International Journal of Research Publication and Reviews, Vol 5, no 1, pp 904-907 January 2024 International Journal of Research Publication and Reviews Journal homepage: www.ijrpr.com ISSN 2582-7421 Recruitment and Performance of Local Government, Buyende District, Uganda 1 Dr. Wandiba Augustine, 2 Aisha Najjuma, 3 Namata Irene 1 Senior Lecturer: Department of Human Resource & Supplies, College of Economics and Management-Kampala International University-Uganda 2 Assistant Lecturer: Department of Human Resource, Kampala International University-Uganda 3 Assistant Lecturer: Department of Human Resource & Supplies, College of Economics and Management-Kampala International University-Uganda ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to examine the effect of Recruitment on local government performance Buyende District, in Uganda. The problem of the study was the poor performance of local government in Uganda. The objective that guided the study was to examine the effect of Recruitment on local government performance in Buyende district Uganda. The study adopted a descriptive and correlational design, the sample size of 126 respondents from a target population of 184 was used with stratified and purposive technique applied. Data was analyzed using frequency and percentage tables, mean standard deviation and one way ANOVA, Pearson‟s Linear Correlation Coefficient (r) and simple linear regression analysis were used . The study found that Recruitment has a significant influence on local government performance, The study recommended that Recruitment process should be transparent for local government to perform better Key Words: Recruitment, Local Government Performance, Buyende District, Uganda. 1.0 Introduction The success of an organization is directly linked to the performance of those who work for that business. Underachievement can be a result of workforce inefficient and failures. Because hiring the wrong people or failing to anticipate fluctuations in hiring needs can be costly, it is important that conscious efforts are put into human resource planning (Biles et al, 1980). All over the world, the services provided by governments are done through local governments. Local governments are those that work directly with public service of any country or state to deliver public services. Recruitment today, determines the performance of local governments especially that service delivery is now emphasized by the community directly through community participation as stakeholders. In Uganda local governments are mandated to perform a variety of state functions ranging from making development plans based on locally determined priorities, raising revenue, budgeting and appointing statutory commissions, boards and committees for personnel (District Service Commission), land (District Land Boards), procurement (District and Urban Tender Boards) and accountability (Local Government Public Account Committees), to establish or abolish offices in the public service of the district, as well as to hire and manage personnel in addition to managing their own payroll and pension. Local governments are also vested with powers to provide such services as education (except tertiary education), health services (except referral hospitals), the construction of roads (not those under the central government), and ambulance services (Ojambo, 2012). The study was carried out in Buyende local government in eastern Uganda in four sub counties namely Nkondo, Buyende Town Council, Kagulu sub county and Kidera sub county. 2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW 2.I Recruitment Butler, et al (1991) defines recruitment as “encompassing the array of organizational practices and decisions used to affect the number or types of individuals who are willing to apply for, or to accept, employment in a given vacancy”. Thus defined, recruitment combines with selection and placement procedures to bring people into positions, specified by some type of job analysis, that were previously unfilled. If, through recruitment, a large number of candidates can be identified for a particular position, selection procedures may be used to determine which are most likely to pass the test provided by future performance evaluations in local governments; it is thus possible to skin the cream off the top of the applicant pool. But if