LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCILS’ PERFORMANCE AND PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY IN UGANDA Ntungamo District Council Score-Card Report 2009/2010 Edward F. Natamba Lillian Muyomba-Tamale Immaculate Asiimirwe Enock Nimpamya Jonas Mbabazi ACODE Policy Research Series No. 56, 2011 LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCILS’ PERFORMANCE AND PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY IN UGANDA Ntungamo District Council Score-Card Report 2009/2010 Edward F. Natamba Lillian Muyomba-Tamale Immaculate Asiimirwe Enock Nimpamya Jonas Mbabazi ACODE Policy Research Series No. 56, 2011 Published by ACODE P. O. Box 29836, Kampala Email: [email protected]; [email protected] Website: http://www.acode-u.org Citation: Natamba, E., F., et.al., (2011). Local Government Councils’ Performance and Public Service Delivery in Uganda: Ntungamo District Council Score-Card Report 2009/10. ACODE Policy Research Series, No. 56, 2011. Kampala. © ACODE 2011 All rights reserved. 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ISBN 978-9970-07-019-0 Local Government Councils’ Performance and Public Service Delivery in Uganda: Ntungamo District Council Score-Card Report 2009/10 Local Government Councils’ Performance and Public Service Delivery in Uganda: Ntungamo District Council Score-Card Report 2009/10 Contents LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES ............................................................................. iv ABBREVIATIONS ................................................................................................. v ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ........................................................................................ vi EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ....................................................................................... vii 1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................. 9 2. METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................. 11 2.1 Building Block for the Score-card Indicators: Who is assessed? .................................11 2.2 The Building Blocks for the Indicators: What is assessed? ..........................................12 2.3 Score-card Assessment .................................................................................................14 3. DISTRICT BACKGROUND............................................................................... 17 3.1 Geopolitics and Demographic Characteristics ..............................................................17 3.2 Administrative Setup .....................................................................................................17 3.3 The Local Economy and Economic Opportunities ........................................................18 4. THE STATE OF SERVICE DELIVERY IN NTUNGAMO DISTRICT LOCAL GOVERNMENT: ANALYSIS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCIL ACTIONS AND RESPONSES ......... 19 4.1 Primary Education Services ...........................................................................................20 4.2 Health Service delivery in Ntungamo District Local Government ..............................22 4.3 Road Network ................................................................................................................24 4.4 Access to Water and Sanitation ....................................................................................25 4.5 Agriculture and NAADs ..................................................................................................26 4.6 Environment and Natural Resources ............................................................................27 4.7 Ntungamo Local Government’s efforts to address gaps in Service Delivery .............28 5. BUDGET AND REVENUE ARCHITECTURE OF NTUNGAMO LOCAL GOVERNMENT . 34 5.1. Ntungamo District Local Government Budget ............................................................34 5.2. Intra-sector Budget Allocations and Implications for Service Delivery .....................35 6. SCORE-CARD FINDINGS AND INTERPRETATION ............................................. 37 6.1 District Chairperson .......................................................................................................37 6.2 District Speaker ..............................................................................................................39 6.3 Ntungamo Local Government Council ..........................................................................41 6.4 District Councilors ..........................................................................................................43 7. CHALLENGES TO NTUNGAMO DISTRICT LOCAL GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AND THE QUALITY OF PUBLIC SERVICES ................................................................ 48 7.1 Introduction ...................................................................................................................48 Local Government Councils’ Performance and Public Service Delivery in Uganda: Ntungamo District Council Score-Card Report 2009/10 Local Government Councils’ Performance and Public Service Delivery in Uganda: Ntungamo District Council Score-Card Report 2009/10 7.2 Endogenous Factors ......................................................................................................48 7.3 Exogenous Factors .........................................................................................................50 8. IMPACT FROM THE FIRST ASSESSMENT ......................................................... 52 8.1 Improved record keeping of Council minutes .............................................................52 8.2 Contact with the electorate ..........................................................................................52 8.3 Participation in lower local governments ....................................................................52 9. GENERAL CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS ........................................... 53 9.1 Conclusion ......................................................................................................................53 9.2 Recommendations ........................................................................................................53 REFERENCES ..................................................................................................... 56 ANNEXES .......................................................................................................... 58 Annex 1: Ntungamo District Local Government Council 2009/10 ...................................58 Annex 2: FGD Guide .............................................................................................................59 Annex 3: Score-cards ...........................................................................................................61 Chairperson’s Score-card .....................................................................................................62 Speaker’s Score-card ...........................................................................................................63 Councilors’ Score-cards ........................................................................................................64 PUBLICATIONS IN THIS SERIES ........................................................................... 53 Local Government Councils’ Performance and Public Service Delivery in Uganda: Ntungamo District Council Score-Card Report 2009/10 Local Government Councils’ Performance and Public Service Delivery in Uganda: Ntungamo District Council Score-Card Report 2009/10 List of Tables Table 1:Population projections .............................................................................................9 Table 2:Secretaries of Council Sectoral Committees ..........................................................10 Table 3:Education Statistics for Ntungamo District ............................................................13 Table 4:Key Health indicators for Ntungamo District Local Government .........................16 Table 5:Indicators for Water Services in Ntungamo District Local Government ..............19 Table 6:Summary of issues discussed in Ntungamo District Council plenary sessions in the Financial Year 2009/2010 ..............................................................................23 Table 7:Performance of Ntungamo District Councilors disaggregated by gender ...........43 List of Figures Figure 1: Structure of District Local Governments in Uganda .............................................4 Figure 2: Key Aspects of the Local Government Councils’ Performance ............................5 Figure 3: Residents of Nyamuhani cell in Itojo Sub-county in an FGD at Ruhanga SDA P/S .....................................................................................................................14 Figure 4: P.2 pupils of Ruhanga SDA P/S having their classes .........................................14 Figure 5: Trend analysis in PLE performance for Ntungamo District Local Government .15 Figure 6: A woman after delivering without the midwife in Nyakyera HC III .................17 Figure 7: A cross section of Nyakyera-Rukoni road that is impassable