ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to assess the contribution of the village councils on land conflict management. Specifically this study focuses to identify the mechanisms in place for land allocation in Tanzania, to examine the mechanisms used by village councils on land conflict resolution and evaluate the efforts made by the village councils in resolving land conflicts. This is due to the fact that, despite the efforts done by the government on land conflicts management, there is s...
ABSTRACT Solid waste management is a part of the growing problem that attracts the attention of anthropologists, economists, historians, sociologists in the world. This is believed to have been caused by rising of urbanization and change in lifestyle of food habits which have led to the increase of municipal solid waste. In Tanzania, Nyamagana municipalities like other municipalities/towns have experienced a problem of solid waste. This has contributed to the eruption of diseases and sporadi...
ABSTRACT Article 102(4) of the Namibian Constitution provides for the establishment of regional and local government structures. This requires both institutions to adhere to constitutional provisions by involving the broad community on policy issues in order to guarantee administrative effectiveness, transparency and leadership accountability. The study presents the experience of Katima Mulilo Town by way of evaluating the extent of the Town Council's operational and administrative transpar...
ABSTRACT The increasing number of Chinese companies in Namibia has sparked public debate about their impact in the country. The purpose of this study was to determine the impact the participation of Chinese companies have on the development of local companies in Namibia. The data was collected through in depth interviews with and desk research, and the thematic analysis technique of the qualitative methodology research was used to interpret the data. The study contends that the involv...
ABSTRACT The study focused on the assessment of contribution of cattle faming in the household income specifically in Mlali ward Kongwa district in Dodoma. The study specifically focusing on assessing economic contribution of cattle for farmers in Mlali Ward, to examine the extent to which cattle farming contributes to the household income and well being and to evaluate the challenges and mitigation strategies used by cattle farmers in their farming practices. A total number of 100 respondent...
ABSTRACT The study focused on Decentralization of Human Resources Management at the Dodoma Municipal Council in Tanzania. The specific objectives of the study were to examine the extent of availability of human resources for performing the functions assigned to Dodoma Municipal Council, to assess the extent Dodoma Municipal Council is able to manage human resources and to examine the challenges facing human resources management therein. The cross-sectional study used both secondary and primar...
ABSTRACT This study is about Assessing the Impacts of Fiscal and Human Resource Autonomy on Service Delivery in Tanzania: The Case of City Council of Dodoma. The central problem of the study was that despite various decentralisation initiatives in Tanzania for the past five decades, lack of adequate fiscal and human resources autonomy has continued to be problematic in enhancing service delivery. Accordingly, the study used a mixed-method approach where both qualitative and quantitative data ...
ABSTACT The main focus of the study was to assess whether the Open Performance Review and Appraisal System yields the expected results especially on improving teacher’s performance at public secondary schools. The study used cross sectional research design and in the course of collecting the required data the researcher used quantitative approach. Three instruments used to collect data namely: questionnaire, interview and document review. A sample of 98 respondents who were obtained through...
ABSTRACT Community participation plays a vital role in the development of a society. This study attempts to assess the extent to which community participation has contributed to the implementation of agricultural policy in Morogoro Rural District. It focuses on the forms and extent of community participation in policy-making concerning agriculture in Morogoro, to further assess the effects of participation towards implementation of these agricultural policies. The main objective of this stud...
ABSTRACT The study was focused on the assessment of the contribution of non-financial motivation in influencing retention of workers in higher learning institutions specifically in UDOM and LGTI. The study was aiming to identify non-financial incentives provided by Higher Learning Institutions to academic staffs, to analyse workers perception towards the effectiveness of the rules governing workers’ performance, and to examine the workers’ perception towards the financial factors influen...
ABSTRACT The study attempted to assess the factors influencing job satisfaction among primary school Teachers in Dodoma Municipality. In Tanzania, the role that primary school teachers play in providing quality education has been recognized consistently in government documents. However, concerns about the quality of primary education in the country persist. One factor that has had a significant impact on education quality is job dissatisfaction among primary school teachers. The study was co...
ABSTRACT The Public sector is contributing much to the economic growth of any country thus it needs to be handled with care and improved at large. There is a problem of performance in these public sectors, especially in developing countries. Such problems are of two sides such as based on the economic situation of the Public sectors, employees and employers problems as a result that all parties have to collectively cooperate to overcome the problems within their workplaces so that to improve...
ABSTRACT This study seeks to investigate the influence of community participation on the performance of women-based credit schemes, a case of Women Development Fund in Babati Town Council. Specifically, the study focused on the nature of community participation during the implementation of WDF, the extent of women participation in decision making on WDF loan disbursement, approaches used by the local council to involve women to formulate strategies towards loan recovery and addressing WDF co...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the magnitude of discrimination or abuse committed against people with disabilities in the city of Windhoek, with special attention to exploring the general perceptions held by people regarding this phenomenon. Incidence levels of discrimination or abuse and the forms in which they manifest themselves were also explored, including health beliefs (superstitions) supposedly espoused by certain cultural groups which attribute disab...
ABSTRACT The paper evaluates the implementation of Affirmative Action in Windhoek The municipality, officially known as the Municipal Council of Windhoek. This establishment is interchangeably referred to as Municipality, City Councillor Windhoek Municipality in the discussions. The municipality operationalized affirmative action in 1993, largely because of previous white male domination in its municipal structures. Subsequent to the enactment of the Affirmative Action (Employment) Act No. 2...