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(196) Sections in Local Governments Act

Understand the purpose of Uganda's Local Governments Act: decentralization of services, citizen participation, support for...

Part 1: Part I - Preliminary

Understand legal definitions of byelaws, council, electoral area, urban authority, and more under Uganda's Local...

Part 1: Part I - Preliminary

Local governments

Learn which local government councils serve your area in Uganda – district, city, municipality, town...

Part 2: Part II - Local governments

City to be equivalent to district

Learn how a city functions as a district, a city division as a municipality, and...

Part 2: Part II - Local governments

Municipality and town to be lower local governments

Understand that municipal and town councils are lower local governments under their district, subject to...

Part 2: Part II - Local governments

Local governments to be bodies corporate

Understand how local governments can sue and be sued, and the six-month protection of their...

Part 2: Part II - Local governments

Boundaries of local council units

Learn how district, municipal, town, subcounty, parish, ward, and village boundaries are altered or new...

Part 2: Part II - Local governments

Cooperation among districts

Districts can cooperate on culture, development, form joint councils, trust funds, or committees to share...

Part 2: Part II - Local governments

Local government councils

Learn about local government councils as the highest political authority in their area, with legislative...

Part 3: Part III - Local government setup

Composition of district councils

Composition of district councils under Cap 138: elected chairperson, councillors, special seats for youth, disabled,...

Part 3: Part III - Local government setup

Speaker and deputy speaker of district council

Understand how district councils elect and remove their speaker and deputy speaker, including voting rules,...

Part 3: Part III - Local government setup

District chairperson

Learn the rules for becoming a district chairperson in Uganda: qualifications, election by secret ballot,...

Part 3: Part III - Local government setup

Functions of chairperson

Understand the official duties of a district chairperson: presiding over meetings, monitoring administration, implementing council...

Part 3: Part III - Local government setup

Removal of chairperson from office

Learn the legal process and grounds for removing a district or lower local council chairperson,...

Part 3: Part III - Local government setup

Learn that the leader of a city in Uganda holds the title of Mayor, clarifying...

Part 3: Part III - Local government setup

District executive committee

Learn about the required executive committee for each district council, including members, gender balance, and...

Part 3: Part III - Local government setup

Functions of district executive committee

Understand how the district executive committee initiates policies, oversees implementation, recommends appointments, and resolves disputes...

Part 3: Part III - Local government setup

Appointment and functions of vice chairperson and secretaries

Learn rules for selecting vice chairperson and secretaries, succession if chairperson leaves, and deadlines for...

Part 3: Part III - Local government setup

Full time service of chairperson and secretaries

Understand the full-time service obligation, pay, and conflict-of-interest rules for local government chairpersons, vice chairpersons,...

Part 3: Part III - Local government setup

Vacation of office of member of district executive committee

Section 20 of the Local Governments Act explains five situations causing a district executive committee...

Part 3: Part III - Local government setup

Censure against member of district executive committee

A district council can censure an executive committee member. A one-third petition starts the process,...

Part 3: Part III - Local government setup

District committees and functions

How district councils create standing committees, elect members secretly, limit one committee per councillor, and...

Part 3: Part III - Local government setup

Lower local government councils

Learn the structure of lower local government councils in Uganda: subcounty, city division, municipal, town...

Part 3: Part III - Local government setup

Speaker and deputy speaker of lower local government council

Learn the secret ballot rules for electing speaker and deputy in subcounty, municipal, town, and...

Part 3: Part III - Local government setup

Functions of chairperson of lower government council

Duties of a local council chairperson: political head, oversee services, report every six months, and...

Part 3: Part III - Local government setup

Composition of executive committee of lower local government council

Learn about nomination, approval, size limits, gender balance, and specific portfolios for executive committees in...

Part 3: Part III - Local government setup

Functions of lower local government executive committee

Learn about the duties of lower local government executive committees: policy initiation, security, dispute solving,...

Part 3: Part III - Local government setup

Censure of member of executive committee of lower local government council

Learn the process for censuring a member of a lower local government executive committee: petition,...

Part 3: Part III - Local government setup

Councillors not to hold two political offices

Stops MPs, Ministers, and others from holding dual local government political offices to prevent conflicts...

Part 3: Part III - Local government setup

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