Power relations between Uganda spells out a number politicians, technocrats and citizens of things you are supposed to do. They Include: • To engage in gainful work for the good of that citizen, the family and the common good and Over to contribute to national Political Leaders: Signt Technocrats: * Plan for services * Implement Plans development. Quality • To contribute to the well- Service being of the community Mandate Service Delivery where that citizen lives. • To promote responsible Citizens: * Pay Taxes parenthood. * Consume Services • To promote democracy and the rule of law. 2 BUDUDA DISTRICT SCORECARD 2014/15 • To acquaint himself or herself Chairpersons: with the provisions of the • Provide political leadership constitution and to uphold and defend the constitution and the • Legislative role law. • Maintain contact with the electorate • To respect the rights and • Initiating projects in their electoral freedoms of others. areas • To protect children and • Monitoring NPPAs. vulnerable persons against any form of abuse, harassment or Councillors: ill-treatment. • Legislative role (Attend council and • To protect and preserve public make by laws) property; • Contact with the Electorate (consult • To cooperate with lawful with electorate) agencies in the maintenance of • Participation in Lower Local law and order. Governments (LLGs) • To pay taxes. • Monitoring NPPAs (Water, health facilities, roads, agriculture, Functional • To register for electoral and Adult Literacy and environment) other lawful purposes. • To combat corruption and misuse or wastage of public Speakers property. Speakers are elected as councillors. In • To create and protect a clean addition to carrying out all the duties of and healthy environment. a councillor, speakers preside over and maintain order in council . They do the 5 What are the Roles of following political leaders? • Chair lawful meetings Political leaders have specific roles • Chair business committee as stipulated in the constitution and the local government act. These • Enforce rules of procedure include: • Maintain council records Councils: It is on the basis of these statutory roles that A Council is the highest political the Local Government Councils Scorecard entity in the district. It role include: Initiative assesses the performance of • Planning and budgeting local councils through these organs. The • Legislating for the district parameters and indicators in the Local Government Councils Scorecard, a tool • Being accountable to citizens used in the assessment process are drawn • Monitoring service delivery of from these roles. National Priority Programme Areas (NPPAs) 3 BUDUDA DISTRICT SCORECARD 2014/15 The findings over the 6 How have the political leaders Councillors: been performing since 2011? years have shown that councillors have generally improved in their performance During the year under review, the with respect to their functions. The assessment focused on Bududa district findings further indicate that that the council, chairperson, speaker and best male councillor in FY 2014/15 was individual councillors. Hon. Francis Namwokoyi, representing District Council: Bududa district Buwali sub-county. Hon. Namwokoyi council scored a total of 69 points out scored 77 out of 100 points. The best of 100 possible points which shows an female councillor was Hon. Mereth improvement from 64 points that were Wakinya Namwenya representing scored during FY 2013/2014. The best Bushika and Nakatsi sub-counties. performed parameter was monitoring Hon. Namwenya scored 62 out of 100 NPPAs with (26 out of 30). See Table 1 points- an improvement from 55 scored for details. in FY 2013/14. Hon. George Wanetosi showed the highest improvement District Chairperson: The chairperson margin of 97% i.e. from points in of Bududa was Mr. John Baptist 29 2013/14 to in FY 2014/15. Nambeshe. Chairman Nambeshe 55 subscribes to the National Resistance 7 Key factors affecting Movement (NRM) political party and Performance of Councillors in had served Bududa district for one Bududa District term. The chairman scored 75 out of Logistical challenges: Failure to attend possible points. This represents 100 Sub-county council meetings. Most of an improvement in his performance the councillors did not attend council compared to points scored during 56 meetings at the sub-county. This means the previous assessment of FY that they did not bring feedback from 2013/14. The chairperson’s main area the district council to their constituency of improvement was monitoring service about district plans and activities. delivery, providing feedback from monitoring and following up on service Poor performance in legislative delivery deficiencies identified with function: The findings generally the office of the CAO. See Table 2 for indicate that most councillors performed details. poorly in their legislative function. This is mainly because they were not able The speaker of District Speaker: to move motions in council and provide Bududa district was Mr. Micheal special skills to guide the proceedings Matsyetsye who subscribes to the ruling of council. The data shows that out 28 NRM party. Hon. Matsyetsye scored 63 councillors assessed, 24 did not score out of possible points during FY 100 any mark of moving motions on council. 2014/2015 compared to 76 points that were scored in the last FY 2013/2014. Poor record keeping: Some councillors The decline in performance was due to still had a problem of recordkeeping lack of evidence. especially monitoring reports. 4 BUDUDA DISTRICT SCORECARD 2014/15 Table 1:Bududa District Council District 2011/12 2012/13 203/14 2014/15 % change Rules of Procedure Membership to ULGA Committees of Council Motions passed by the council Ordinances Conflict Resolution Initiatives Public Hearings Legislative resources Petitions Capacity building Sub total Fiscal Accountability Political Accountability Administrative Accountability Involvement of CSO Principles of accountability