The Role Of Decentralization Policy In The Promotion Of Socio-Economic Development In Kayunga District Case Study Kangulumira Sub County

ABSTRACT

The study was carried out on the role of decentralization policy in the promotion

of socio-econornic development in Kayunga district where Kangulurnira Sub

County was used as the case study. The study objectives included to examine the

ways through which decentralization policy was being practiced in Kangulumira

Sub County, to assess the contributions of decentralization policy towards socio

economic development of Kangulumira Sub County and to examine the

challenges that the decentralization policy was encountering in fostering socio

economic development in Kangulumira Sub County. These guided the study and

determined the data that the researcher collected from the field through interviews

and questionnaires.

The study used an exploratory research design to explore into issues concerning

the practice of decentralization policy in Kangulumira sub county, simple random

sampling was used to select a representative sample from the study population

where a sample size of 80m respondents were selected for the study. Data was

collected from both primary and secondary sources using documentation,

interviews and questionnaires, collected data was analyzed qualitatively using

thematic analysis to generate relate data into tables that helped the researcher in

discussing the findings.

The study indicated that decentralization policy was leading to equal distribution

of resources and people were deciding for themselves on how to use their resources for development which were contributing to socio-economic development. Therefore decentralization should be encouraged for economic development to be realized in Kangulurnira Sub County and Uganda at large.