This article is based on a research work done on Administrative Legal Framework of Central-Local Government relationship and its implication on the local autonomy in Mainland Tanzania. The study of Central-Local Government administrative relationship is crucial in decentralized systems of administration because it directly affects the autonomy and ability of local government authorities to respond to public demands for services. Tanzania has undergone several Local Government reforms. The two phases of the 1990s Local Government reform programme which ended in 2014, (among other objectives) aimed at reviewing the Central-Local Government administrative relationship to make Local Governments Authorities (LGAs) stronger and more autonomous in services delivery. Nevertheless, the said legal framework is still found different pieces of legislation, fuzzy and yet tailored to devolution and local autonomy. Harmonization of central and sector legislation; enactment of a comprehensive local government law and Constitutional review must be made if administrative devolution and local autonomy in services delivery are to be realized.
THOBIAS R. MNYASENGA, ELEUTER G. MUSHI. (2015) Administrative Legal Framework of Central-Local Government Relationship in Mainland Tanzania: Is it Tailored to Enhance Administrative Devolution and Local Autonomy?, , Volume 4, Issue 3.
