Capacity building and governance in selected public sectors of Somaliland
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2014-11
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Kampala International University.College Of Humanities and social science
Abstract
The study sought to determine the relationship between Capacity building and governance in
public sectors ofSomaliland.
This study was guided by four objectives which consist of these objectives, to assess the level
of capacity building in all the public sectors in Somaliland. to examine the level of
governance in public sectors of So111aliland to establish if there is significant relationship
between governance and capacity building in public sectors of Somali land.
The study adopted correlation research design involving both qualitative and quantitative
research approaches and it was based on the population of I 9 I who were chosen from
Hargeisa power house (HPH), Hargeisa supply water(HSW) and Somaliland roads
authority(SRA) that are public sectors in Somaliland.
The study adopted a sample of 130 respondents who were used in the provision of data.
The findings were that on average 2.56 and Standard deviation .856, these findings imply that
the level of capacity building is appropriate in the delivery of governance require111ents,
The results portray a mean of 2.78. Std. D.783: the findings reveal that governance level in
Somaliland is good though not very appropriate. Pearson linear correlation analysis shows
that there is a relationship between capacity buildings and governance in So111aliland
(r = 0.134) at 0.024 level of significance.
The findings imply that there is a significant positive relationship between governance and
capacity building in Somaliland.
The researcher thus accepts the hypothesis and concludes that there is sufficient evidence at
the 0.05 level of significance that capacity building is related to governance The study
recommendations were capacity building need to embark on skills of employees in order to
enhance the performance of the government. Capacity building initiatives should be
monitored though the capacity building process to ensure successful capacity building
initiatives, capacity building in the public sector of Somaliland should be directed towards
enhancing abilities and values that will enable organizations. how they ensuring sustainable
capacity building over a longtime requires enhanced networking and information exchange,
between implementers at local, national, regional, networks.
There is a need for capacity building to embark on skills of employees in order to enhance
the performance of the government institutions. It was further established that governance in
public sector organizations of Somali land should be based on the elements of transparency,
responsibility, accountability. participation, and responsiveness. A rairly big proportion of
respondents agree that the Somaliland government is weak and lacks coordination.
Government should make an effort to embrace capacity building. Capacity building through
effective governance improves the operation of the government entities: there is need for
ut111ost attention regarding the value of capacity development.
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Thesis presented to the College of Higher Degrees and Research in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of a master’s degree in Public Administration and Management of Kampala International University
Keywords
Capacity, Building, Governance, Public