Best and worst performing districts in Acholi named

Acholi: Amuru and Nwoya districts have been ranked best, while Lamwo and Omoro districts have been ranked worst in the 2023 Local Government Performance in Acholi Subregion.

Amuru District has been ranked best in the entire Acholi subregion in the recently released 2023 performance assessment of local government management of service delivery by the Office of the Prime Minister, Uganda.

According to Mr. Okello Cypriano from the Office of the Prime Minister, during the consultation and dissemination of the National Synthesis Report, 2024, held at Pader District Headquarters on Monday, July 22, 2024, the performance assessment results for the year 2023 were first launched at a national level.

The local government dissemination exercise is a nationwide activity involving the Office of the Prime Minister and district leadership, both technical and political, on performance measures and human resource management.

According to the released local government performance assessment, in Acholi Subregion, Amuru District came in first, scoring 81 points and ranking 10th nationally compared to its 2022 ranking of 141^st.

Nwoya District saw an improvement to its 43^rd position nationally from its 120^th in 2022. Gulu City is ranked 75^th with 60 points. Gulu District dropped to 91^st from 10^th. Pader saw improvement to position 97^th from 119^th.

Kitgum Municipality ranked 104^th with 52 points. Agago is 127th, up from 76^th in 2022. Kitgum District ranked 153^rd out of 135^th. Omoro is 155^th from 74^th position in 2022, and Lamwo District came last in Acholi Subregion, although it is ranked 164^th nationally from 140^th in 2022 out of the total 176 districts, municipalities, and cities.

The Pader District Vice Chairperson, who doubles as the Secretary of Health, Hon. Ocen Justin, appreciated the improvement observed in the department of water, irrigation, environment, and micro-scale projects, which caused the overall improvement.

However, he admitted that the poor performance in the departments of health and education is due to understaffing, with the district only having 38% staffing in the health department and only four medical doctors in the whole district.

Pader District currently has two Health Center IVs, thirteen Health Center IIIs, and twenty-four Health Center IIs, with the overall district staffing standing at 58%.

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