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ABSTRACT
The study on community participation in TASAF funded sub- projects was conducted at
Babati town council whereby 44 respondents participated. The general objective of the
study was to assess the extent of community participation in implementation of TASAF
funded sub projects and specific objectives were:- to determine approaches used by the
council to involve the community in undertaking development projects, to establish the
contributions of the community in the development projects, to determine the factors
making the community
not to be active in development projects, to identify
accountability of funds collected from the community for development projects and to
examine the initiatives of town council in improving community participation in the
construction of secondary school teachers houses in TASAF funded sub projects. Two
villages were selected namely, Kiongozi and Halla. Primary data were obtained through
interviews and focus group discussion during the field survey and secondary data were
collected from TASAF documents and reports, guidelines, memorandum of
understanding, operational manual, journals and books.
The study found that the council uses participatory approaches in involving the
community. However, the community does not participate effectively as it was expected.
It was further found that the community contributes less in development projects.
Moreover, it was found that poverty, lack of sensitization, lack of transparency,
corruption, fraud and ignorance make the community not to be active in development
projects. The study concludes poor community participation was mainly due to low
income, several projects being implemented at once, lack of transparency, economic
hardship and poor leadership. The study recommends that local authority should
effectively involve the community in all planning process. Furthermore, the study
recommends that the community should elect leaders who are transparent and
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