INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS OF ACADEMICS & RESEARCH ISSN: 2617-4138 IJARKE Business & Management Journal DOI: 10.32898/ibmj.01/1.2article03 www.ijarke.com 26 IJARKE PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL Vol. 1, Issue 2 Nov. ’18 – Jan. 2019 Effects of Local Government Strategies on Community Development of Mogadishu Somalia Abdikadir Muhyadin Ahmed, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Technology, Kenya Aaron Mukhongo, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Technology, Kenya 1. Introduction Political instability has been a notable feature of Somalia since its independence in 1960. Somalia is frequently considered an archetypal failed state and terrorist safe haven. Since the overthrow of long-time Somali leader Siad Barre in 1991, Somalia has experienced failed international involvements, large-scale refugee flows, and the ongoing deficiency of even rudimentary state services and institutions; Somalis exist in surroundings of predation and pervasive insecurity and deprivation (Jose, 2015). The politics of Somalia have gone through various periods of change. Following the outbreak of the civil war and the ensuing collapse of the Siad Barre regime in the early 1990s, Somalia's residents reverted to local forms of conflict resolution, consisting of civil law, religious law and customary law. A few autonomous regions, including the Somaliland, Puntland and Galmudug administrations, emerged in the north in the ensuing process of decentralization. The early 2000s saw the creation of fledgling interim federal administrations (Human Rights Watch, 2015). The Transitional National Government was established in 2000 followed by the formation of its successor the Transitional Federal Government in 2004, which reestablished national institutions such as the Military of Somalia. In 2006, the Transitional Federal Government assisted by Somalia troops, assumed control of most of the nation's southern conflict zones from the newly formed Islamic Courts Union. The Islamic Courts Union subsequently splintered into more radical groups such as Al-Shabaab, which battled the TFG and its AMISOM allies for control of the region (Cecilia, 2014). INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS OF ACADEMICS & RESEARCH (IJARKE Business & Management Journal) Abstract The study aimed at investigating the effect of local government strategies on community development of Mogadishu Somalia. The study was guided by four objectives including; to determine the effect of provision of health services on community development of Mogadishu, Somalia, to find out the effect of provision of education on community development of Mogadishu, Somalia, to investigate the effect of community planning on community development of Mogadishu, Somalia and to assess the effect of local budgeting on community development of Mogadishu, Somalia. This study adopted a descriptive survey design and the target population of the study was 490 members from the government, and civil society organizations. In order to conduct the study, the researcher used a questionnaire to collect data in this study. The study investigated the effect of local government provision of health care services on community development and found out that the presence of health care facilities in the community improves on community development. The study examined the effect of local government provision of education on community development of Mogadishu, Somalia. The study found out that education increases the chances of getting employment. The provision of education by local government helps the community members to acquire new skills which make them able to get jobs. Community planning helps in reducing poverty in the community. Local government Planning plays a transformational role in improving the quality of life of all the community members and has a critical responsibility to tackle poverty. Community Budgeting also enables local public service providers to come together and agree how services can be better delivered. A Community Budget enables local public service providers to come together and agree how services can be better delivered, how the money to fund them should be managed and how they will organize themselves. Local government provision of health care services improves on community development and it recommends increased construction of health care facilities to support the poor. The study recommended for increased central government expenditure on education in order to increase the amount of funds available for local government expenditure. The study also recommended for increased recruitment of professional planners to be deployed in the different local governments in Somalia. Key words: Community Development, Local Government Provision of Health Services, Local Government Provision of Education, Local Government Community Planning, Local Government Budgeting