Kasese District Poverty Reduction Programme supports the process of decentralisation by contributing to the strengthening of Kasese district and lower local government authorities' capacity to improve service delivery to the population. It is a sequel to the Kasese District Rural Community Development Programme (Dec.2001- Jan 2006). KDPRP will build upon this Phase 1 Programme but its modalities and focus change in order to ensure that it impacts on incomes and on the poorest of the poor. It is based on the idea that local, elected authorities have a comparative advantage in designing, managing, supervising and monitoring local development measures and initiatives aiming at alleviating poverty. In addition to an important organizational and institutional capacity development component that will focus on areas such as participatory planning and budgeting, financial management, resources mobilisation, public/private partnership for service delivery , accountability and monitoring, the project will also make available a small and reliable unconditional grant to Kasese District Council and the 22 sub-counties of the district to be used on non-wage activities according to development plans and the approved budget. Block grants made available to support the district and the sub-counties during three consecutive financial years will enable Kasese local authorities to practically improve their management of infrastructures and public service provision to the communities of the districts thereby increasing their legitimacy.