Mr. Paul Okot Okello
Commissioner - District Administration
1.0 Purpose of the Department:
To promote democratic governance, advocacy, transparency and accountability in District Local Governments.
1.1 Key Functions:
a. To supervise and coordinate operations of District Local Governments (DLGs) to ensure delivery of their mandates of service delivery to their communities. This is done through supporting institutional development in DLGs by carrying out the following interventions:
• Supporting the operations of Local Government Statutory Bodies including District Service Commissions, Local Government Public Accounts Committees and District Land Boards.
• Ensuring that staffing levels are optimum to deliver services.
• Supporting capacity building initiatives and interventions for DLGs.
• Supporting institutional development in DLGs.
b. To present requests of District Local Governments for development programmes to Line Ministries, Departments and Agencies through:
• Participation in taskforces and technical working groups in various line ministries and agencies.
• Engaging line ministries and agencies to provide policies, standards and guidelines to support performance of DLGs.
• Participating in the implementation of Donor supported projects.
c. To evolve skills development for District Local Government staff to deal with the challenges of decentralization process through technical support supervision and monitoring. This is done through:
• Providing support supervision and monitoring of District Local Governments.
• Analyzing reports from Local Governments and tendering appropriate advice.
• Coordinating the Quarterly Review Meetings for Chief Administrative Officers and Town Clerks of Cities and Municipalities in which in which issues affecting service delivery in Local Governments are discussed
• Issuing out Circulars to communicate new policies and guidelines to address emerging issues and concerns in Local Governments
d. To present, protect and defend District Local Administration interests at all levels
e. To support the development of Performance Improvement Plans for LGs that perform poorly in Local Government Management and Service Delivery Assessment carried out by the Office of the Prime Minister by carrying out the following:
• Coordinating MDAs to conduct performance improvement planning support in their respective sub programmes in Local Governments.
• Planning and budgeting for Performance Improvement Planning.
• Supporting Least Performing Local Governments.
• Supporting all Local Governments in the development and implementation of Two (2) least performing Thematic Areas annually.
• Conducting follow up of implementation of Performance Improvement Plans annually
• Guiding Higher Local Governments to support Lower Local Governments to develop and implement Performance Improvement Plans.
1.2 Key Outputs
a. Capacity of District Local Governments to deliver services enhanced.
b. Operations of District Local Governments properly coordinated and supervised.
c. Development programme requests of District Local Governments presented to line Ministries, Departments and Agencies
d. Skills development for District Local Government staff coordinated.
e. District Local Government interests presented, protected and defended at all levels.
f. Support supervision of District Local Governments provided.
g. Local Governments supported to develop and implement Performance Improvement Plans
h. All reports from District Local Governments analyzed and appropriate advice tendered.
To promote democratic governance, advocacy, transparency and accountability in District Local Governments.
1.1 Key Functions:
a. To supervise and coordinate operations of District Local Governments (DLGs) to ensure delivery of their mandates of service delivery to their communities. This is done through supporting institutional development in DLGs by carrying out the following interventions:
• Supporting the operations of Local Government Statutory Bodies including District Service Commissions, Local Government Public Accounts Committees and District Land Boards.
• Ensuring that staffing levels are optimum to deliver services.
• Supporting capacity building initiatives and interventions for DLGs.
• Supporting institutional development in DLGs.
b. To present requests of District Local Governments for development programmes to Line Ministries, Departments and Agencies through:
• Participation in taskforces and technical working groups in various line ministries and agencies.
• Engaging line ministries and agencies to provide policies, standards and guidelines to support performance of DLGs.
• Participating in the implementation of Donor supported projects.
c. To evolve skills development for District Local Government staff to deal with the challenges of decentralization process through technical support supervision and monitoring. This is done through:
• Providing support supervision and monitoring of District Local Governments.
• Analyzing reports from Local Governments and tendering appropriate advice.
• Coordinating the Quarterly Review Meetings for Chief Administrative Officers and Town Clerks of Cities and Municipalities in which in which issues affecting service delivery in Local Governments are discussed
• Issuing out Circulars to communicate new policies and guidelines to address emerging issues and concerns in Local Governments
d. To present, protect and defend District Local Administration interests at all levels
e. To support the development of Performance Improvement Plans for LGs that perform poorly in Local Government Management and Service Delivery Assessment carried out by the Office of the Prime Minister by carrying out the following:
• Coordinating MDAs to conduct performance improvement planning support in their respective sub programmes in Local Governments.
• Planning and budgeting for Performance Improvement Planning.
• Supporting Least Performing Local Governments.
• Supporting all Local Governments in the development and implementation of Two (2) least performing Thematic Areas annually.
• Conducting follow up of implementation of Performance Improvement Plans annually
• Guiding Higher Local Governments to support Lower Local Governments to develop and implement Performance Improvement Plans.
1.2 Key Outputs
a. Capacity of District Local Governments to deliver services enhanced.
b. Operations of District Local Governments properly coordinated and supervised.
c. Development programme requests of District Local Governments presented to line Ministries, Departments and Agencies
d. Skills development for District Local Government staff coordinated.
e. District Local Government interests presented, protected and defended at all levels.
f. Support supervision of District Local Governments provided.
g. Local Governments supported to develop and implement Performance Improvement Plans
h. All reports from District Local Governments analyzed and appropriate advice tendered.