The study titled “Political decentralization and social service delivery” aimed at investigating the influence of Political decentralization on social service delivery in Wamala Sub-County -Wakiso
District. The objectives of the study were, to determine the role ofPolitical decentralization on the social service delivery in Wamala Sub-County -Wakiso District, to determine the problems facing Political decentralization while delivering services to the service delivery, to identify strategies to curb down the hindrances above. The study was designed to investigate the effects of Political decentralization on social service delivery to the people of district as a case study. The study was across sectional involving both male and females and descriptive in nature aiming at giving detailed account of views, impression, attitude and interpretation of issues on social welfare of the people. Both primary and secondary
data was used to collect the data. Primary data was collected through interviewing and answering of question asked by the researcher while secondary data was collected through reviewing related literature on topic of study which involved extensive reading of text books of different authors, journals, new paper and the internet. The researcher used interviews, questionnaires, (primary service and related literature source) as the main tools for collecting data, under which different targeted group and respondents are studied in order to attain relevant data. Before going to the field for data collection, the researcher got a letter of introduction from the office of the head of department commissioning him to carry out the study with purpose. In addition, the researcher introduced himself to the respondents before administering the questionnaire and have interviews with respondents. The result indicated that, ofwhich 70% were males and the 30% remaining were females of the respondents. The high percentage of male which is (70%) respondents was attributed to the fact that most of the work done in the public sector needs more energy which becomes advantageous to men. The study concluded that the level of Political decentralization on the performance of service delivery Wamala Sub-County have expressed concerns about the startup ofthe third phase ofPolitical decentralization through which new responsibilities devolved from the central government over the past couple of years. The study recommended that, the District should deal directly with the Central Government and inform the Province. This can be a solution to the issue of bureaucracy that is created when the District nee
