{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Trusted News Uganda","provider_url":"https:\/\/trustednewsug.com","author_name":"Admin","author_url":"https:\/\/trustednewsug.com\/index.php\/author\/kabuye\/","title":"Monitoring of local gov\u2019ts lacking - MPs - Trusted News Uganda","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/trustednewsug.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/20\/monitoring-of-local-govts-lacking-mps\/\">Monitoring of local gov\u2019ts lacking &#8211; MPs<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\n<!--\/\/--><![CDATA[\/\/><!--\n\t\t\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n\t\t!function(d,l){\"use strict\";var e=!1,n=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(d.addEventListener)e=!0;if(d.wp=d.wp||{},!d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,i,a,s=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),n=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),c=0;c<n.length;c++)n[c].style.display=\"none\";for(c=0;c<s.length;c++)if(r=s[c],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message){if(1e3<(a=parseInt(t.value,10)))a=1e3;else if(~~a<200)a=200;r.height=a}if(\"link\"===t.message)if(i=l.createElement(\"a\"),a=l.createElement(\"a\"),i.href=r.getAttribute(\"src\"),a.href=t.value,o.test(a.protocol))if(a.host===i.host)if(l.activeElement===r)d.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",t,!1),d.addEventListener(\"load\",t,!1);function t(){if(!n){n=!0;for(var e,t,r=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf(\"MSIE 10\"),i=!!navigator.userAgent.match(\/Trident.*rv:11\\.\/),a=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),s=0;s<a.length;s++){if(!(e=a[s]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))t=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t);if(r||i)(t=e.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute(\"security\"),e.parentNode.replaceChild(t,e)}}}}(window,document);\n\/\/--><!]]>\n<\/script><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/trustednewsug.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/20\/monitoring-of-local-govts-lacking-mps\/embed\/\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Monitoring of local gov\u2019ts lacking &#8211; MPs&#8221; &#8212; Trusted News Uganda\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/trustednewsug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-01-19-at-12.53.35.jpeg","thumbnail_width":750,"thumbnail_height":350,"description":"Inspection and monitoring of service delivery at local government level remains wanting, according to a section of Members of Parliament on the Budget Committee. Mawogola North County MP, Hon. Shartsi Musherure, queried the value for money for the monitoring component during an interface with the Chairperson of the Committee on Local Government, Hon. Godfrey Onzima.\u201cWe allocate money but we do not see service delivery. As MPs, we have to make our own spot checks and we find that services are not being delivered and people are absent,\u201d Musherure said. She added that allocation efficiency of the budget needs are the most important aspects that ought to be catered for. Hon. Michael Bayigga (DP, Buikwe County South) said the functions of inspection and monitoring in the Ministry of Local Government do not conform to the actual services provided to Ugandans. He cited monitoring of health care and education service delivery, which are not accounted for to financial management standards and supporting revenue mobilisation.\u201cMany MPs have told us that many of these lower health centres are not supervised and that MPs on the Health Committee are the ones doing the inspection. How can we address this concern?\u201d Bayigga asked. According to budget estimates for the Ministry of Local Government for Financial Year 2023\/2024, the component has allocated Shs4 billion. Bayigga also tasked the Local Government Committee to present information on the number of parishes in Uganda for effective monitoring and implementation of the Parish Development Model.\u201cVarious centres give us different numbers. We may even have ghost parishes and this committee [Local Government] is the only one which can help us to scrutinize this data and furnish Parliament,\u201d Bayigga noted. Hon. Gorreth Namugga (NUP, Mawogola County South) called for investigations into the creation of new administrative units in different local governments that have not been approved.\u201cI heard the Minister for Local Government making a strong commitment that local governments should not form new administrative units, but in Sembabule, we are creating sub-counties and villages,\u201d Namugga said."}