PRACTICESANDCHALLENGESOFLOCAL GOVERNMENTINENSURINGGOODGOVERNANCE: THECASEHURUMUWOREDA,I/A/BOORZONE, SOUTHWESTOROMIA

This study viewed good governance through the lens of the practices of principles of good governance in which the employees were asked to look back on the existing implementation of the principles. Thus, the study sought to assess the practice and challenges of good governance in public sector of Hurumu one of the thirteen districts of Ilu Aba Bor zone. About 84 public servants randomly have drawn from three public sectors namely revenue authority office (30employees), Administration office, (34employees) and Public service and human resource office (20employees). Close ended questionaries’ with five level likert scales were distributed. In addition, key informant interview were conducted. The questionaries’ were tested for its Validity and Reliability. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data using SPSS-Version 22. The result of descriptive statistics of five point likert scale, except rule of low, the rest indicators of good governance is not well practice in Hurumu district. The result also reveals that resistance from public servants, Limited skill and knowledge of public servant on the existing reform, Limited Leadership focus and Poor Participation of Communities in Good governance affairs are major challenges of implementation of good governance in public sector Hurumu district. In order of their importance, by looking beta coefficients training, financial management, modern technology, organizational structure, reporting system, planning, employee motivation, auditing, and evaluation affected the implementation of goof governance in public sectors of Hurumu district. The study suggested that, leaders of the public sector should coach every activity in view of principles of good governance and further coordinate the employees and local communities so as to foster conducive environment for the realization of good governance