The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of Procurement Process in local governments, the focus being Magu District Council. Specifically, the study was intended to find out how the procurement policies are implemented in the council, to identify whether the council performs the procurement activities according to the PPA 2011 and examine the effectiveness of procurement process in the council. The study employed a descriptive design and a mixed research approach. A sample of 171 participants from different public sectors of Magu Ditrict was involved. The tools involved in data collection were questionnaire, interview and documentary review. The data obtained by these tools were analysed qualitatively and descriptively using descriptive statistics and content analysis. With regard to how procurement policies are implemented in the council, the study revealed that, there is a great violation of Public Procurement Act of 2011 for there was a lot of emergency procurement executed without justifiable reasons. At the same time there was no aggregating of requirements in order to obtain value for money and reducing procurement costs. Pertaining to whether the council is transparent, it was reported that tenders are not open to outside prospective bidders as the council advertise tenders through notice board only, and selection of bidders is done on the grounds of who know who and not who qualifies. The procurement process at MDC were reported ineffective for the goods and services rendered by the suppliers were not of the specified standards; besides, the council had no annual procurement plan. Thus, the study recommends that suppliers should be selected on the basis of national competitive bidding in order to encourage competition among the suppliers; this would enable provision of quality goods and services worthy the value of money paid. The findings obtained from this study reveal what actually happens in government sectors. Policies and regulations are there to be applied and may be indeed appropriate for practical development and financial management but their application in actual situations is different from what is expected. Those responsible do not apply the regulations and procedures set.