Why Regional Tier Form of Decentralization Governance's Implementation Is a Preliquist for Uganda's Better Service Delivery of 21st Century

The book looks at Decentralization governance of president Museveni era, that was registered in Uganda of the local government status(1987),resistance councils status(1993), as well as into the 1995 constitution, operationalized by the local government act(1997) that devolved legislative, fiscal planning & budgeting functions to districts ,Municipal councils, as well as their lower tier levels, whose idea was to involve the people in a way they were governed, the dream that have not been achieved looking at what the cries of people are as expressed in all sectors.

This book analyses Decentralization from 1997 to 2019, and deduces that the first phrase of it (10 years), that is up to 2005, was a success that time the district were 69 in number, but beyond that time it was not at all, and up to now as it is continuously becoming harder to manage, those very many administrative units that jumped from just 39 districts in 1991 to 134 Districts in 2020, as well as municipalities created alongside districts , that now stand at 41(2018), all , contributing to formation of a Member of Parliament that total to 459 MPs(2018). All this has led Uganda to have a very poor governance system, as even primary sectors of health, education, agriculture and economy are in a dilemma state, leave alone local revenue collections that are directed from source to Centre before expenditure and the districts have to request back to do any activity, including emergencies like garbage management, repairs and salaries, making services delivery impossible to be efficient and effective in all ways at these levels. The book is based on secondary data that, reported on governance issues of the day as written in Ugandan media that were people's feelings as issues of the time as well some Journals, observations and interviews.

The book introduces decentralization &governance of Uganda, identifies current state of affairs of service delivery, presents why there was need for many new administrative units, and their state now, looks at history of parliament, feudalism, identifies lost pride of Ugandans ,proposes what regional tier governance can address as well as linking the past with today's Ugandan governance. Finally the book proposes prerequisite regional tier power centres relevant to today's Uganda and concludes with models that can help us achieve vision 2040 and therefore proposes immediate need to implement regional tier governance that will establish all three arms of government at regional centres of Uganda, remember it was agreed to be implemented by those that deemed it under article, 178(3). It is apparent that all regions should therefore implement it as a solution to service delivery that is very poor now.

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