Technical project report for the construction of the new office block in Pallisa DLG, Pallisa District.

Abstract

Effective administration is one of the main responsibilities of the Government of Uganda. One of the ways to achieve this is through the establishment of local administrative units in districts which act as local governments. For this to happen, it requires the construction and operation of sustainable infrastructure such as administrative buildings at local government headquarters which are a base and center for decentralized government of districts and municipalities and provides space for civil servants to execute their duties diligently. These administrative centres are points of service delivery and act as a reference of address for any government program to be extended to the community. The Government of Uganda is committed to a physical infrastructure development program as per the National Development Plan II1 (2020/21-2024/25) and Uganda Vision 2040. Pallisa DLG, in the financial year 2018/2019 budgeted and allocated funds from its budgetary allocations from the sector development grant of DDEG, towards the construction of a new administrative block at her headquarters in an effort to provide a conducive working office and administrative space for the civil servants employed at the district. The driving motivation for the conception of this project was the issue of modernization since it is a requirement for local governments to have proper and standard administrative office buildings which are home to the district leadership, technical staff and other personnel who are responsible with extending government services to the citizens of the country, especially the residents of the locality. The existing staff accommodation/offices had served their design life and had started developing major defaults which paused a danger to the occupants. Execution work for the project implementation was planned in phases considering the inability to secure the entire project cost at once, and the scope of works which was expected to span over a period of 5 - 6 financial years.