http://dissertations.umu.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/219 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:04:29 GMT 2026-04-07T14:04:29Z http://dissertations.umu.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/1696 The contributions of participatory budgeting processes on the local communities engagement in decentralized government system in Uganda Odong, Eric Mp The study was carried out against a background of a general perception that participatory budgeting (PB) in developing countries is an annual ritual exercise to comply with pressure from supranational agencies to adopt New Public Management (NPM) reforms, rather than a practical process that involves citizens in formulating and developing local government plans and budgets that incorporate their needs and priorities. However, it has been argued that citizen participation in budgetary decision making is typically minimal and yields limited directly observable results (Ebdon and Franklin, 2006). The study adopted a qualitative approach and a case study design, using GMC as the study site to explore how PB is implemented in practice in a decentralized government system and whether the desired outcomes are achieved. The study had these objectives; establish the community understanding of the PB processes and whether community participation in the budgeting process enhances Local Economic Development (LED), besides coming up with key challenges faced by the communities in the budgeting processes and finally identified and proposed strategies for enhancing community participation in the budgeting processes in Gulu Municipality. The findings of the study demonstrate that owing to power relations, inadequate locally raised revenues, citizens’ lack of knowledge, skills and competencies in public sector financial management, and inherent cultural norms and values, PB may not achieve the desired goals and outcomes in developing countries under a decentralised local governance system. The study further indicated that PB is more political than technical, and power relationships amongst key players in the process are important in understanding the outcomes of the PB process. Evidence from the study shows that decentralization has led to a reasonably accepted governance framework in Uganda. The study has also shown that decentralization is one of the most popular state reforms, but it has not widened and deepened space for citizens’ participation at the local level. The study came up with recommendations which among other included; formation of alliances with CSOs, since CSOs and the legislature need access to accurate information, detailed budget information from governments in order to do their jobs. Careful selection of participation mechanism to be used, the mechanisms used must be selected based on their ability to reach all stakeholders and collect their needs and priorities at a minimal cost to the stakeholders in terms of time and other resources while careful consideration of the cultural norms and values of participants, taking into account political and environmental factors that may have an impact on the PB process is also key. In addition, joint team for data collection coupled with massive public sensitization on benefits of participatory budgeting as well as establishment of Municipal Budget Office whose main objective and role should be to provide the council and its committees with technical and independent analysis of the economic and financial data needed for economic and budgetary legislative decisions are recommended. Ika Lino Mon, 01 Jun 2015 00:00:00 GMT http://dissertations.umu.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/1696 2015-06-01T00:00:00Z http://dissertations.umu.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/1657 Effect of trauma on school dropout; case study: Aweil state, South Sudan Tabu, Lona The study investigated the effect of trauma on school dropout among children in primary schools of Aweil state South Sudan. The objectives of the study were: to determine the level of trauma among children in Aweil state, to assess the level of school drop-out among children in Aweil state primary schools, to establish the influence of trauma on school dropout in Aweil state primary schools. The focus of the study was trauma looking at three aspects; lack of basic needs, death of parents and lack of state security while the dependent variable was school dropout looking at contributing indicators like financial status, distance to school plus early and forces marriage. A descriptive cross-sectional research design with quantitative and qualitative research methods was used during this study in Aweil state South Sudan. The sample size of the study was 140 respondents (school dropout children). A questionnaire was the main tool for data collection. Data were analyzed using SPSS. Statistics revealed it is evident that trauma has an impact on school dropout in Aweil State South Sudan.Study findings based on Standardized Coefficients (beta) present that, lack of state security is significant and contributes most at b = 0.283 which is (28.3%) to school dropout. Lack of basic needs contributes less at b = 0.177 (17.7%) to school dropout at a p = 0.031. Death of parents was found not to be significant with the p- value more than 0.05 level of significance. Ddumba Pius Matovu Mon, 01 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT http://dissertations.umu.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/1657 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z http://dissertations.umu.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/1646 The effect of police response to minimise gender based violence in post conflict northern Uganda: case study Palenga parish IDP in Bobi sub-county in Gulu district Agabo, Winifred This research was about the effect of police response to minimize GBV in post conflict northern Uganda. The study analyzed the roles and challenges of the Child and Family Protection Unit and community policing in responding to GBV cases in Palenga community. The research focused on case study in Palenga parish located in Bobi sub-county in Gulu district in northern Uganda. The methodology of the study comprised interviews, questionnaires and focus group discussions. The key findings were as follows: The roles of the Child and Family Protection Unit in responding to different forms of GBV included taking statements, summoning GBV suspects, conducting investigations, counseling and referrals. The roles of community policing in responding to GBV included the protection of life and property, maintain law and order and security, cooperation with the community and other security organs established under the constitution, enforce the laws of Uganda, detect and prevent crime and sensitize the community on GBV and on a wide range of issues such as rights and obligations of the police and the community, court procedures, the process of administration of justice and human rights. In implementing their roles on GBV, CFPU and Community Policing are guided by laws such as: the Police Act, the Penal Code Act, the Domestic Violence Act, 1995 Constitution of Uganda. However, CFPU and community policing response to GBV had not been adequately implemented. The challenges CFPU and community policing face were negative attitude and poor relationship with the community, lack of GBV reporting, lack of trust from the community due to corruption, lack of logistics and knowledge on GBV laws. The study recommended that, CFPU and community policing structures be strengthened to effectively respond to GBV cases. The human rights NGOs and the police should jointly conduct community policing and sensitize the community on GBV laws and the roles of the CFPU and community policing in responding to GBV. Corrupt police officials should be prosecuted. This way, the police image, public relations and customer care could be improved and as a result, bribery would reduce, GBV victims would have confidence and trust in the police while responding to GBV cases. The Government of Uganda should advocate and lobby International NGOs to provide social, legal and economic support to the CFPU and Community Policing, to expand their services in the communities where they do not exist and to effectively respond to GBV crimes. Draru Mary Cecilia; Draru Mary Cecilia Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT http://dissertations.umu.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/1646 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z http://dissertations.umu.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/1641 The role of government departmental leadership in health service delivery: case study the department of health and social development in the Ezo county Bona, Levi Ahmed The purpose of the study was to assess the role of Departmental Leadership on delivery of health service in Ezo County, Western Equatorial, South Sudan. To achieve this, specific study objectives were adopted. They included i) to establish the influence of communication in motivating team members to effectively deliver credible public health care services to the community in Ezo County, ii) to examine the contribution of delegating duties on the provision of reliable health services, iii) to find out the influence of team building on the execution of tasks in the department of health in Ezo County and iv) to assess the perceptions and views of service users on the usefulness and timely delivery of public health services by the County leadership. Literature review exposed several research gaps in previous literature related to the objectives above, namely conceptual, contextual, temporal, scope and approach gaps, among others. To fill these gaps, the study adopted a case study research design based on qualitative approach for data collection and analysis. Data was collected using interviews and was analysed by use of Consolidated Criterial Reporting Qualitative Research (COREQ). The findings of the study were that leadership support and effectiveness was largely minimized which results into poor health service delivery owing to the fact that communication within the department is very poor, human resource practices like delegation is lacking and a number of development projects could not be implemented due to lack of teamwork. Specifically factors like lack of team work, lack of trainings and workshop, inability to conduct meetings for progressive service delivery and lack of political will to enhance efficiency and effectiveness towards the needs of the people were the major concerns. Generally the study came to a conclusion that the better the quality of leadership, the more efficient staff becomes thus enhancing provision of quality health service delivery. As result, it was recommended that all employees including top managers should be trained in effective communication. The government should make efforts to recruit and promote enough health workers and equip them with the capacity particularly critical professional skills for quality health service delivery. Ika Lino; Ika Lino Mon, 01 Jul 2019 00:00:00 GMT http://dissertations.umu.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/1641 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z