Financial decentralization and local government service delivery in Uganda a case of Ibanda municipal council, Ibanda district.

Baguma, Kelly Fredrick

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dc.contributor.author	Baguma, Kelly Fredrick
dc.date.accessioned	2025-04-29T11:10:54Z
dc.date.available	2025-04-29T11:10:54Z
dc.date.issued	2024-10
dc.identifier.uri	https://pub.nkumbauniversity.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/1318
dc.description	A Research Dissertation Submitted to the School of Social Sciences in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award of a Master’s Degree of Arts in Public Administration of Nkumba University	en_US
dc.description.abstract	The study examined the Financial Decentralization in Service Delivery in Local Government in Uganda: A Case of Ibanda Municipal Council (IMC). The study was guided by the following objectives: To establish the forms of fiscal decentralization in IMC, to evaluate the influence of fiscal decentralization on service delivery in IMC, to examine the problems associated with fiscal decentralization to service delivery in IMC and to establish the strategies for improving service delivery under decentralization in IMC. The research design used both descriptive and cross sectional research. A sample of 67 respondents from IMC. The methodology used in this study was both qualitative and quantitative. The questionnaire and interview guide were the main instruments of data collection. Quantitative data was analyzed using frequency counts, means and percentages while qualitative data was analyzed by tallying the numbers of similar responses. The study revealed that there were various forms of decentralization which include political decentralization and administrative decentralization. From the study, political decentralization aims to give citizens or their elected representatives more power in public decision-making. It is often associated with pluralistic politics and representative government, but it can also support democratization by giving citizens, or their representatives, more influence in the formulation and implementation of policies. From the study, the council and management carry out financial planning among the various priority areas such as education, health, road construction and other vital services. The research study found out that fiscal decentralization is still a feasible strategy for bringing about improved service delivery in IMC or local government. In IMC there is efficiency of decentralization on how the authority to tax and spend is distributed between the central and local government for better service delivery The study therefore recommends that fiscal decentralization should be implemented along with other policies to help monitor for corruption, nepotism, accountability and value for money on all government contracts sourced at local government levels. The local communities should also be directly involved in evaluating the works of contractors to ensure there is value for money	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Nkumba University	en_US
dc.subject	Financial decentralization	en_US
dc.subject	Local government	en_US
dc.subject	Service delivery	en_US
dc.subject	Ibanda municipal council	en_US
dc.title	Financial decentralization and local government service delivery in Uganda a case of Ibanda municipal council, Ibanda district.	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US