CITYMUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY:THE CASE OF JINJA MUNICIPAL COUNCIL

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CITY/MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGYTHE CASE OF
JINJA MUNICIPAL COUNCIL

• PRESENTED BY SATURNINUS KASOZI-MULINDWA

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INTRODUCTION

• Responsibilities of urban areas
• Concept of sustainable development
• Why we need sustainable development
• Development vs. Good Governance
• Poverty reduction strategies
• Importance of Partnerships
• Jinja municipal Council
• Way forward
• Conclusion

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Background

• Sub-Saharan Africa urban population growth at 6
  per annum
• 250 Million urbanites have no access to safe
  water
• 400Million have no adequate sanitation
• Increasing poverty
• Urban activities account for 50-90 of GDP
• The poor pay more than the rich for much lower
  quality services

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City/Municipal Responsibilities

• Physical planning
• Provision of infrastructure services
• Provision of health services
• Environmental conservation and protection
• Provision of Housing
• Security and order
• Promotion of formal and Informal education
• Water and sanitation services
• Promotion of Social,Economic development
  activities,
• Promote and enhance good governance and
  democratic principles, etc,

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Concept of Sustainable Development

• Definition- Meeting needs of the present without
  compromising those of the future
• Objectives
• Social progress that recognises needs of everyone
• Effective protection of the environment
• Prudent use of natural resources
• Maintenance of economic growth and employment

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Why we need sustainable Development

• Improve efficiency in the use of resources
• Build liveable urban areas
• Source for international cooperation

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Focus of Sustainable Development

• Vibrant local economies
• Creation of employment
• High quality housing
• Integrated transport
• Regeneration that makes a difference that is real
  and lasting

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Approaches and Principles to S.D.

• Putting people at the centre
• Taking a long term perspective
• Taking account of costs and benefits
• Combating poverty and social exclusion
• Transparency and accountability
• Good governance
• Creating an open and supportive economic
  environment
• Conserving and protecting the environment

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Good Governance

• This involves
• Collective decision making
• Goal setting
• Expression of a range of interests,and
• Adequate arbitration between these interests
• NOTE
• Good governance is the pre-requisite for
  sustainable urban development especially in
  low-income areas

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Poverty Reduction Strategies

• Knowledge
• Skills
• Attitude
• Healthy
• Empowerment
• Motivation

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Guiding Principles for PRS

• Participation by stakeholders
• ROM that would focus outcomes to the benefit of
  the poor
• Comprehensive recognising the multidimensional
  nature of poverty
• Prioritising to make implementation feasible
• Building partnerships with all stakeholders
• Take a long term perspective for poverty reduction

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Importance of Partnerships

• Mobilisation of skills and resources
• Minimise costs and effort
• Facilitates innovations.creativity mutual trust
  and dialogue
• Problems are tackled in a more integrated
  multi-disciplinary and comprehensive manner
• Facilitates flow of information and technology

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Stakeholders

• Government
• Private Sector
• NGOs
• CBOs
• NGIs

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Global Lessons

• Choice of technology
• Capacity Building
• Trend of investments

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SUCCESS INDICATORS

• Reduced vulnerability of the poor
• Improved heath and sanitation standards
• Creation of employment
• Improved literacy rate

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SUCCESS STORIES

• Labour-intensive road building technologies in
  Ghana
• Capacity building in transport road maintenance
  in Ethiopia
• Trend investment out sourcing of city parking in
  Kampala city Council to Green Boat

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JINJA MUNICIPAL COUNCIL

• Spread over 28 square kms
• Three administrative Divisions
• Political head the Mayor
• Accounting Officer and head of technical team
  Town Clerk

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FUNCTIONAL DEPTS.

• Engineering and Physical Planning
• Environment
• Education
• Public Health
• Finance and Planning
• Audit
• Administration

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DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY

• Urban Poverty
• Local Economic Development
• Municipal Financial Management
• Urban Land
• Private-Public Partnership
• Urban Transport
• Urban Environment
• CORRUPTION

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WAY FORWARD

• Investments should focus on the poor
• Participation in the planning process
• Adopt affordable technologies which are labour
  intensive and can employ the poor
• Maintain security
• Improve good governance
• Conserve and protect the environment
• Involve all stake holders
• FIGHT CORRUPTION

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ISSUES TO CONSINDER

• DO EXISTING INSTITUTIONS AND STRATEGIES PROMOTE
  URBAN DEVELOPMENT TO THE BENEFIT OF THE POOR?
• DO STRATEGIES IN YOUR URBAN AREA CONSIDER LOCAL
  PRIORITIES AND SKILLS IN DESIGNING PROGRAMMES TO
  REDUCE POVERTY?
• ARE WE DOING ENOUGH TO HELP THE POOR? IF NOT WHAT
  IS MISSING?

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I THANK YOU

• SATURNINUS KASOZI-MULINDWA
• UMI-UGANDA