Participatory budgeting and Local Revenue Generation in Local Governments of Uganda

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I would like to express my sincere heartfelt gratitude to all those who contributed in one way or the other to have this piece of work completed. I particularly recognise and thank the scholars and practitioners whose work provided important literature that enriched my study. I, on a special note, give special thanks to my supervisor; Dr.Mukokoma for her immeasurable contribution, parental, academic advice and encouragement without whose support and guidance, completing this work on time would have been difficult. May God richly bless you! I proudly and deeply extend my gratitude to all my lecturers for their time, knowledge, love and support accorded to me throughout my education struggle. I pray that God rewards them appropriately. My sincere and extra-ordinary thanks go to my employer (Karoli Lwanga Hospital -Nyakibale), my supervisors at work and the workmates. They accorded me a good environment and worked with me in all the difficult situations to have this work completed. In a special way, I wish to register my sincere thanks to my dear parents; the late father Lazaro Wamala and Ms.Bazirwe Josephine for the love, encouragement, care and financial assistance offered to me throughout my life history. I can’t forget to thank my brothers and sisters for their love and encouragement. May God continue to bless them! I greatly pay special dedication of this piece of work to my beloved wife Edith Tayebwa ,my Daughters Arinda Faith Marie and Ankunda Marian without whose support, I would have lost impetus and courage to finish this course, I will forever be grateful and this is our success. Lastly, I would like to thank the almighty God for making everything possible for the completion of this study.