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Item Political decentralization and decision making process: Experiences from Temeke municipal council(Mzumbe University, 2017) Lukuwi, MatatizoThis study investigated political decentralization and decision making process at Temeke Municipal Council. Specifically the study examine the decision making process; to explore the extent to which the government support political decentralization; and to identify factors hindering decision making process. The data were collected through interview schedules, questionnaire and review of documents. The collected data were analysed using thematic content analysis for the qualitative data while the quantitative data were analysed using SPSS and Microsoft excel. The findings indicated that, the majority 51 (58%) of the questionnaire respondents are not aware of the decision making process. In addition, the majority 68 (72.3%) of the questionnaire and interview respondents are not satisfied with the support from the government as the actual decision making is to a large extent controlled by the central government representatives. Furthermore, the data analysed in this report suggest that some governance indicators have significantly improved following the implementation of political decentralization. For example, there is evidence of increased electoral and civic participation, access to information, and trust of LGAs. The financial accountability of LGAs also appears to have improved, so does the participation of women and young people. Lastly, the study revealed a number of factors hindering decision making process like, political interference, inadequate fund, poor government supports, and lack of transparency, poor leadership and management in general and low education and citizen awareness. In view of these findings, it is recommended that civic education on political decentralization and decision making should be improved; the central government must develop effective revenue collection laws to ensure local governments have autonomy over fiscal resources, offer strong support to develop local revenue collection systems and attribute national funds to local governments on the basis of local government need. Last but not least, the central government should safeguard the roles and responsibilities of local government in the system of law.Item The influence of training and development strategy on the performance of Tanzania’s local government authorities(Journal of Policy and Leadership (JPL), 2023) Mwakasangula, ElizaThis study aimed to determine the effect of the Training and Development (T&D) strategy on the performance of Tanzania's Local Government Authorities (LGAs). The adoption of training and development strategies in LGAs gained momentum during decentralization by devolution, which aimed to empower LGAs to train and develop their personnel. The study was carried out in ten (10) LGAs found in three regions and used a survey design to collect data from a sample of 59 respondents through questionnaires and interviews. The results showed that T&D strategy had a significant influence on LGA performance, with 25.3 per cent of performance being attributed to T&D while 74.7 per cent was attributed to other factors. Also, the coefficient of determination (𝑅2 = 0.253) at the alpha of 0.05 implies that 25.3 per cent of the variation in the Performance of Tanzania’s LGAs is contributed by T and D strategy and 74.7 per cent is explained by other factors which were not considered in this study. The study concludes that T&D plays a significant role in improving performance in Tanzania's LGAs and that appropriate training programs informed by Training Needs Assessment (TNA) are crucial for workforce commitment and performance.