Politicization of Public Service and Policy Implementation, the case of Addis Abeba City Administration
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2019-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The purpose of the study is to find out the possible impact of politicization on implementing
public policies in Addis Abeba City Administration. Both primary and secondary data were
used. Descriptive ways of analysis were applied. To measure the overall situation of the
implementation process citizens and public service employee’s view was included. The poor
implementation of public policies costs the country a lot. The finding of the research shows
that the public is dissatisfied by poor implementation of policies and awkward service
delivery of the public servants. On the other hand the public servants are not happy for
working there. The Ande le Amest groups in the city administration, contents of training and
procedures followed for giving promotion and other benefit shows high politicization. The
different legislation including the constitution of the Republic of Ethiopia doesn’t specify
where the demarcation line should be for political appointment and other. Eventually the
research recommended the need for clear legislation for the demarcation of politics and
public service, the importance of awareness the public about the public office, the ruling
party separate its political apparatus from public office, the need to build a career civil
servant, the importance of following the merit procedures in giving promotion and the
importance of need based training for public servants.
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A thesis submitted to Addis Ababa university, faculty of business & economics department of public administration and development management in partial fulfillment of the
Requirements for the award of a master’s degree in
Public management & policy
Keywords
Addis Abeba, Policy, Politicization, Public servant