Constraints

Constraints/Challenges

A number of constraints/challenges were met during the implementation of 2008/09 – 2010/2011 Development Plan.  Among many the following salient constraints were met.

·         Inconsiderable allocation of water sources by Lower Local Councils

·         Poor community based maintenance system for water facilities

·         Continuous break down of road plants and delays in repair by Bugembe Central workshop

·         Limited capacity of the private sector to handle overwhelming works of government.

·         Inadequate teachers’ houses

·         Poor management of schools by School Management Committees (SMCs)

·         Inadequate Secondary Schools to accommodate UPE completers

·         Poor service delivery at Lower Health Units

·         Poor laboratory services

·         Poor communication system at health units

·         Lack of a surgical ward

·         Irregular power supply

·         Weak Health Management Information System (HMIS)

·         Unregulated forest reserve exploitation

·         Lack of ownership of land for Governments Development Projects

·         High farmer to Field Extension Worker ratio

·         Increased livestock diseases due to normadism

·         High vermin infestation in the district

·         Inadequate vermin guards

·         Negative attitudes of tax payers towards payment of taxes

·         Persistent poverty

·         High costs of valuation of properties

·         Low levels of community participation in execution of government programmes

·         Labour mobility

·         Abolition of the Parish Land Committees

·         High illiteracy rates among the communities