Mwesigwa, DavidBogere, MohammedOgwal, John Baptist2022-06-132022-06-132022Mwesigwa, D., Bogere, M., and Ogwal, J, B. (2022). The impact of political, administrative and financial factors on local participants in Uganda. Journal of Governance and Accountability Studies, 2(1), 49-63.https://doi.org/10.35912/jgas.v2i1.892https://hdl.handle.net/123456789/413a descriptive study was used in which primary data was analysed using descriptive statistics. Results: The factors were identified and clustered into thematic areas; they indicate a cluster of three factors appeared as themes. The results suggest that financial and political challenges are key impediments to effective participation and a good number of the technical personnel were not appointed on the basis of technical know-how. Hoima district needed to intensify its advocacy regarding increased central government transfers as well as the disbursements of more unconditional grants coupled with regular monitoring of its technical personnel. Limitations: The key limitation is the geographical scope since this study covered only one district, implying that the results cannot be generalized for the whole country. Contribution: The results of this are essential to academics in both Public Administration and Policy studies interested in enhancing local democracy and citizen-based governance.enadministrativeCitizen participationFinancialHoima districtPoliticalArticle