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Item A study on local government autonomy in recruitment and selection functions in Ilala Municipal Council(Mzumbe University, 2013) Herman, ValerianLocal Government Reform Programme of Tanzania centered on the basic assumption of decentralization of political, administrative and financial powers and functions in the structure of a unitary state. Administratively local authorities expected to have mandate and free to carry out responsibilities concerning provision of public services and social development along its area of influence authorized under legal framework (LGRP, 1998). This study investigate on the degree at which Ilala Municipal is independent in recruitment and selection functions as directed in administrative decentralization as well as to other legal provisions. The study carries six chapters sequentially, from chapter one the introductory part of the study; there are, background of the problem, statement of the problem, objectives of the study, research hypotheses, research assumptions, significances, limitations, delimitations of the study, conceptual framework, and definition of the key terms and concept. Chapter two is on literature review, also there is theoretical/philosophical review, operationalization of concepts, literature review from earlier studies and the synthesis. Chapter three talks about research methodology which provides information about, research design, research area, population of the study, sampling procedures and sample size, data collection methods and data analysis methods. Chapter four is about presentation and analysis of the findings. Chapter five is about discussion of research findings and chapter six is about conclusion and recommendation. Finally, the Bibliography and appendices.Item Prevalence of skin and respiratory health problems between solid waste collectors and nonsolid waste collectors in Mbeya city council(Mzumbe University, 2017) Mtatifikolo, Charles BahatiThe study aimed to determine the prevalence of self-reported injuries, skin and respiratory health problems and related factors among waste collectors in Mbeya City Council. A cross-sectional design was used in this study, where 100 respondents highly exposed and 100 not exposed to hazards were recruited. Structured questionnaire was used to collect data for the study. SPSS software was used for analysis from which descriptive analysis and cross tabulation with Chi-square test was used to compare the prevalence of health problems and factors for exposure to health problems between the two working groups. Results show that there was 77.4% of respondents reported injuries for refuse handling and 8.5% from non-refuse handling staff with statistical different (p=0.03). More than three quarters (78.5%) of refuse handlers reported skin health problems while only 2% of skin health problems reported from non-refuse handlers. The two proportions were statistically different (p=0.02). In addition, majority (90.1%) of refuse handlers reported respiratory health problems whereas only 23.6% of non-refuse handling staff reported respiratory health problems. The proportions were significantly different (p=0.01). The difference between the two proportions suggests that refuse handling had significant contribution for Injuries, skin health problems and respiratory health problems occurrence reported. All the associations were established at the statistical significance calculated at p