Impacts Of Central Government Supervision On Rural Local Governance And Deelopment Case Study Of Zaka Rural District Council

ABSTRACT

The research topic is based on the impacts of central government supervision on rural local

governance and development using Zaka rural district council as the case s tudy. Central

government supervision has proved that it can run in two ways either producing positive or

negative impacts in as much as rural local governance and development is concerned. Zaka rural

district council has not been spared when incompetent ru ral local authorities are being counted.

The district has been characterized by poor performance, salary backlogs for employees,

incapability in the delivery of services, poor road networks, poor living standards, slow rate of

rural urban development. All these deteriorating standards have played a center s t age whilst

central government claims to be responsible for regulation, monitoring and intervention in local

authorities. The central question in place is whether these forms of supervision are bringing

e ffectiveness and efficiency in the day to day operations of Zaka RDC and in its effort to fight

against the deteriorating service delivery standards. The researcher used both qualitative and

quantitative research methods in trying to collect data rel ating to the forms of central government

supervision instruments being used to monitor the activities of Zaka RDC and the impacts born

by these instruments on rural local governance and development. Data was collected using both

purposive and simple random sampl ing to collect data from the population which included the

District administrator, government ministries, local authority management, employees and

councilors. The findings were presented using graphs, tables and charts in a bid to clearly

illustrate on th e findings. Key findings showed that central government supervision have got

both positive and negative impacts on rural local governance and development but the negative

impacts are many than the positive ones. Conclusions were presented and a list of pos sible

recommendations on the impacts of central government supervision was outlined.