UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA PRESIDENT’S OFFICE REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT WANGING’OMBE DISTRICT COUNCIL COUNCIL STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE YEAR 2015/16 – 2019/20 Prepared by, District Executive Director, Wanging’ombe District Council, P.O.Box 64, WANGING’OMBE – NJOMBE REGION EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Wanging’ombe is a relatively newly established District council which was officially registered on 18, March, 2013. Like any other Council in Tanzania, Wanging’ombe district council operates with statutory powers and in line with legislation and regulations enacted by the parliament under the Local Government Act No. 7 of 1982. The council is given wide-ranging functions include: To maintain and facilitate the maintenance of peace, order and good governance in their area of jurisdiction, To promote the social welfare and economic well-being of all persons within its area of jurisdiction; Subject to the national policy and plans for the rural and urban development, to further the social and economic development of its area of jurisdiction. In fulfilling the Wanging’ombe district council’s functions, the district requires a comprehensive decision making to trigger sustainable local economic development through strategic planning at local level. This strategic plan will assist the District council to improve performance, to create more relevant institutional structures, to increase levels of institutional, departmental, and individual accountability; to improve transparency and communication between management, employees and stakeholders and to establish priorities for efficient and effective use of resource. This strategic plan document is divided into Five Chapters, where first chapter provides background information and strategic planning process, second chapter provides situational analysis of the district where a through diagnosis of the internal environment in 19 service areas was conducted, as well as the external environment which the district is operating under in executing this strategic plan. Third chapter provides the potential, stakeholders and SWOC analysis reports hence it wind up in providing the core values which will be guiding principles in the implementing this strategic plan. The guiding principles are: Accountability and Transparency, Team work, Fairness and Justice, Commitment, Efficient and Effectives, Flexibility and response to positive change, Honest and Integrity. Fourth chapter provides the Vision of the District Council that is to have a community with good governance practices and sustainable development by 2025. Followed by the Mission of the District Council that is to provide high quality services through effective use of resources and adhering to principles of good governance for improved livelihood of the community. The chapter also provides 9 strategic objectives coded from A to I, where it winds up with key targets to be achieved in the next five years, strategies and performance indicators. Chapter five provides the implementation, monitoring, evaluation and review frameworks, where the District Executive Director (DED), who is the Chief Executive Officer of the Council, shall be an overseer for the strategic plan implementation process, in collaboration with the Management team shall regularly report to the Full Council with regards to the Plan implementation and its overall performance. i LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYM DED District Executive Director LGRP Local Government Reform Programme GDP Gross Domestic Product HCMIS Management of Human Capital Information System WEO Ward Executive Officer VEO Village Executive Officer SACCOS Savings and Credit Cooperative Society AMCOS Agricultural Marketing Co-operative Societies HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome TAD Tran boundary Diseases CWT Chama cha Walimu Tanzania NGOs Non Governmental Organisations FGM Female Genital Mutilation RAS Regional Administrative Secretary PMO-RALG Prime Minister’s Office Regional Administration and Local Government NECTA National Education Council of Tanzania MOEVT Ministry of Education and Vocational training DEO District Education Officer COBET Community Based Education ICBAE Integrated Community Based Adult Education UMITASHUMTA Mashindano ya Umoja wa Michezo na Taaluma kwa Shule za Msingi Tanzania SHIMISEMITA Shirikisho la Michezo la Serikali za Mitaa Tanzania MVC Most Vulnerable Children PLHIV People Living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection DCDO District Community Development Officer SWO Social Welfare Officer SWOC Strength Weakness Opportunities and Challenges LAAM Local Authorities Accounting Manual LAFM Local Authorities Financial Memorandum LLG Lower Level Grants WTO World Trade Organization TRA Tanzania Revenue Authority ICTR Information Communication Technologies and Relation TTCL Tanzania Telecommunication Company Limited HF Health Facilities FBO Faith Based Organisations PPP Private Public Partnership FDI Foreign Direct Investment SEZ Special Economic Zone SDG Sustainable Development Goals FFYDP First Five Years Development Plan ii BRN Big Result Now LDDC Least Developed Developing Country status NSGRP National Growth and Reduction of Poverty OGP Open Government Partnership MDA Departments and Agencies SME Small and Medium Enterprise MDG Millennium Development Goals UN United Nations iii TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY................................................................................................................................ i LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYM................................................................................................ ii Statement of the District Council Chairman.................................................................................................viii Statement of the District Council’s Director .................................................................................................. ix CHAPTER ONE ............................................................................................................................................1 BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS..............................................1 1.1 Background Information...........................................................................................................................1 1.2 Location and boundaries .........................................................................................................................1 1.3 Land Area and Land Use Pattern ............................................................................................................1 1.4 Administrative Units.................................................................................................................................2 1.5 Population Size, Growth and Ethnic Groups............................................................................................2 1.5.1 Population Size and Growth .................................................................................................................2 1.5.2 Ethnic Groups.......................................................................................................................................3 1.6 Agro Ecological Zone, Climate and Major Crops .....................................................................................3 1.6.1 The Highland Zone ...............................................................................................................................3 1.6.2 The Lowland Zone................................................................................................................................4 1.7 Approach and Strategic Planning Process ..............................................................................................4 1.9 Data Sources and Analysis......................................................................................................................5 1.9. Sources of Data......................................................................................................................................5 1.9.1 Primary Data........................................................................................................................................5 1.9.2 Secondary Data....................................................................................................................................5 1.10 Data Analysis.........................................................................................................................................5 CHAPTER TWO............................................................................................................................................6 SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE DISTRICT............................................................................................6 2.1 Introduction..............................................................................................................................................6 2.2 The Psychotherapy of Internal Environment............................................................................................6 2.2.1 Agriculture, Irrigation and Cooperatives................................................................................................6 2.2.2 Land and Natural Resources ..............................................................................................................12 2.2.3 Water..................................................................................................................................................19