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The State of E-local Participation in Kampala Capital City Authority in Uganda: A Reality or Deception?

Norbert Kersting
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Andrew Matsiko
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Because of growing demands and pressures from citizens, political representatives and institutions of governments are increasingly opting for new forms of participation. In other words, a mix of methods is utilised to complement representative participation and city administration. In Uganda, a number of local political representatives: Councilors, Lower level Mayors and Lord Mayor use online participatory instruments; social media platforms: Facebook, WhatsApp, and Twitter to connect with citizens in Kampala capital city authority. However, critical analysis of online participatory instruments for information giving and citizen engagement seems to be lacking. In this regard, a number of possible research questions to critically interrogate are posed. Is the new invited space a reaction to the invited bottom up participation? What forms of digital participatory spaces does Kampala Capital City Authority use to disclose information on its operations? What is the mix of offline- and online channels (blended participation) do local political representatives use to connect with electorates? Is this more for planning or for monitoring purposes. To answer these questions, both quantitative data (survey) and qualitative interview is used.
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hal-01985602 , version 1 (18-01-2019)

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Norbert Kersting, Andrew Matsiko. The State of E-local Participation in Kampala Capital City Authority in Uganda: A Reality or Deception?. 10th International Conference on Electronic Participation (ePart), Sep 2018, Krems, Austria. pp.76-88, ⟨10.1007/978-3-319-98578-7_7⟩. ⟨hal-01985602⟩
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