Kabarole Research Center (KRC), with funding from Democratic Governance Facility (DGF), is implementing a three year Civic Education Project in the Rwenzori region under the title “Enhancing People Power for Transformative Leadership in the 8 Districts of the Rwenzori region”. The project aims at achieving a civically competent citizenry with ability to demand for a more responsive and accountable state; to increase citizens’ knowledge on civil and political rights and to increase government capacity to respond to citizens demands. To achieve these aims, KRC conducted researches on pressing governance issues in order to generate evidence that can be used by citizens and leaders to make appropriate choices
and decisions in planning, policy formulation and effective implementation of development programs for effective service delivery at community levels. In this context, this research sought to interrogate the claim that decentralization and the creation of new administrative units have brought services closer to the people and empowered them through participation on the governance landscape. This is against the backdrop of the immense criticism leveled against the creation of new administrative units which pundits argue has laid a heavier burden onto the tax payer
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