AHISTORY OF DILLA TOWN FROM 1974 to PRESENT

ABSTRACT This thesis investigates the History of Dilla town from 1974 to 2018. It focuses on the administration, economic and social service change the evolved during the period of derg and EPRDF. In this study the research utilized primary and secondary sources. Primary sources of data from oral tradition, field observation, interview, key informants, and focus group discussion and as secondary source, reports and documents from the organisations, were used for collecting data. The town administration system of Dilla town from 1943 to 1991 has been based on the municipality. Being 1994, the ministry of urban development designed the new administration systems led by the town the mayor and encompasses at mean after 1994. During the derg regime Dilla went through different change in some case it was manifested by the emergence of new political and socio-economic program. The introduction of various program many areas of the district the land reform proclamation, the formation of peasant association producer and service cooperation. One of the areas of development for which the military government could by praise was in the expansion of education, clinic, road and other social service. During the period between 1991 and 2018 significant change occurred in the social economic spheres in Dilla town. The development of factory is very crucial development of town government and non-government supported by budget and expand investment more effort should exerted such as manufacture industry, small scale industry, baseness intuition and service industry.