Ntoroko Woman Member of Parliament urged leaders to avail citizens with information if service delivery is to be improved

Ntoroko district Woman Member of Parliament Hon. Anna Tumusiime has called upon local leaders to avail information to the public so that people can get to know what is being done and what is planned to be done. This will help citizens engage with their leaders on service delivery issues hence development of our communities.

While speaking during ‘Manya Ekiragiro Kyawe’ program on KRC Fm Hon. Anna urged local leaders to use available avenues to inform citizens for example consultative meetings, council meetings, pinning information on notice boards especially on the releases of funds & sector allocations, use of Fm radios to give accountability  & also other social media platforms like twitter, facebook & whatsapp that disseminate information.

Hon. Anna TumusiimeWoman M.P Ntoroko district

‘’ Am lobbying the ministry of health & government on the issue of having enough drugs in the district, recruitment of doctors, construction of health centre 111 in every sub county as it is a government policy  so that we can reduce distances walked by patients to access health services especially women, I have talked to the ministry to include Ntoroko on KAYIPU 3 ( a program that help local governments to construct roads) to improve on the road network especially Kakara road & the project will start in 2018, have worked on the first phase of survey for the extension of safe & clean water to our people’’, said Hon. Anna Tumusiime, women member of parliament Ntoroko district. Hon. Anna called for team work & cooperation from all partners in development as we join hands to improve the state of service delivery in Ntoroko district.

 ‘Manya Ekiragiro Kyawe’ is a weekly program sponsored by ToroDev and is aired live every Wednesday 8:00pm-10:00pm on KRC Fm a local radio station in Fort Portal.

The 2 hours live radio discussion had the participation of Mr. Baguma Johnstone Kumaraki the executive director ToroDev who said that as an organization, we are trying much to work with the leaders to inform citizens of their plans so that citizens can be informed of what their leaders have done or plan to do in a given period of time. Mr. Baguma said when leaders inform citizens of the development programs/projects from their communities, citizens get to know about how sectors such as health, education & others are working. He further said, Leaders have a responsibility of informing citizens on their interventions and this increases citizen’s participation in government programs hence improving on supervision of what projects/programs are implemented or are planned to be implemented.

During the two hours live  discussion, listeners participated through call –inns & Sms;  ‘’Our roads are impassable especially during rainy season I request Hon. Anna to take these as priority’’, said Tusime Daniel  a caller from Rwebisengo in Ntoroko district, ‘’ We request the member of parliament to direct us to her office in Ntoroko or get one with in her constituency so that we can bring and collect information’’, said Monday from Rwebisengo, ‘’it is good practice for leaders to come back on ground after being elected to inform people of the on-going development projects in the constituency & country’’, said Margeret Kiboha a caller from Bweramule in Ntoroko district.

We take this opportunity to thank SIDA, NED, SPIDER, ICT4DEM, CIPESA & all other development partners for the financial and technical support to run these programs.