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This poll has completed. It ran from Nov. 10, 2014, 5:09 p.m. through Nov. 17, 2014, 12:16 p.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 VOB 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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