| Abstract: | Good governance is a broad reform strategy that makes public administrators to be more
open, responsive, accountable and democratic.
It also strengthen the multi-actors of governance, such as, the government it self, citizens,
cooperatives, NGOS, Research institutions, Religious leaders, Finance institutions, Political
parties, the Civil societies, Armed forces, Individual self-help groups, Community based
organizations and so on.
Good governance appears to be the heart of democratic values and principles which
includes participation, effectiveness and efficiency, transparency, accountability and rule of law.
In Ethiopian context good governance encompasses representativeness, constituently
transparency, responsiveness and accountability. The study of this project work focused on the
Significance and Practice of Good Governance in Addis Ababa City the case of Bole sub-city
administration. As it has been stated in the revised charter of Addis Ababa city Administration,
both the sub-city and warada power and functions rely on allocation function only. In other
words, hierarchies, the sub-city and warada do not have the power to make policies and laws
which implies that their responsibilities rely on budget allocation to enhance public services and
goods as well as implement the city administration policies based on observation. In this project
work, the lack of good governance in Bole sub-city administration emanates due to the capacity
and ill commitment tends to reduce the effectiveness of those institutions. Inadequate educational
qualification of both political and non-political echelons, poor service facilities, poor
management and limited budget are some of the major causes for the prevalence of poor
governance in the sub-city. Under Bole sub-city there are 14 waradas (districts). All waradas
(districts) have been established with the consideration of geographical and socio-economic
factors to provide the municipal and other services to the public at large. Instruments for data
collections, such as, questionnaires, interviews and observation have been held at the sub-city
and warada levels. Questionnaires are distributed to the sub-city office servants, residents, public
servants teacher and professionals. The general assessment and findings reveal that the power
and function of the sub-city rely on resource allocation function to deliver public goods and
services.
The findings indicated that there is poor accountability, absence of transparency, ill
commitment both at the sub-city and warada level. The poor capacity and absence of high skilled
personnel resulted poor service delivery. The magnitude of the problem is more prescribed at
warada level. In sum, the type and the quality of service being provided by the sub-city and
waradas are not satisfactory. In order to tackle these problems and to enhance the quality of
services, upgrading the skill of employees, installing information technology tools implementing
BPR and BSC to create the sustainable and conducive atmosphere, developing public /private/
partnership, establishing the ethical office at the sub-city level are some of the major
recommendations |
