Ntoroko Citizens appeal to leaders to improve service delivery

Local citizens from Ntoroko District organised under their rural advocacy forum called Ntoroko Citizens Concern have appealed to both their local and central government leaders to improve the delivery of government services in health, education, water and roads.

The appeal was made by local citizens on ToroDev supported radio discussion on Better FM called the “Listeners Forum” on Sunday 11^th August, 2013. The radio program is a weekly 2 hour live radio discussion held every Sunday (08:00 – 10:00pm). Local citizens participate in the accountability discussion through SMS, call-ins and online platforms especially Facebook and twitter.

Ntoroko District Flat landscape

“Rwebisengo – Buneera road is in a very poor state, almost impassable, we need it worked on. The district (Ntoroko) also lacks adequate health services, schools and clean safe water.” Said Rwamwaro Wilson, the Vice Chairperson of Ntoroko Citizens Concern while appearing on the radio discussion.  

“When our leaders were in campaigns, they promised us a lot of things and very little has been done to fulfil their manifestos. We are asking them to implement their manifestos.” Added Rwamwaro Wilson.

Other participants were Friday Swizin and Christopher Kyalimpa who are both members of Ntoroko Citizens Concern.  They also appealed to the local leaders to improve service delivery to ensure improved livelihoods for the local citizens.

“The district has only two secondary schools, Karugutu S.S and Rwebisengo S.S and their performance is very poor because of inadequate work by leaders in lobbying and monitoring performance. We call upon leaders to lobby and monitor education service delivery to ensure improved performance.” Said Friday Swizin.

Local citizens also appealed to their leaders to involve them in government planning and decision making processes to ensure improved service delivery, “Members of parliament don’t come to consult us. We don’t even see them on Television debating. What we need our MPs to do is consult the people to determine their priority service delivery needs.” Said Kyalimpa Christopher.

Ntoroko Citizens Concern is a rural advocacy forum initiated by rural monitors trained by ToroDev in online advocacy. The advocacy forum is supported by ToroDev to improve service delivery monitoring in Ntoroko District.