Factors affecting performance of local council committees in monitoring government primes in Uganda: A case of Ngoma Town Council, Nakaseke District

Abstract

This study examined the factors affecting the performance of local council committees in monitoring government programmes in Uganda. It aimed at the following objectives; to establish the effect of technical factors affecting the performance of council committees in monitoring government programmes in Ngoma Town Council, to examine the effect of administrative factors affecting the performance of council committees in monitoring government programmes in Ngoma Town Council and to determine the effect of resource factors affecting the performance of council committees in monitoring government programmes in Ngoma Town Council. The study adopted a descriptive and correlation research designs based on questionnaires and interviews to discover the findings below; Findings revealed that (Table 4.7) there was a weak positive relationship between technical factors and performance of local council committees in Ngoma Town council(r=0.357, Sig at 0.000).which implied that all variables moved in the same direction. The adjusted R-square of 0.105 implied that technical factors that is; training and skills contributed 10.5% effects on performance of local council committees. Findings further revealed that (Table 4.12) there was a weak positive relationship between administrative factors and performance of local council committees(r=0.310, Sig. at 0.000) which also implied that the variables moved in the same direction. The adjusted R-square of 0.074 implied that administrative factors contributed 7.4% effects on performance of local council committees. On objective three of the study, findings revealed (Table 4.17) that there was a weak positive relationship between administrative factors and performance of local council committees(r=0.361, Sig. at 0.000) which also implied that the variables moved in the same direction. The adjusted R-square of 0.108 implied that resource factors contributed 10.8% effects on performance of local council committees. In conclusion, the study revealed that there is a significant effect of lack of skills among councilors, lack of accountability and high dependency on central government funding within Ngoma town council. The study recommends that municipal and district councils should work with other local governments through the Uganda Local Government Association (ULGA) to advocate for a change in the current budget architecture.