Title: E-local governance: a case study of financial management system implementation in two municipal councils in Kenya

Authors: Timothy Mwololo Waema

Addresses: School of Computing and Informatics, University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 30197, 00100, Nairobi, Kenya

Abstract: There is very little concrete empirical evidence of the effects of ICT on governance and how these effects should be evaluated. This paper is based on an e-governance outcome evaluation framework that draws on the existing literature on e-government, good governance and results-based management. Data was collected through surveys, key informant interviews, focus group discussions and review of relevant documents. Data was analysed using both qualitative and quantitative methods. The results show that the integrated financial management system implementation had modest improvements on good governance, albeit very little effect on participation. The paper ends by giving some conclusions and recommendations.

Keywords: e-governance; e-government; ICT; governance; monitoring; evaluation; financial management systems; outcomes; outputs; outcome indicators; output indicators; local governance; local government; electronic governance; electronic government; municipal councils; Kenya.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEG.2009.024964

International Journal of Electronic Governance, 2009 Vol.2 No.1, pp.55 - 73

Accepted: 30 Jan 2009
Published online: 05 May 2009 *

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