DECENTRALIZATION AND SERVICE DELIVERY IN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN UGANDA. A CASE STUDY OF KAPCHORWA DISTRICT LOCAL GOVERNMENT

ABSTRACT

This research report comprises of five chapters that is to say chapter, chapter two, three, four and chapter five including the appendices which comprises of the, questionnaires that were used to collect data in the field. In chapter one, a clear description of the background of the study, the problem statement, the research objectives, questions, scope of the study. Chapter two comprises of the literature review, conceptual frame work and a discussion about the empirical studies of the research objectives. Chapter three comprises of the methodology that will used to collect data from the field, it Domprises of the research design , study population , sample size and procedure , sources and ~ollection methods, data collection instruments data analysis and data presentation. Thapter four presents the data presentation and analysis of the findings obtained from the field. Various techniques of data analysis were used that is to say; frequency tables were used to inalyze the demographic characteristics of respondents, means and standard deviation for the affects of each objective upon service delivery, and the Pearson Correlation Coefficient to ~stablish the relationships between the independent and dependent variables. finally chapter five consists of the conclusions and recommendations and further areas of research followed by appendices.

TABLE OF CONTENT

DECLARATION APPROVAL DEDICATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iv LIST OF ACRONYMS LIST OF TABLES TABLE OF CONTENT viii CHAPTER ONE 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1,lBack ground of the study 1.2 Statement of the problem 6 1.3 Purpose of the study 7 .4 Research Objectives 7 [.5 Research questions 7 [.6 Scope of the study 7 .6.1 Geographical scope 7 .6.2 Content scope 7 .6.3 Time scope 7 .7 Significance of the study 8 .8 Conceptual Framework 8 ~HAPTER TWO 9 ~ITERATURE REVIEW 9 .0 introduction 9 .1 Decentralization 9 .1.2 Impact of Decentralization on District Poverty Levels 10 1.3 Household income levels 1 1 .1.4 District development plans: pro-poor objectives and implementation 11 .2 The level of Decentralization in Kapchorwa district 11 viH 2.2.1 Level of decentralization in Administrative Responsibilities and Building Capacity 11 2.2.2 Level of Decentralization in the education sector in Kapchorwa District Local Government 14 2.2.3 Level of decentralization in Financing 16 2.2.4 The level of decentralization in the health service sector 18 2.3 The Level of Service Delivery in Kapchorwa District Local Government 21 2.4The relationship between decentralization and service delivery in Kapchorwa District 24 2.4.lAllocative Efficiency 24 2.4.2 Accountability 25 2.4.3 Children rights of education 25 2.4.4 Cost Recovery 26 CHAPTER THREE 28 VIETHODOLOGY 28 3.0 Introduction 28 3.1 Research design 28 ~,2 Research population 28 L2.2 Sampling procedure 30 ~,3 Research instrument 30 .3.1 Validity and reliability of the instrument 30 ~.4 Data collection procedures 30 .5 Data Collection Methods 30 .6 Data analysis 31 .7 Ethical consideration 31 .8 Limitation of the research 31 ~HAPTER FOUR 32 ~ATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION 32 .0 Introduction 32 .1 Demographic characteristics of the Respondents 32 .1.1 Profile of respondents 32