Public Participation and Community Development in Uganda: A Case Study of Kawempe Division-KCCA

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between public participation and community development in Kawempe Division – KCCA. The study adopted a co relational research design which involved a collection of quantitative data. Closed-ended questionnaires collected quantitative data. The study focused on a sample of 150 respondents, who were selected from a total population of 242 respondents. Data collected was edited, coded and then entered in the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS version 20.0). The results of the study indicated that there is a statistically significant positive relationship between community empowerment and community development programmes in KCCA Kawempe division (r = 0.336, p-value < 0.05), this is a statistically significant positive relationship between decision making and community development programmes in KCCA Kawempe division (r=.336, p-value < 0.05). Finally, there is statistically significant a positive relationship between citizen ownership and community development programmes in KCCA Kawempe division (r= 0.460, p-value < 0.05).