Impediments to effective councilor oversight at Nkayi Rural District Council in Zimbabwe
The paper seeks to examine and unpack the factors that are militating against councilor oversight at Nkayi Rural District Council. Councilor oversight is a crucial function for promoting and enhancing transparency, accountability, effectiveness and efficiency in Zimbabwean local authorities. Despite...
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| author | Chilunjika, Alouis Mutema, Edson P. Dube, Buhle |
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| description | The paper seeks to examine and unpack the factors that are militating against councilor oversight at Nkayi Rural District Council. Councilor oversight is a crucial function for promoting and enhancing transparency, accountability, effectiveness and efficiency in Zimbabwean local authorities. Despite the existence of councilor oversight, local authorities in Zimbabwe continue to face operational, regulatory and oversight challenges. To establish the factors militating against effective councilor oversight at Nkayi, the respondents were purposively selected and the research used both primary and secondary data. The study established that low academic qualifications among councilors, councilors terms of office, political affiliation and partisanship and limited timeframes as the key impediments to effective councilor oversight at Nkayi Rural District Council. |
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| spelling | ir-11408-45152022-06-27T13:49:06Z Impediments to effective councilor oversight at Nkayi Rural District Council in Zimbabwe Chilunjika, Alouis Mutema, Edson P. Dube, Buhle Councilor oversight Impediments Local authorities Transparency Accountability The paper seeks to examine and unpack the factors that are militating against councilor oversight at Nkayi Rural District Council. Councilor oversight is a crucial function for promoting and enhancing transparency, accountability, effectiveness and efficiency in Zimbabwean local authorities. Despite the existence of councilor oversight, local authorities in Zimbabwe continue to face operational, regulatory and oversight challenges. To establish the factors militating against effective councilor oversight at Nkayi, the respondents were purposively selected and the research used both primary and secondary data. The study established that low academic qualifications among councilors, councilors terms of office, political affiliation and partisanship and limited timeframes as the key impediments to effective councilor oversight at Nkayi Rural District Council. 2021-11-12T11:30:00Z 2021-11-12T11:30:00Z 2020 Article 2721-6934 https://lamintang.org/journal/index.php/ijlapp/article/view/137 http://hdl.handle.net/11408/4515 en International Journal of Public Law and Policy;Vol. 2; No 2: p. 56-64 open International Journal of Public Law and Policy |
| spellingShingle | Councilor oversight Impediments Local authorities Transparency Accountability Chilunjika, Alouis Mutema, Edson P. Dube, Buhle Impediments to effective councilor oversight at Nkayi Rural District Council in Zimbabwe |
| title | Impediments to effective councilor oversight at Nkayi Rural District Council in Zimbabwe |
| title_full | Impediments to effective councilor oversight at Nkayi Rural District Council in Zimbabwe |
| title_fullStr | Impediments to effective councilor oversight at Nkayi Rural District Council in Zimbabwe |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impediments to effective councilor oversight at Nkayi Rural District Council in Zimbabwe |
| title_short | Impediments to effective councilor oversight at Nkayi Rural District Council in Zimbabwe |
| title_sort | impediments to effective councilor oversight at nkayi rural district council in zimbabwe |
| topic | Councilor oversight Impediments Local authorities Transparency Accountability |
| url | https://lamintang.org/journal/index.php/ijlapp/article/view/137 http://hdl.handle.net/11408/4515 |
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