DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2022.v10i10.006

Pages: 483-488

The systematic study evaluated the relationship between Administrative Decentralisation and Rural Roads Maintenance in Kanungu District in western Uganda. The research study adopted an exploratory and descriptive research design with quantitative and qualitative paradigms. A sample of 104 respondents were selected from 113 people using Slovene’s formula. Data was garnered using questionnaires and interview schedules and analyzed using frequencies, percentages, Pearson linear correlation coefficient (PLCC) for quantitative data and content analysis was used for summarising qualitative information. The study findings established a significant relationship between Administrative Decentralization and Rural Roads Maintenance in Kanungu District in Western Uganda. The study concluded that Administrative decentralisation is important for rural feeder roads maintenance because it deals with issues to do with provision of quality services to the citizenry. If the roads are well maintained, they can be an impetus to socio-economic development of the country at large. The population can use the roads to transact a number of economic activities for development to blossom. From the study findings, the researcher recommended that the political leadership of Kanungu district local government in Uganda should always recruit competent and knowledgeable persons to oversee the maintenance of rural roads for proper development of the country. This can be done through advertising both in local and national newspapers in order to attract a pool of applicants from which district service commission can choose the right persons and fit square pegs in square holes. The government of Uganda should augment on the budget meant to maintain the rural roads so that local governments can have sufficient money to implement activities related to roads maintenance and engender an environment of growth and progress in the country.