An assessment of the role of councilors in the implementation of devolution in urban local authorities. a case study of ruwa local board.
- Author
- Tapera, Bridget
- Title
- An assessment of the role of councilors in the implementation of devolution in urban local authorities. a case study of ruwa local board.
- Abstract
- The study sought to evaluate the part councilors performed in bringing about devolution in urban local authorities. It also focus on the legal framework used by local councilors in ensuring the implementation of devolution. The councilors are making sure that they make community engagement and consultation, help in facilitating local decision-making, ensures capacity building process, maintains resource mobilization, helps with monitoring and evaluation, with advocacy and representation and coordination and collaboration. The study also focused on examining the challenges faced by councilors in ensuring implementation of devolution in urban local authorities. There is need to study strategies that may be adopted by councilors to ensure devolution in local authorities. There were recommendations that were made by the local board and local authorities to ensure there is an effective distribution of devolution in Ruwa Local Board also the need for capacity building for councilors, need to strengthen community engagements, need to improve coordination and collaboration, the enhancing of transparency and accountability and advocating for adequate funding. To collect and analyze data, the research was predicated on a qualitative research design. Purposive sampling was employed in interviews with the Ruwa local board to get information on the implementation of devolution through councilors. Tables, graphs, and pie charts were used to show and evaluate the data that was obtained according to themes. The results show how the councilors' implementation of devolution in local authorities is being evaluated. The findings include that the limit to understanding of devolution, insufficient capacity and resources, weak community engagement, coordination challenges and funding constraints.
- Date
- SEPTEMBER 2024
- Publisher
- BUSE
- Keywords
- Urban local authorities, Ruwa, devolution
- Supervisor
- NIL
- Item sets
- Department of Peace and Governance
