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    Budget Performance and Health Services Delivery in Lira district; Northern Uganda
    (Lira University, 2021) Okello, Patrick; Dr. Ejang, Mary
    Budget Performance and Health Services Delivery in Lira district; Northern Uganda Patrick Okello Dr. Mary Ejang 2021 The study examines the effect of budget performance on health service delivery in Ogur and Amach Health Centre IV in Lira district. Specifically, the study examined the effect of budget variance on health service delivery, assessed the effect of budget execution on health service delivery and investigated the effect of budget monitoring on health service delivery. The study adopted a case study design, which employed a mixed method approach of both quantitative and qualitative methods. The study population was 96 which included administrators, finance department, Health workers, and Health unit management committee. Simple random sampling technique and purposive sampling, was used to select a sample size of 78 participants. The researcher used self-administered questionaries to collect quantitative data and an interview guide to collect qualitative data. Descriptive statistics (mean, and standard deviation), and inferential statistics (correlation and regression) were used to analyze numerical data. Content analysis data was used to analyze qualitative data from interviews to supplement quantitative data. The findings revealed a statistically significant positive relationship between budget performance and health service delivery (R =.718; p-value 0.007) and 51.5% aggregate effect of budget performance on service delivery. The study further revealed that budget execution process and budget monitoring have significantly affects health service delivery Health Centre IV northern Uganda. This study contributes an original and empirical -evidence of the association between budget performance and service delivery, Lira District Local Government should ensure extending their financial obligations to Health Centre IV to improve their service delivery. Management should also ensure that all the stakeholders are involved in all the stages in the budget process to improve on its efficiently.
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    The Role of Civil Society Organizations in Pro-Poor Local Government Budget Processes A case of Dokolo District.
    (Lira University., 2023) Ogwang, Godfrey Okello; Obici, Gilbert
    Background: This study focused on the “Role of Civil Society Organizations in Pro-Poor Local Government Budget “. A case study of Dokolo District. The main purpose of the study was to examine the extent to which civil society organizations promote pro-poor local government budget processes. The specific objectives of the study were; to examine the extent to which Cilil Society Organizations contribute to local government revenue enhancement, to examine the extent to which Civil Society Organizations influence the enactment of pro-poor local government budget allocations/priorities, to examine the extent to which Civil Society Organizations promote pro-poor implementation of enacted local government budgets and to examine the extent to which Cilil Society Organizations prevent leakages to local government budget resources. Methods:The study used descriptive and correlational design, employing both quantitative and qualitative approaches. The population of the study included officials of 10 civil society organizations and both technical and political leaders of 6 local governments in Dokolo district. The sample size of the study was 89 respondents determined using Krejcie and Morgan Table (Krecie and Morgan, 1970). The target respondents included both male and females. Findings: The findings of the study was as follow: that civil society organizations contribute to local government revenue enhancement, building the capacity of local governments in revenue mobilization, providing off-budget support to local governments: that civil society organizations promote pro-poor local government budget allocations through forums such as budget conferences and budget dialogues; that civil society organizations influence local government to implement their budgets in ways that serve the best interests of the poor and/or the underprivileged and/or their priorities; by pressurizing local government to implement pro-poor priorities that local governments would otherwise not implement and by speeding up or reducing delay in the implementation of pro-poor priorities or projects; and that civil society organizations promote local government budgets by preventing leakages to pro-poor local government resources by among others checking shoddy work in pro-poor projects, public Expenditure Tracking Surveys (PETS) to check loss of funds meant for pro-poor projects. Recommendations: In lights of the findings this study therefore recommended as follows: that local governments should leverage civil society organizations as an important resource in enhancing their revenue; that local governments should involve civil society organizations in all phases of the budget circle; that local governments should embrace the use of social accountability forums and tools such as barazas, public Expenditure Tracking Surveys (PETS) and social movements for checking local government budget resources leakages to enhance decentralized service delivery. Based on what remains unknown, this study suggests future research on the role of social accountability in fighting poverty. Key words: Civil Society, Organizations, Pro-Poor, Local Government, Budget.