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LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCILS’ PERFORMANCE AND PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY IN UGANDA MOROTO DISTRICT COUNCIL SCORE-CARD REPORT 2009/2010 Caroline Adoch Robert Emoit Regina Adiaka Paul Ngole 1 ACODE Policy Research Series No. 53, 2011 LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCILS’ PERFOMANCE AND PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY IN UGANDA MOROTO DISTRICT COUNCIL SCORE-CARD REPORT 2009/2010 2 LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCILS’ PERFOMANCE AND PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY IN UGANDA MOROTO DISTRICT COUNCIL SCORE-CARD REPORT 2009/2010 LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCILS’ PERFORMANCE AND PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY IN UGANDA MOROTO DISTRICT COUNCIL SCORE-CARD REPORT 2009/10 Caroline Adoch Robert Emoit Regina Adiaka Paul Ngole i LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCILS’ PERFOMANCE AND PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY IN UGANDA MOROTO DISTRICT COUNCIL SCORE-CARD REPORT 2009/2010 Published by ACODE P. O. Box 29836, Kampala Email: [email protected], [email protected] Website: http://www.acode-u.org Citation: Adoch, C., et al. (2011). Local Government Councils’ Performance and Public Service Delivery in Uganda: Moroto District Council Score-Card Report 2009/10. ACODE Policy Research Series, No…, 2011. Kampala. © ACODE 2011 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the publisher. ACODE policy work is supported by generous donations and grants from bilateral donors and charitable foundations. The reproduction or use of this publication for academic or charitable purpose or for purposes of informing public policy is excluded from this restriction. ISBN: 9 789970 070169 ii LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCILS’ PERFOMANCE AND PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY IN UGANDA MOROTO DISTRICT COUNCIL SCORE-CARD REPORT 2009/2010 Table of Contents ABBREVIATIONS v ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vi EXECUTIVE SUMMARY vii 1. INTRODUCTION 1 2. APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY 3 2.1 Approach 3 2.2 Methods 5 2.3 Data Analysis 7 2.4 Scope of the Study 7 3. DISTRICT BACKGROUND 8 3.1 Geopolitics and Demographic Characteristics 8 3.2 The Local Economy and Economic Opportunities 9 4. THE STATE OF SERVICE DELIVERY IN MOROTO DLG: ANALYSIS OF LG COUNCIL ACTIONS AND RESPONSES 10 4.1 Primary Education Services 10 4.2 Health Service Delivery 13 4.3 Road Network 15 4.4 Water and Sanitation 16 4.5 Agriculture and NAADS 17 4.6 Moroto LG Efforts to address gaps in service delivery 17 5. MOROTO DLG BUDGET AND REVENUE ARCHITECTURE 22 5.1 Moroto DLG Budget 22 5.2 Sectoral Budget Allocations and implications for service delivery 23 6. SCORE-CARD FINDINGS AND INTERPRETATION 24 6.1 District Chairperson 24 6.2 District Speaker 25 6.3 Moroto DLG Council 27 6.4 District Councillors 29 7. MOROTO DLG PERFORMANCE AND THE QUALITY OF PUBLIC SERVICES 33 7.1 Introduction 33 7.2 Endogenous Factors 33 7.3 Exogenous Factors 34 8. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS 36 8.1 Conclusion 36 iii LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCILS’ PERFOMANCE AND PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY IN UGANDA MOROTO DISTRICT COUNCIL SCORE-CARD REPORT 2009/2010 8.2 Recommendations 36 REFERENCES 38 Annex I: FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSION GUIDE FOR THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCILS SCORECARD INITIATIVE 39 Publications in this Series 52 List of Tables and Figures Table 1: Moroto District Population Projections Table 2: Secretaries of Council Sectoral Committees Table 3: Moroto DLG Education Indicators Table 4: Moroto DLG key Health Indicators DLG Table 5: Unmaintained Roads in the district Table 7: Moroto DLG Water Sources and functionality status Table 8: Moroto District Council Minutes FY 2009/10 Table 9: Moroto DLG trends in revenue sources (Shs. ‘000) Table 10: Moroto DLG Budget Perfomance FY 2009/10 Table 11: Summary of Councilors Performance by Gender FIGURES Figure 1: Structure of Local Governments in Uganda Figure 2: Key Aspects of the Local Government Councils’ Performance Figure 3: Moroto DGL Education Access (percentage). Figure 4: Classroom Block in Lotome Primary school Figure 5: Moroto DLG trends in PLE performance DLG Figure 6: Moroto DLG Health Accessibility index Figure 7: Heavy truck carrying Mable stones from Kotsiroi to Tororo for production of cement Figure 8: Sectoral Budget Allocations Figure 9: Gender and level of education Figure 10: Political Affiliation of Councilors 2009/10 Figure 11: Distribution of Number of Terms Serviced by District Councilors iv LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCILS’ PERFOMANCE AND PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY IN UGANDA MOROTO DISTRICT COUNCIL SCORE-CARD REPORT 2009/2010 ABBREVIATIONS ABEK Alternative Basic Education for Karamoja ACODE Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment CAO Chief Administrative Officer CBO Community Based Organization CSO Civil Society Organization DDP District Development Plan DEC District Executive Committee DP Democratic Party DSC District Service Commission ENR Environment and Natural Resource FAL Functional Adult Literacy FDC Forum for Democratic Change FGD Focus Group Discussion FR Fertility Rate FY Financial Year HC Health Centre HU Health Unit IMR Infant Mortality Rate IRR Internal Rate of Return LG Local Government LGCSCI Local Government Councils’ Score-card Initiative LGDP Local Government Development Programme MMR Maternal Mortality Rate MoLG Ministry of Local Government MOU Memorandum of Understanding NAADS National Agricultural Advisory Services NGO Non-Governmental Organization NPPA National Priority Programme Areas NRM National Resistance Movement PHC Primary Health Care PLE Primary Leaving Examinations PwD People with Disabilities TPC Technical Planning Committee UBOS Uganda Bureau of Statistics ULGA Uganda Local Government Association UNEB Uganda National Examinations Board UNRA Uganda National Roads Authority UPE Universal Primary Education WFP World Food Programme v LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCILS’ PERFOMANCE AND PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY IN UGANDA MOROTO DISTRICT COUNCIL SCORE-CARD REPORT 2009/2010 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Local Government Councils’ Score-card Initiative (LGCSCI) was launched in 2009 with a goal of improving the quality of public service delivery by building the demand- side of governance and accountability. The initiative achieves this goal by undertaking and publishing a local government councils’ score-card and a robust outreach programme targeting citizens and building capacity of local government political leaders. This assessment was conducted in 20 local government councils, including Moroto, for the Financial Year (FY) 2009/10. In a special way, ACODE is indebted to Moroto District Local Government (DLG) technical staff and the Councilors for their support and cooperation during the assessment. In addition, we remain grateful to the various community members who offered their time to participate in the sub-county level Focus Group Discussions (FGDs). The various officials who provided information and clarifications on a wide range of issues are also acknowledged. The 2009/2010 scorecard assessment came at a time when there was change of government. Some of the Councilors in Moroto District did not make it back to Council. However, the Councilors were generally cooperative and set their time aside for the exercise. The research team is grateful to all who provided support. ACODE is indebted to the Deepening Democracy Programme (DDP) and its contributing development partners for the continued financial support that makes these assessments possible. vi LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCILS’ PERFOMANCE AND PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY IN UGANDA MOROTO DISTRICT COUNCIL SCORE-CARD REPORT 2009/2010 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This is the second assessment report for Moroto District Local Government. The assessment employs a LG Councils Score-card (LGCSC), an independent assessment tool to appraise the performance of Local Government (LG) councils in Uganda. The Score-card empirically assesses the extent to which LG council organs and Councilors are performing their responsibilities as stipulated in the Local Government Act 1997. It also examines whether there is correlation between the Score-card performance of Moroto District Local Government council and the quality of service delivery in the district. This district report provides evidence-based policy options needed to improve the role of Moroto district council in the delivery of public services and the deepening of democracy and accountability in Uganda. By focusing on the political side of the LG system, the LG Councils Score-card seeks to complement existing LG performance assessments and in particular the Annual Assessment of Minimum Conditions and Performance Measures for LGs done by the Ministry of Local Government (MoLG). At an individual level, the annual score-card assessment provides a civic education platform for district Councilors and political leaders to improve their performance especially in areas where their performance has been found wanting. In the long run, the resulting impact will be enhancement of the constituents’ ability to demand for accountability on service delivery issues that concern them whenever they are in contact with their elected leaders. For the FY 2009/10, the assessment focused on the District Chairperson, the District Speaker, the 14 Councilors and the District Council as an independent corporate body. The themes of assessment were premised on political leaders’ roles and responsibilities as outlined in the LG Act 1997. Although the scope of the study was for FY 2009/10, effort was made to cross check for evidence from the previous financial years for comparison purposes and more plausible interpretations. Moroto DLG reduced geographically owing to the curving out of several districts of Kotido in the early 70s; Nakapiripirit in July 2000; Kaabong in July 2005; Abim in 2006; and Napak in 2010. Ironically, the reduced size of the district has not improved service delivery. A critical analysis of selected socio-economic indicators for education, health, rural roads, water and sanitation, agriculture and the environment and natural resources for the district shows a declining state of service delivery. This situation is exacerbated by the district’s incapacity to effectively deal with the gaps in service delivery. This arises from the high financial dependence on central government, increased tendencies of recentralization by the centre, and an alarmingly low local revenue base. For example, during the FY 2009/10, the district was only able to generate 2% of its budget from local revenue. This indicates that the capacity of the district to plan for local priorities is greatly undermined since most of the central government transfers and donor grants are conditional in nature ( based on National Programme Priority Areas -NPPAs) with vii LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCILS’ PERFOMANCE AND PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY IN UGANDA MOROTO DISTRICT COUNCIL SCORE-CARD REPORT 2009/2010 little or no room for change towards local priorities. In terms of Score-card performance, the district council scored 40 points out of 100 total points. The chairman, Mr. Peterken Lochap scored 46 out of 100 total points with his best performance registered under contact with the electorate and initiation and participation in communal and development activities. The District Speaker on the other hand, scored 45 out of 100 total points with the best performance registered in his role of presiding and preservation of order in the district council. The performance of individual Councilors was generally poor with the highest scoring 65 points while the lowest scored a paltry 18 points out of a total of 100 total points. In terms of gender, male Councilors performed marginally better than their female counterparts with an average score of 44 and 36 respectively. With a few exceptions, the majority of Councilors registered their best performance in their legislative role while participation in lower LG and monitoring of the NPPAs were the worst performed parameters, a situation that could perhaps explain the poor state of affairs of the majority of social services in the district. Key recommendations are thereby proposed to be adopted at two levels: Central Government � There’s need to change the budget architecture: The national budget should be shared equally (50/50) between the central government and all other LGs, and financial distribution should reflect the equal importance of all districts. � Remuneration for councilors should be given priority to enable them focus on fulfilling their roles and functions as stipulated in the LG Act. Local Government Level � Strengthen monitoring of government programs with specific focus on the involvement of the political leaders. � Improve civic awareness with regard to the understanding of the role of political leaders. This will go a long way in enhancing the demand for accountability � Political leaders need to improve contact with the electorate as this interface will enhance candid discussion on key issues in a more informal but business-like manner. viii

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