Browsing by Author "Namusobya, Salima"

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    2021 General Elections: Voting for Quality Service Delivery
    (Economic and Social Rights Advocacy (ESRA), 2020) Namusobya, Salima; Nabwowe Kasule, Angella; Mncwabe, Nokukhanya
    The focus of this 12th issue of the Economic and Social Rights Advocacy (ESRA) Brief, produced by the Initiative for Social and Economic Rights (ISER), has as its theme: 2021 General Elections: Voting for Quality Service Delivery. The publication of this ESRA Brief is timely, given that the current term of office for Uganda’s elected leaders expires on the 12th of May 2021. As has become customary, those contesting for different offices/positions will, over the next few months, be laser-focused on ensuring that they campaign successfully and get elected at the next polls scheduled from 10th January to 8th February 2021.1 This edition implicitly asks Ugandans to refrain from getting caught up in the frenetic energy of political campaigning and to critically assess the extent to which incumbent politicians and parties have delivered on the promises made in previous manifestos; whether and to what extent they have been held accountable for failing to deliver on their mandates; it asks citizens to consider the ways in which they may be complicit in entrenching an electoral system that prioritizes short-term patronage over long-term service delivery; and the electoral system itself is critiqued, in the light of the constraints Uganda faces within a global political and economic order, which has budgetary and policy implications for its ability to practically achieve the economic and social rights to which its citizens are entitled.
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    Accountability In Public Private Partnerships (PPPs)
    (Initiative for Social and Economic Rights (ISER), 2017) Namusobya, Salima; Nabwowe, Angella; Nakulima, Saphina; Mugoya, Musa
    In the discussions about Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) for provision of key social services, the justification, in both support for and opposition to the concept revolves mainly around accountability and risk management to ensure value for money. The essential question is whether the presumed efficiencies of the private sector are strong enough to override the concerns about social, democratic and financial accountability from private sector players. Consequently, most guidelines for best practices in framing and implementing PPPs place the need for strong institutional responsibilities and public participation in the governance high up on the priority list. The emphasis is that PPP arrangements should only be pursued when they represent the best value for money in delivering a service and not as ways to circumvent fiscal constraints.1 This also implies that accountability for any PPP project begins with the design, which should capture the various forms of safeguards to guarantee social justice and financial risk management.