00000nam 2200000 4500 INLIS000000000010007 20210908041621 0010-0921000042 ta 210908################|##########|#|## 342.676 1 Singiza Douglas Karekona Constitutional Law, Democracy and Development : Decentralisation and Governance in Uganda / Singiza Douglas Karekona 1st edition London : Routledge, 2019 268 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-255) and index. <a href="https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429425417">e-book</a> Constitutional law--Uganda 9780429425417 342.676 1 SIN c Uganda, like many African countries in the 1990s, adopted decentralisation as a state reform measure after many years of civil strife and political conflicts, by transferring powers and functions to district councils. The decision to transfer powers and functions to district councils was, in the main, linked to the quest for democracy and development within the broader context of the nation state. This book’s broader aim is to examine whether the legal and policy framework of decentralisation produces a system of governance that better serves the greater objectives of local democracy, local development and accommodation of ethnicity. Specifically, the book pursues one main aim: to examine whether indeed the existing legal framework ensures the smooth devolution process that is needed for decentralised governance to succeed. In so doing, the book seeks, overall, to offer lessons that are critically important not only for Uganda but any other developing nation that has adopted decentralisation as a state-restructuring strategy. The book uses a desk-top research method by reviewing Uganda’s decentralisation legal and policy frameworks.