State of local democracy and good local governance in. Accountability and oversight in as far as local government reforms in tanzania are concerned. The mission of the international studies program is to provide academic and. Government reform programme, the legal sector reform programme and the public financial. It was also intended that the programme should contribute to building institutional capacity for local government related research in tanzania, and ensure that there is adequate professional competence in norway on local governance in tanzania. United republic of tanzania 1998 local government reform programme, policy paper on local government reform ministry of regional administrative and local government. Meaningful governance at the local level cannot be imagined without effective citizen participation. Currently, reform of local government involves the following five main areas. Lga local government authorities in tanzania lgfa local government finances act of 1982 lgrp local government reform project lgsp local government support programme lgu local government units in uganda nbs tanzania national bureau of statistics paye pay as you earn tax pmoralg prime ministers office regional administration and local. The speed of progress of implementation of the procurement reform and the legislative changes have however left a number of gaps, which unless filled will negate the benefits of the achievement of the. There is, however, one danger which must be guarded against. Association of local authorities of tanzania zanzibar is a semiautonomous part of tanzania, with its own devolved government and legislature. One principal argument about the success of any decentralisation measure is whether it is able to facilitate more citizens participation, local autonomy, accountability, transparency and effective service delivery visser, 2009.
Research on poverty alleviation, repoa, is an independent, nonprofit organization concerned with poverty and related policy issues in tanzania. Tanzania urban local government strengthening program. The objective of this research was to explore the impact of decentralization. The study involved a sample population of 50 people and data were collected from primary and secondary source of data. A case study of sumbawanga district council by athanas christian kayombo. The local government system in tanzania count ofil 201718. Auditing practices and organizational efficiency in local government authorities.
There is local government in both tanzania and zanzibar. The tanzanian local government system is based on political devolution and. Tanzania, poralglgrp, esrf or the university of dar es salaam. Tanzanias local government reform programme lgrp began in 1998 with the aim of transferring resources from central to local government, and devolving and decentralising power to create more autonomous local. Medium term strategy and action plan 2000 2005 launched in 1999, updated in march 20031.
Through the ongoing country procurement assessment report, the government will set out a programme to carry out the reform process forward. The purpose of this particular research project was to analyze the state of local democracy and good local governance in tanzania, leading to the capture of good practice and identification of areas requiring reform and or strengthening. Local government revenues in tanzania, 2002 200506 in. Despite being presented at the outset with a seemingly unsustainable constitutional settlement, a strong executive has repeatedly deferred and obstructed a radical overhaul of the katiba. Good governance, local government, accountability and. It has for some time been widely recognised that some fiscal transfers to lgas are very unevenly distributed in particular government recurrent transfers, most notably those for the payment of salaries, personal emoluments pe. Minister to work for meaningful, democratic local government in urban areas. Prepare for a the establishment of a local payroll computerised or manual or.
Lgrp local government reform project lgsp local government support programme lgu local government units in uganda nbs tanzania national bureau of statistics. It is unsurprising therefore that the legal sector reform programme. The local government urban authorities act, 1982 arrangement of sections part i preliminary provisions section title short title and commencement. The local government reform act 2014 is an act of the oireachtas providing for a major restructuring of local government in the republic of ireland with effect from the 2014 local elections. The local government reform programme has brought notable. Institutional impacts of the local government reform program on good local governance in tanzania boniface e. The government of tanzania,with the help of the international development community,has made genuine progress in building a capacity to design and manage public service reform. Local government authority lga fiscal inequities and. Overview of municipal finance systems in daressalaam, tanzania. Good governance, local government, accountability and service delivery in.
The objective of this study was to explore the impact of decentralization of central government functions to local authorities in tanzania. Tanzania urban local government strengthening program project english abstract. Citizen participation and local governance in tanzania by amon e. Hence, the research programme concentrated on the following three broad dimensions of the local government reform. The dialogue informed the early debates on economic issues and indirectly contributed to homegrown programs. Support for local government public financial mangement. What impact has tanzanias local government reform programme lgrp had on governance.
The overall aim of this four year research programme was to document processes of change and impacts of the local government reform programme lgrp, and to provide key stakeholders with operationally relevant data and analyses of lessons learned during implementation. Initially, local government was not part of the csrp. The development objective of the urban local government strengthening program project for tanzania is to improve institutional performance for urban service delivery in program urban local government authorities. The ministry advises on both private and public sector agreements entered into by the government and defends the government in court. It merged some firsttier county and city councils, abolished all secondtier town and borough councils, and created a new second tier of municipal. Local government in tanzania uwc theses and dissertations. Overview of municipal finance systems in daressalaam. The programme was managed by the research on poverty alleviation repoa, and involved researchers.
Pdf since 1999, tanzania has been actively pursuing reforms of way in which the central government finances local government activities. Patterns of accountability in tanzania final synthesis report, august 2005 8 1 introduction patterns of accountability in tanzania this is the final synthesis report of the understanding patterns of accountability in tanzania study, completed for the governance working group of the development partners to tanzania. Considerations for the development of a system of formulabased grants article pdf available april 2003 with 2,174 reads how we measure reads. Consequently, in april 2003, the government and donors jointly appointed a team of experts to undertake a joint appraisal on the legal sector reform programme. Tanzanias growth experience following economic reforms. Until then, the drivers for addressing pay issues consisted of pressures to consolidate allowances with. It is our conviction that research provides the means for the acquisition of. This paper is an investigation on the impact of public sector reforms on service delivery in tanzania. Pressure for constitutional reform in tanzania has been primarily driven by and repeatedly failed to address tensions between the nations two constituent parts, mainland tanganyika and the zanzibar isles. The impact of local government reforms in tanzania. It also aims to identify case studies of good practice and highlight areas for improving local governance.
Tanzania act, hereinafter referred to as the principal act. Tanzanias local government reform programme lgrp began in 1998 with the aim of transferring resources from central to local government, and devolving and decentralising power to create more autonomous local government authorities lgas. The overall objective of phase 2 20052009 of this research programme is to document the processes of change and impacts of the ongoing local government reform in tanzania, and to provide managers and key stakeholders with operationally relevant data and analyses of lessons learned during implementation. Addressing local government authority lga fiscal inequities and the challenges of disadvantaged lgas.
A number of amendments to the local government act in 1999 gave more authority. Good governance, local government, accountability and service. Tanzania is a democratic unitary republic with both a national government and a devolved government of zanzibar which has autonomy for nonunion matters. This is complemented by technical assistance procured by dfid in partnership with government of tanzania. The governments vision of the local government system is set forth in the policy paper on local government reform of 1998.
Until then, the drivers for addressing pay issues consisted of. Investment permits granted by the tanzania investment centre at times contravene the autonomy of local governments. From the 1990s, the government embarked on an ambitious reform agenda intended to improve and strengthen governance in the country. Administrative legal framework of centrallocal government. In this paper, i focus on public sector reforms from early 1980s which were aimed at minimizing the costs delivering public services, change the way of implementation of public interventions, promoting the private sector in service delivery and driving the economy forward. It also facilitated greater government ownership of the process and helped governmentdonor relations to evolve from confrontation to partnership approaches. Local government in tanzania overseas development institute. The local government reform agenda in tanzania began in 1996, and was aimed. The united republic of tanzania the local government finances act, 1982 this edition of the local government finances act, 1982 incorporates all the amendments made to it since its enactments in 1982 up to 30th june, 2000 and is printed under the authority of section 18 of the interpretation of laws and general clauses act, 1972. United republic of tanzania 1998 local government reform. Tanzanias disappointing reform programme in the public.
The overall objective of phase 2 20052009 of this research programme is to document the processes of change and impacts of the ongoing local government reform in tanzania, and to provide managers and key stakeholders with operationally relevant data and analyses of. The act provides, inter alia, the establishment, composition, functions and legislative powers of district, township councils and village authorities. Local governance, finances and service delivery in tanzania. The links between foreign privatesector investment and the central government political class also appears to be undermining the local government reform programme. This article is part of a series on the politics and government of tanzania. Reform measures include placing some sectors like primary education, health, and public utilities under local government jurisdiction, increasing their fiscal autonomy, as well as restructuring legislative and executive powers. Repoa undertakes and facilitates research, enables monitoring, and promotes capacity building, dialogue and knowledge sharing.
Local government reform lgr in tanzania, envisaged local governments whose leadership is chosen through free and fair elections, and local governments that facilitate the participation of the people in deciding on matters affecting their lives, planning and executing their development. The principal act is amended in section 36 by deleting subsection l and substituting for it the following. Introduction the social funds team of the social protection anchor at the world bank is promoting a learning agenda that seeks to identify strategies for promoting a more. The appraisal assessed the technical efficacy of the programme and its adequacy. Charged with operationalizing the local government reform, and now concentrating on implementing decentralization by devolution dbyd policy is the local government reform programme. Through this reform tanzania was able to achieve macroeconomic stability which helped to drive the economic growth.
Alleviation repoa summarises research on the programmes progress in six local councils. The most fundamental strategies taken started with the civil service reform programmes in the early 1990s, followed by public service reform programmes i and ii and local government reform programmes i. Sector budget support in practice tanzania local government desk study. The main question was to what extent the public sector reforms has contributed or inhibited. The crisis was partly a result of economic policies pursued by the country under a public. States component of the crisis states research programme. Tanzania began to discuss reforms and made the first moves in the early 1980s. Mgonja and charles tundui1 abstract ever since the early 1990s, tanzanias government has embarked upon ambitious and farreaching reform programs to improve the socioeconomic condition of the country. Pdf impact of public sector reforms on service delivery in. Based on the unique context of tanzanias local government reforms, the purpose of the. Chaligha citizen participation and local governance in tanzania local government reform lgr in tanzania, among other things, envisaged local governments whose leadership is chosen through free and fair elections, and local governments that facilitate. The local government act of 1982, setting out the framework for functional and fiscal decentralisation, has become a central theme of government policy. The constitution of the united republic of tanzania recognizes local government as autonomous bodies with legal status corporate bodies operating with discretionary powers over local affairs within the unitary system of the republic of tanzania. Lessons from a research programme in tanzania 2002.
Citizen participation and local governance in tanzania. These two dimension combine to form three main types of sbs funding. The tanzanian government has proclaimed reforms in local government as central to the whole programme. Role of judicial and legal sector reforms in business. The transfer of power to the regions and districts must not also mean a transfer of a rigid and bureaucratic system from dar es salaam to lower levels. For the past three decades tanzania has embarked on a number of policy reforms and strategies to reduce poverty and promote economic growth. The dfid is currently designing a programme to support for local government public financial mangement reform in tanzania. Economic reforms in tanzania had been adopted in 1986 to combat the ongoing financial crisis of the country. Participation for local development universiteit leiden. Decentralisation in tanzania 35 introduction 35 decentralisation between 1961 and 1998 35 the local government reform programme lgrp 37 the process of bottomup planning 40. Legal framework of the local government authorities 25 the local government financing 26 concluding remarks 33 4.
Understanding patterns of accountability in tanzania syn. To address the foregoing crisis, tanzania adopted in 1999, as a part of the civil service reform programme csrp, later to become the public service reform programme psrp, a pay reform policy and strategy. This case looks at how and why this has happened,with an emphasis on the efforts of the tanzanians involved. The erp was aimed at restoring economic growth and price stability through the pursuit of marketoriented policies, improved macroeconomic. The basic law katiba in swahili has been the subject of persistent controversy and contestation since the creation of the united republic of tanzania in 1964. Article 145 of the constitution gives recognition to local government and is supported by the local government.
Support for local government public financial mangement reform in tanzania. State of local democracy and good local governance in tanzania. Pdf the impact of local government reforms in tanzania. Institutional impacts of the local government reform. A research report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for award of master of science in accounting and finance degree of mzumbe university 2015.
It merged some firsttier county and city councils, abolished all secondtier town and borough councils, and created a new second tier of municipal districts covering rural as well as urban areas. Institutional impacts of the local government reform program. Voting is a right granted to all persons of 18 years and above tanzania local government authority, 2010 4 2. Local government district authorities act of 1982 creates district based local government authorities in tanzania. It adopted an economic reform program in 1986 after experiencing a steady decline in economic growth in the late 1970s that led to a financial crisis in the early 1980s.