Lack of District staff affects service delivery in Bundibugyo District.

Lack of District staff affects service delivery in Bundibugyo District. By Francis Tusiime 10/9/2014 Bundibugyo The Bundibugyo Deputy Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Mr.Hood Nsubuga has disclosed that lack of enough staff at the District has affected service delivery. He disclosed that 80% of the staff are in substantive positions and this fail the district to take some positions according to the law of Uganda. This has failed some departments to spend the money and this has resulted into taking back money to the central government but living many activities paralyzed. Nsubuga said that the government has tried to recruit some staff but because Bundubugyo is a hard to reach area the employees run away. In a bid to improve health sector the district pain every Doctor Shillings 1 million per month but due to under funding by the central government the district will be un able to manage service delivery financial year 2014/15. He futher disclose the central government has failed to provide enough budget allocation the activities. The district budgeted for 23 billion for the official year 2014/15 but only the central government has allocated only shillings 500 millions. speaking during a service delivery meeting in Bundibugyo organized by Tooro Development Net work, said that the district is likely to fail even to carry out some activities and the most affected department is the health department. Mr.Charlse Kisembo Salube the District health officer said that he had a budget of 1billion but he budget is not even going to be funded half. This is putting health department at risk in the district to fail offering services. He said that Bundibugyo being neighboring to Congo its prone to Ebola outbreak but the district don’t have enough money to handle such cases because of lack of enough money in the financial year 2014. Pastor.Peter Bamwitirebye the District Education Officer Bundibugyo said that in the district all primary schools lack desks and class rooms and this have failed children retention in schools. School drop outs is very high, pupils abandon schools because of the poor service at schools.