The Agents of Regime: An Insight from Grassroots Elected Leaders in Grassroots Governance in Tanzania

This study explored the contextual setback of the grassroots elected leaders in grassroots governance in Tanzania.Specifically, it examines the legal framework and functional relations between grassroots elected leaders and their stakeholders in grassroots governance.The study employed the Principal agent model 1 and its methodology was primarily qualitative.Its findings relied heavily on observations documentary review and in-depth interviews with key informants concerned.Generally, it was found that the contextual setback of the grassroots elected leaders in grassroots governance in Tanzania emanated from various factors.Some of these factors include the weaknesses of the local government Act of 1982 and its enabling legislations, insufficient capacity and motivation, and weakness in functional relations between the grassroots elected leaders and their stakeholders.The study concludes that, first, under inappropriate law, insufficient motivation and inappropriate functional relations be-How to cite this paper: