Embed Size px x x x x Among other things, the development of towns trade and industry is found at a very infant stage. Obviously known, which Nekemte is, aged more than a century and relatively largest town. This compiled profile is so expected to provide information about the towns physical setting and its socio-economic conditions that lay a base for governmental and non-governmental. According to the interview made for local elders, historically the name Nekemte was derived from the name of a person residing at todays King Kumsa Moroda Palace Bakkanisa Qase one of the present sub town of Nekemte hamlet.
He died without child. Others say, Nekemte was originated from Afan Oromo Oromo Language to mean in row or arrayed in line indicating houses built and shops opened in line along with road side.
The Municipality of Nekemte town was established in after 7 years of Fascist Italian. A towns altitude ranges from to m. The towns population grew by three fold in the period of three decades in and in one of the major explaining factors being increased influx of the. The remaining balance is mainly contributed to by followers of Islam.
Home Documents Nekemte Town Ethiopia. Post on Jan views. Category: Documents 22 download. Introduction Nekemte Town is one of the old towns in the country, established in the mid 19th century. However, it is highly under developed as a function of low attention was given to its development by successive regimes. Nekemte town is characterized by mutually contributing socio-economic problems. Obviously known, which Nekemte is, aged more than a century and relatively largest town among the Western Oromia Regional State.
However, despite the age and geographical convenience, owing to different constraints relate to limited socio economic infrastructure, lack of managerial and technical skill and misadministration of last regimes dwindled or dwarfed the development of Nekemte Nekemte Urban Local Government NULG , administration of self rule by the city was incorporated among the 20 selected cities in Oromia Regional State and reformed in E. C in accordance with the proclamation No. The objective of the reform was to tackle the imbalance of life condition lack of infrastructural services in the urban due to increasing rural-urban influx, shortage of residence, unemployment, aggravated poverty and its consequence such as crime, ill health that emanated from lack of sanitation, environmental pollution in the settlement of urban dwellers.
