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This poll has completed. It ran from Nov. 10, 2014, 5:01 p.m. through Nov. 17, 2014, 11:58 a.m.
How can citizen participation in community accountability meetings be encouraged?
Background
The
1995 Constitution of Uganda states that all leaders shall be answerable to the
local citizens. This can be through organizing and attending community meetings
where the citizens get to engage with their local leaders to strengthen
accountability for improved service delivery.
It
is during such meetings that both political and technical leaders give
accountability on the performance of sectors like health, education, roads and
agriculture among others. Citizens can also participate in government planning,
budgeting and decision making processes.
However,
on 30th October 2014, a researcher named Jonas Mbabazi published an
opinion piece in the Daily Monitor where he indicated that after such meetings,
elected leaders show little interest in following up with their duties.
Leaders
are also exploiting the lack of interest by local citizens to participate in
such accountability meetings, to ignore the needs of the people they represent.
Question
How
can citizen participation in community accountability meetings be encouraged?
A. Educate
citizens about their rights and responsibilities to have these meetings
B. Provide
a transport refund and other facilitation to citizens to participate in the
meetings
C. Strengthen the laws and policies to improve the participation of local citizens in such
meetings
Instructions
Go to messages on your phone and type HITS followed by name of your DISTRICT and then your answer: either A, B or C. Leave a short comment explaining your choice. Send your message to
8585 –This SMS is totally FREE of charge.
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