Do we need NGOs in uganda?

I am intriguid by the way NGO business is shriving in uganda, When critically analysed NGOs are just doing nothing and we can be sure poverty will remain high in uganda. With little restrictions and regulations by the government, very many people have resorted to forming NGOs under the guise to assist the poor out of poverty when actually they are just making profits. .
Despite of very many NGOs in uganda the living conditions have remained awful,little water, malnourished children, poor sanitation . Its hard to believe that some NGOs especially in Northern uganda are exploiting internally displaced persons by soliciting funds from donors without remiting to the community, what "human face" are they portraying ?

No one can doubt that NGOs get alot of funding from both the government and international donor agencies, but the most fundamental question is the way this aid is implemented .Does it actually uprift the poor conditions of people. I still urgue that while aid given through the government can be mismanaged through corruption and embezzlement, it should also be noted that aid given through NGOs makes little impact too because such projects have proliferated and personal gains.

While often recognising these contradictions and difficulties, agencies operational on the ground argue that they do make a difference through the provision of services, such as water or health care hence complementing on the work of the government in fighting poverty. which i think is true though its still difficult to evaluate whethere aid projects have an overall impacts on poverty statistics .
With the increased emphasis on promoting processes of social change,development projects which build water-wells and NGOs involved in aid projects are private, voluntary, non-profit organisations with altruistic and philanthropic motives. Often they are perceived to be in a better position to reach the poor than governments or large financial institutions and are seen as having a more "human face"but in truth this "human face" is just theoretical .

The emergence of NGOs is commonly explained as an institutional response to market or state failures. They are often viewed as being less bureaucratic and more flexible, and therefore more capable of responding to emergencies, promoting work at grassroots level and involving the participation of local people. NGOs are also seen as being cheaper, more efficient and non-political and therefore more equitable in their disbursement than governmental aid.

With all the intellectual arguments sorrounding the role of NGOs in developing economies, I still hold that we should ask our selves whether we really need NGOs in fighting poverty in uganda? yes, wemay need them . but which kind of NGOs do we need and how should they be regulated. Uganda is often held as a model because poverty has slowed down directly or indirectly as a result of development cooperation betwween NGOs and a reforming government, its one of the country where improvement in livelihoods can be attributed to the work of NGOs and aid funding.Therefore it seems aid can work if well implemented and incorpareted into structural adjustment programmes and given a clear povety alliviation component. Therefore support Minister Ecweru that NGOs wishing to operate in uganda pass through a sieve and those seen uncapable be told to go away.