Local governance and peace building in Mogadishu, Somalia
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2019-09
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Kampala International University, College of Humanities and social sciences.
Abstract
The study sought to examine local governance and peace building in Mogadishu, Somalia.
The study objectives were; to examine the relationship between transparency in local
governance and peace building, to examine the relationship between accountability in
local governance and peace building and to examine the relationship between political
will in local governance and peace building in Mogadishu, Somalia. The study was based
on peacebuilding theory developed by Schellenberg H.J in 1996. Effectively making a
successful peacebuilding theory requires a keen distinction between what the goals of a
peacebuilding theory are, and the peacebuilding process itself. While some peacebuilding
designs are heavily theoretical with a focus on the international system, others focus too
closely on what peacebuilding actors can actually do, but experience problems with
repeating previous failures. The study was based on a correlational research. The
researcher used the design because it allowed the researcher to accumulate more facts
than experiments on the study. The study population was 260 respondents and these
included; 25 selected Members of Parliament from Mogadishu, 115 civil society
organizations officials, 20 Mogadishu top administrators and 100 local community
members. The sample size of the population in this study consisted of 158 respondents
and was calculated using the Sloven’s formula. Data was collected from primary and
secondary sources using questionnaires and interviews. The study findings revealed that
the average mean for the relationship between transparency in local governance and
peace building in Mogadishu, Somalia was 3.39 which is equivalent to very high. This
implies that there is a close relationship between transparency in local governance and
peace building. The study concluded that local authorities should recognize what are
their favorite components in a peace process, however ought to be capable to draw close
the many complexities of politics at the country wide level. The study recommended that
local governance leaders need to be able to implement the broad terms of peace accords
to which they are a party.
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A research dissertation presented to college of humanities and social sciences in partial fulfillment for the requirement of the award of Masters’ Degree in public administration of Kampala International University
Keywords
Local governance, Peace building, Mogadishu, Somalia