The role of federalism on good governance

ABSTRACT The definition of federal government by Where is - according to this interpretation the most accurate: “In a federal system, the functions of government are divided in such a way that the relationship between the legislature which has authority over the whole territory and those legislatures which have authority over parts of the territory is not the relationship of superior to subordinates ... but it is the relationship of co-ordinate partners in the governmental process”. The purpose of this study is to find out, determine and investigate on federalism and good governance in Bosaso, Puntland Somalia According to World bank (1999) Good governance is it defined as participatory, consensus oriented, accountable, transparent, responsive, effective and efficient, equitable and inclusive and follows the rule of law. It assures that corruption is minimized, the views of minorities are taken in to account and that the voices of the most vulnerable in society are heard in decision-making. It is also responsive to the present and future needs of society. This research will make use descriptive survey study. descriptive research is devoted to the gathering of information about prevailing conditions or situations for the purpose of description and interpretation. The instrument is the generic term that researchers use for a measurement device (survey, and questionnaire). To analyst date SPSS statically software tool will be used because the software is good for primary data to analysis. According to gender profile, the study found out that the majority of the respondents were male 61.4% while remaining 38.6% are female This indicates that female dominated relatively in the study. As the study shown, the majority of the respondents were between the ages of 20-30 to which in this case represent 70.5% of our total respondents. The majority of respondent (52.3%) strongly agreed thatfederalism as an instrument that can be used be promoted good governance, and another set of majority of respondents agreed that good governance this means that elective bodies may be more responsive to local needs and concerns, more flexible and certain sense more democratic governance that appropriately designed political institutions (46%), while (40%) of the respondents agreed. The study of the role of federalism and good governance. It comes out a majority of respondent stated federalism great role good governance Federalism is a structure of government whose virtues can enhance good governance the researcher derived the following recommendations: federalism to promote good governance mean encourage interstate commerce and economic cooperation order to promote the federating states, enhance economic growth and sustain good governance. A federal economy twisted under a centralized revenue management system cannot promote good governance so there is the need to ensure that the distribution of revenue encourages each state and local government to improve internal revenue generation, and not to constantly and wholly depend on funds from the federal system.