DECENTRALIZATION~ØN SOCIAL SERVICE DELIVERY IN UGANDA. A CASE STUDY OF MUBENDE TOWN COUNCIL

ABSTRACT mc research was carried out in Mubende Town Council in Central Uganda to

find out the decentralization on social, service delivery and to find out the

origin of decentralization, objectives, challenges and the strategies to reduce

challenges of the decentralization. The researcher used questionnaires format

for the policy beneficiaries, and observation method to find out the information.

Stratified sampling and purposive sampling were used and the researcher used

descriptive design and exploratory to get the findings. The effects are poverty,

resource inequalities, change donor fundings and many others. These

promotes education, infrastructure development. The challenges are

:litccapl.urc, incomplete information, patronage politics and corruption. In

conclusion, decentralization needs combined efforts of central government,

community participation to improve its performance towards the service

delivery in District.