Historia

Masasi District Council was first established on 1/3/1958 and was terminated in 1972 when Regional Decentralisation of Government was established.

The reintroduction of the Local Government occurred in the beginning of the 1980s, when therural councils and rural authorities were reestablished. Local Government Elections tookplace in 1983 and the establishment of functioning councils in 1984 under the Local Government Act (District Authorities) of 1982. In 1993 the one-party political system was abandoned and replaced with a multiparty system of government, the first multiparty elections taking place in 1995. Following the liberalization of the political field, was a major public sector reform, which included a Local Government Reform Programme (LGRP). The LGRP covered four areas: political decentralization, financial decentralization, administrative decentralization and changed central local relations, with the mainland government having overriding powers within the framework of the Constitution. This process of local government reform is still ongoing. It aims to promote democratic, accountable and autonomous local government authorities, with wide discretionary powers and a strong financial base implemented by 2011. Masasi District Council was first established on 1/3/1958 and was terminated in 1972 when Regional Decentralisation of Government was established.

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