GOOD GOVERNANCE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CASE STUDY OF NAKAWA MUNICIPALITY KAMPALA DISTRICT-UGANDA

Abstract

Good governance and sustainable development case study of Nakawa Municipality Kampala District-Uganda, The objective of this study to examine the relationship between good governance and sustainable development. The population consisted of 196,262 people. The sampling size was calculated by Taro Yamane’s formula. There were 400 participants used as a sampling group. Stratified random sampling is then employed to determine the number of participants in proportion to the number of people in each parish and were randomly selected by simple random sampling. A questionnaire was used as the research instrument in this study. The data analysis, to test the hypothesis by analyzing the relationship between good governance and sustainable development. A Pearson Product Moment Correlation was used at a significant level at 0.01.

The results revealed that there was a significant linear relationship between      Good governance and Sustainable development. Good governance entails giving equal treatment to citizens, giving special attention to the vulnerable and disadvantaged including the minority groups, children and women. Furthermore, Good governance is the backbone of any country’s progress in all aspects with special regard to economic and social transformation means that development without considerations for Good governance is likely to be temporally. Sustainable development ensures peaceful co-existence, security and society cohesion of a country. If management team improves on Good governance then Sustainable development implementation will become easier and attainable. Bring about Nakawa municipality in general will be on the right path to sustainable peace, where the number of the people in extreme poverty will be tremendously reduced.