Improving Local Government Service Delivery: Assessment Results & Recommendations

OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER Dissemination of the Local Government Management of Service Delivery Performance Assessment Results, 2022 NAKASONGOLA DISTRICT July-August, 2023

Presentation Outline 1.Overview of the Local Government Performance Assessment 2. Goal, objectives and scope of the Local Government Performance Assessment 3. Highlights of Results from the LGMSD exercise conducted in October- December 2022 4. Impact of the assessment results 5. Next steps 6. Detailed Review of the DLG Report 2

Overview The Government of Uganda in FY 2014/15 introduced the Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfer Reforms (IGFTR), aimed at increasing adequacy and improving equity and efficiency of Local Government financing for effective service delivery. OPM was charged with implementation of the third objective of the Reforms which is; Improving the efficiency of Local Governments by promoting effective behavior, systems and procedures to enhance LGs administration through rewarding good and sanctioning bad practices . The assessment framework therefore focuses on strengthening the following areas; i. Central Government oversight and support of Local Governments; ii. Capacity of Local Governments in the management of services; and iii. Service delivery performance at LLGs and facility levels like Primary Schools and Health Centres. 3

GOAL AND OBJECTIVES GOAL To promote effective behavior, systems and procedures in order to improve Local Governments Administration and Service Delivery. Assessment Objectives Objective 3: Contribute to general Monitoring and Evaluation system in Local Governments for making management decisions Objective 1: Incentivize and promote good practice in administration, resource management, accountability and Service Delivery Objective2: Identification of Local Government functional capacity gaps and needs for performance improvement 4

Scope and Methodology for LGMSD 2022 Assessment Type LGMSD Scope No. Assessed Areas Assessment Methodology Assessed 135 District Local Governments Mun. Local Governments USMID Cities & MLGs All LGs except in 23 LGs that never submitted their Results to OPM All Local Governments Crosscutting, Education, Health, Water & Environment and Micro- Scale Irrigation Independent Assessment & IVA firms 19 22 153 PDM Structures, Planning & Budgeting, OSR, HRM, PHC services, Primary Education, Production, etc LLGs LG Staff & Assessment firms (Verify Results) LG Staff & Assessment firms Health Facilities Indicators related to Results Based Financing 176 Line Ministries (OPM, MoFPED, MoLG, MoES, MoH, MoWE, MAAIF, MoWT, PPDA, NEMA) CGMSD Disbursement Linked Indicators by the World Bank 10 IVA firm 5

Trends in performance over the last two assessments Overall Performance LGMSD Score No. Area of Assessment Score 1. Overall Score & Ranking 28% LGMSD Rank 2021 Rank Performance Trend Trend based on Rankings 2021 2022 Score 2022 Rank 36% 141 132 2. Cross Cutting Performance Area Education Performance Area Health Performance Area Water and Environment Performance Area Micro-Scale Irrigation Performance Area 29 41 110 99 3. 38 38 119 132 4. 21 38 141 116 5. 24 28 118 118 6. N/A N/A N/A N/A 6

Impact of the LGMSD assessment results Informed part of allocation of development grants to LGs for DDEG, Education, Health and Water for FY 2023/24. Log into https://budget.finance.go.ug/lgpas Under Budget Data , click LG Allocation Detail and follow the prompts to select Local Government, Budget Year, Budget Stage (approved), Sector and Sub-Grant to get LG allocations for FY 2023/24. Informed development of Performance Improvement Plans (PIPs) for 39 LGs coordinated by the Ministry of Local Government and thematic PIPs by line MDAs. LLG & Health Facility Results: Informed PIPs for the lowest performing LLGs and RBF allocation to health facilities for FY 2023/24. 7

LGMSD impact on the District DDEG (FY 2023/2024) Formula Based Allocation Allocation Makindye Ssabagabo MC Kira MC 596,579,799 Mityana MC 180,941,830 Nansana MC 728,670,418 Gomba DLG 224,984,058 Kasanda DLG 296,038,988 Kiboga DLG 204,076,467 Kyankwanzi DLG 359,978,508 Luwero DLG 426,013,904 Mityana DLG 267,376,050 Mpigi DLG 221,725,165 Mubende DLG 593,003,377 Nakaseke DLG 264,444,806 Nakasongola DLG 252,239,967 Wakiso District 445,221,006 Mubende MC N/A Entebbe MC N/A Performance Based Difference in Allocation % District/ Municipal Council Gain/Loss 592,420,469 628,685,076 36,264,607 6% 628,383,395 157,761,191 782,782,482 206,232,186 270,205,204 189,974,165 358,434,046 485,830,617 265,340,208 263,122,351 571,030,916 272,633,281 239,180,952 488,972,951 N/A N/A 31,803,596 -23,180,639 54,112,063 -18,751,871 -25,833,784 -14,102,302 -1,544,461 59,816,712 -2,035,841 41,397,186 -21,972,460 8,188,474 -13,059,014 43,751,945 N/A N/A 5% -13% 7% -8% -9% -7% 0% 14% -1% 19% -4% 3% -5% 10% N/A N/A NOTE:USMID Cities and MLGs do not benefit from DDEG funding 8

LGMSD impact on Education Devt Grant (formerly SFG) FY 2023/2024 District/ Municipal Council Allocation Makindye Ssabagabo MC Kira MC 242,969,141 Mityana MC 94,390,525 Nansana MC 300,156,760 Gomba DLG 190,831,545 Kasanda DLG 482,583,300 Kiboga DLG 167,239,559 Kyankwanzi DLG 276,160,040 Luwero DLG 360,056,869 Mityana DLG 312,061,290 Mpigi DLG 239,036,513 Mubende DLG 580,326,904 Nakaseke DLG 229,586,055 Nakasongola DLG 209,697,884 143,960,252 Wakiso District 2,191,677,929 2,304,565,788 Mubende MC 108,263,538 Entebbe MC 90,975.545 Formula Based Performance Based Allocation Difference in Allocation % Gain/Loss 230,075,463 234,237,694 4,162,230 2% 185,139,473 112,854,953 286,466,601 143,641,661 541,204,575 131,638,370 299,901,122 444,402,189 349,968,592 164,574,621 727,710,342 226,307,154 -57,829,667 18,464,428 -13,690,159 -47,189,884 58,621,275 -35,601,188 23,741,082 84,345,320 37,907,301 -74,461,891 147,383,438 -3,278,900 -65,737,632 112,887,858 17,108,184 -27,425,242 -24% 20% -5% 25% 12% -21% 9% 23% 12% -31% 25% -1% -31% 5% 16% -30% 125,371,723 63,550,303 9

LGMSD impact on Health Devt Grant FY 2023/2024 Formula Based Allocation Allocation District/ Municipal Council Makindye Ssabagabo MC Kira MC Mityana MC Nansana MC Gomba DLG Kasanda DLG Kiboga DLG Kyankwanzi DLG Luwero DLG Mityana DLG Mpigi DLG Mubende DLG Nakaseke DLG Nakasongola DLG Wakiso District Mubende MC Entebbe MC Performance Based Difference in Allocation % Gain/Loss 296,605,474 296,605,474 -103,745,758 -35% 523,385,083 42,795,608 261,698,231 89,243,929 127,410,203 93,234,738 136,541,121 166,840,270 114,599,537 105,148,350 171,725,546 108,448,431 101,191,471 273,726,119 385,887,243 167,815,581 416,628,436 38,011,384 353,040,242 59,589,130 142,008,139 138,840,615 118,332,650 205,142,787 160,238,237 83,700,881 188,274,002 115,276,628 79,592,591 327,106,975 345,631,211 167,946,746 -106,756,646 -4,784,224 91,342,011 -29,654,798 14,597,936 45,605,877 -18,208,471 38,302,516 45,638,699 -21,447,468 16,548,455 6,828,196 -21,598,880 53,380,856 -40,256,031 131,164 -20% -11% 35% -33% 11% 49% -13% 23% 40% -20% 10% 6% -21% 20% -10% 0% 10

LGMSD impact on Water Grant (Rural & Piped Water)FY 2023/2024 Formula Based Allocation Allocation District/ Municipal Council Makindye Ssabagabo MC Kira MC Mityana MC Nansana MC Gomba DLG Kasanda DLG Kiboga DLG Kyankwanzi DLG Luwero DLG Mityana DLG Mpigi DLG Mubende DLG Nakaseke DLG Nakasongola DLG Wakiso District Mubende MC Entebbe MC Performance Based Difference in Allocation % Gain/Loss N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A -9% 12% -3% -10% -1% -17% 28% -6% 5% -19% 2% N/A N/A 435,073,987 698,704,295 401,775,083 755,744,264 836,178,082 597,856,109 439,042,204 1,006,022,498 527,507,805 570,340,458 902,070,672 N/A N/A 397,682,487 780,607,243 391,200,916 683,283,335 826,635,145 494,984,958 559,829,292 948,998,312 555,269,630 463,702,308 917,174,331 N/A N/A -37,391,499 81,902,947 -10,574,166 -72,460,929 -9,542,937 -102,871,151 120,787,087 -57,024,185 27,761,825 -106,638,150 15,103,658 N/A N/A NOTE: Cities and MLGs do not get grants under Water since they are covered by NWSC 11

LGMSD impact on Total Grant (DDEG, Education, Health & Water)FY 2023/2024 Difference Between Incentivized & Original Budget -63,318,921 -132,782,718 -9,500,435 131,763,915 -132,988,054 129,288,375 -14,671,780 -68,472,780 172,921,612 -21,360,991 66,274,913 84,935,247 39,499,596 -207,033,677 225,124,318 -23,147,846 -27,294,077 Formula Based Total (Without Incentives) Performance Based Total (With Incentives) District/ Municipal Council Makindye Ssabagabo MC Kira MC Mityana MC Nansana MC Gomba DLG Kasanda DLG Kiboga DLG Kyankwanzi DLG Luwero DLG Mityana DLG Mpigi DLG Mubende DLG Nakaseke DLG Nakasongola DLG Wakiso District Mubende MC Entebbe MC % of Gain/Loss 1,119,101,406 1,362,934,023 318,127,965 1,290,525,410 940,133,520 1,604,736,787 866,325,848 1,528,423,934 1,789,089,127 1,291,892,988 1,004,952,234 2,351,078,326 1,129,987,098 1,133,469,781 3,812,695,728 494,150,781 258,791,126 1,055,782,485 1,230,151,305 308,627,530 1,422,289,326 807,145,466 1,734,025,162 851,654,067 1,459,951,154 1,962,010,740 1,270,531,997 1,071,227,147 2,436,013,574 1,169,486,694 926,436,104 4,037,820,047 471,002,934 231,497,049 -6% -10% -3% 10% -14% 8% -2% -4% 10% -2% 7% 4% 3% -18% 6% -5% -11% 12 NOTE: Cities and MLGs do not get grants under DDEG and Water

Dissemination of Results Office of the Prime Minister held a National Dissemination Event for line Ministers, Permanent Secretaries, District Chairpersons, CAOs and Town Clerks on 5th July, 2023. The Taskforce is now undertaking dissemination of the results to LGs & other stakeholders. The National synthesis report as well as the individual LG specific assessment results, have been uploaded and can be accessed online on: https://budget.finance.go.ug/lgpas LGs are required to further disseminate the LGMSD results at various fora in their respective areas and to various stakeholders including LLGs and to their LG Councils. 13

Next steps 1.Based on the LGMSD results, Local Governments need to develop improvement actions and work with line MDAs where support is required to address weak areas. 2.Local Governments are required to prepare for the 2023 LGMSD process accordingly; i. Developing and implementing their own performance improvement plans to address weak areas. ii. Undertaking a mock assessment. iii. Undertaking assessment of LLGs. 14

Review of Nakasongola DLG Report for 2022 15

Thank You! 16