Influence of Political Parties’ Affiliations on County Assemblies’ exercise of Oversight authority over County government in Kenya: A case study of Makueni County Assembly
Journal Title: Saudi Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 2, Issue 5
Abstract
Abstract: The new Constitution of Kenya, 2010, created a devolved system of government that has forty seven (47) County Assemblies mandated to oversight County governments. Parliamentary oversight is crucial in espousing accountable and democratic form of governance. Nevertheless, many legislatures are inherently weak in exercising constitutional oversight. Their weakness emanate from the interplay of a variety of factors among them being political parties’ affiliations. This study was an empirical analysis of the relationship between political parties’ affiliations and County Assemblies’ exercise of oversight authority over the County governments in Kenya. The study employed a mixed research design of correlational and descriptive research designs. A sample of 71 respondents was used and 70.4% response rate was attained. It was established that opposition parties or coalitions are relatively weak at influencing County governments’ performance. Further, parties disciplinary of non-cooperating MCAs has moderate effect of reducing oversight over County governments and vice versa. The County executives are tempted to control Assemblies when MCAs increase their exercise of oversightmandates. Seventy three percent (73%) of County Assemblies’ exercise of oversight can be explained by political parties’ affiliations other factors held constant. Simple regression analysis established that a unit increase in political parties’ affiliations increases County Assemblies’ oversight authority by 0.671. In a nutshell, County Assemblies’ oversight ought to be guided by cohesion and affiliation of political parties. Nevertheless, such cohesion ought to be guided by the duty to subject County governments’ conduct of public affairs to rigorous oversight and scrutiny. Keywords: oversight, separation of powers, democracy, political parties, devolution, County governments, Kenya
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ShadrackMusyoki Mutisya
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