A Dissertation submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Award
of the Master’s degree of Business Administration in Corporate Management
(MBA-CM) of Mzumbe University
The study intended to examine the role of local government revenue on services
delivery in Tanzania municipalities: a case of Kigamboni municipal council. The
study conducted for the fact that most of peoples are lining facing problem in
accessing services from municipalities (Paradeep, 2011). Majority of citizens are not
gratified with education, health and infrastructure development (REPOA). The
researcher used a case study design to make in depth examination on key concepts
under investigation. The case study was Kigamboni municipal council. Sampling for
the research it had conducted through using purposive and simple random sampling.
Two methods of data collection had used in this study, both primary and secondary
data, also reliability and validity is one among methods that were employed. The
researcher used both qualitative and quantitative study designs with consisting sample
of 100 respondents that were Kigamboni residents (citizen’s), revenue accountants
and ward representative leaders (WEO’S and MEO’s). Qualititative data was been
coded and inputted in Microsoft excel software while in quantitative data was used
SPSS to analyze the relationship between independent variables and dependent
variables, the multiple regression has been employed.The regression analysis
computed indicated that R2 = 0.316 (31.6%), 0.471 (47.1%) and 0.106 (10.6%)
independent variables, these results it explain and predict the dependent variable
(health services, education and Infrastructure services delivery). While the test
statistics for market fees, property taxes, bus stand collection, land rent, crops taxes
and hotel levy are statistically siginifcant (p<0.05). While test statistics for parking
fees, and billboard fees are statistically not significant (p>0.05).The findings of the
study it was revealed that the services improvement in Kigamboni municipal council
had not strongly supported by the local government revenue. Due to that fact, the
local government reformed policy paper spells out the vision of local government
known as “Fiscal Decentralization” (Joha, 2015).