Governance and Clan Conflicts on the Socio-Economic Development in Baidoa District Somalia
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2014-11
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Kampala International University, Colleges of humanities and social sciences
Abstract
This study was undertaken to carry out an investigation on governance and clan conflicts
containment in Baidoa. Somalia. The objectives of the study were To determine the
effectiveness of governance structures in Somalia, to determine the causes of ethnic
conflicts in Somalia and to determine the significant relationship between governance
and the clan conflicts in Somalia. The study employed descriptive correlation study
design which involved both qualitative and quantitative approaches. With regards to this
method, the researcher used structured questionnaires which were based on simple and
understandable questions. Responses from the 1 04 sample size respondents out of a total
of 140 respondents suggested that the governance in Baidoa was relatively poor than the
standard expected. The researcher found out that though some strides have been made in
improvement of the governance policies; still there are a couple of challenges which
hampered the process of containing clan conflicts. Other than governance, under
development poverty, uneven power and weak institution were some of the major causes
of clan conflicts in Baidoa district. As a result the process of containing and preventing
clan conflicts has remained to be elusive. It was also established that there was indeed a
causal relationship between governance and clan conflicts containment which stood at
0.965 on the Pearson Correlation scale which was interpreted as a significant positive and
very strong relationship. The researcher suggested that it had become imperative that
there be significant improvement on the aspects by means of revising the job social,
political and economic governance of Baidoa. This according to the researcher would
help improve the process of preventing and containing the clan conflicts in Baidoa
district.
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A Thesis Report Presented to the College of Higher degrees and Research in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Masters of Development Studies of Kampala International University Kampala, Uganda.
Keywords
Clan Conflicts, Socio-Economic, Governance, Baidoa District Somalia