Abstract:
The main objective of this study was to evaluate of land use planning and implementation in
Jimma City Administration, Oromia National Regional State, and Southwest Ethiopia. To
achieve the intended objective of the study, the descriptive survey research method was used with
quantitative and qualitative data-collecting approaches. The quantitative data collecting
approach was used to collect data through questionnaire from 192 sample respondents and the
qualitative data collecting approach was used to collect data through interviews with 20
interviewees, field observation, and document reviews. The collected quantitative data were
analyzed in descriptive statistics like frequencies, percentages, mean and standard deviation.
Frequencies and percentages were used to analyze the distributions of responses for each item of
choice. Mean was used to analyze the average of the distributions of responses and standard
deviation was used to analyze the distributions of responses around the mean to the sample.
Based on the analysis made of the study; conclusions were made and the findings of the study
were identified. Therefore, the data obtained from the study explains that prepared land use
plans were ineffective and below standards. In addition to these the status of respondent’s
awareness on land use plan implementation in Jimma City Administration is medium. Since the
mean score results of the study ranged between 2.34 and 3.67 which implies medium as lekert
scale. There is a factor that affects the effectiveness of the plan preparation. These factors were
inadequate manpower, shortage of planning tools and capacity difficulties. On the other hand
the prepared land uses were not well implemented. The challenges to land use plan
implementation in Jimma City Administration were plan violation, inadequate capacity and lack
of commitment, poor land data management, informal settlement, boundary disagreement with
rural kebele. Finally, based on the above findings, the researcher has forwarded the following
recommendations: providing capacity building, enhancing public participation, providing
preparation tools and so on could be the possible solutions
