Street Level Bureaucrats and the Implementation of Kilimo Kwanza Initiative: The Case of Bagamoyo District, Coastal Region, Tanzania

Abstract

This study explored the implementation of Kilimo Kwanza initiative by street-level bureaucrats in Bagamoyo district in the Coastal region of Tanzania. Primary and secondary data was used to provide important information that informed the findings of the study. Results indicate that Kilimo Kwanza initiative faced a number of challenges symptomatic of other policy initiatives that were implemented in Tanzania such as limited resources at the lower levels, mismatch of expectations between official at the central government and lower level officials and lack of clear strategy of implementation that was shared between policy makers and implementers. The study sees the importance of bringing to the fore the role of frontline officials in the implementation of future policies in order to avoid similar shortcomings in the implementation phase