Unpackaging E-governance within the Perceptive of Community Development: A review of Selected Services in Uganda
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Date
2024
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International Journal of Public Policy and Administration
Abstract
Purpose: This study aimed to review the relationship between e-governance and local community
development by specifically, focusing on four selected services, viz., universal education, youth
welfare, reproductive health and agricultural development in Uganda.
Methodology: The study took a review of obtainable secondary literature by specifically looking
at online materials both published works such as journal articles, policy statements, statistical
reports as well as annual and/or quarterly reports. The choice of secondary literature, organized
thematically, provided a wider purview of the scattered, yet vital aspects, pertaining e-governance
in social service delivery.
Findings: The outcomes, from the review, indicate that Uganda has made several in-roads
regarding universal primary education, youth welfare programs, reproductive healthcare services
and agricultural development through various interventions aided by e-governance platforms.
However, a number of systemic and structural challenges continue to pull-back national and local
efforts especially seen from online mechanisms.
Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: This review contributes immensely to the
modern community transformation mooted in a digital era where enabling policies and practices
can benefit from by reversing the impingements as well as the consolidating the success stories.
We encourage the need for government to prioritize lowering the cost of internet services as a way
of enhancing local community development; government should make sure that schools offering
universal education should be facilitated with functional computer laboratories; government
hospitals, at district level, should have a computer laboratory for data storage; and handy apps for
farmers should be given priority so as to enhance smart agricultural development.
Key words: E-Governance, Universal Education, Youth Welfare, Reproductive Health,
Agricultural Development
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E-Governance, Universal Education, Youth Welfare, Reproductive Health, Agricultural Development
Citation
Ayoma, G., Ajok, S., Amito, C., Obele, P., Okullu, D., and Mwesigwa, D. (2024). Unpackaging E-governance within the Perceptive of Community Development: A review of Selected Services in Uganda. International Journal of Public Policy and Administration