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Factors that undermined the local Government in the colonial period

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Factors that undermined the local Government in the colonial period
a) Shortage of trained personnel to work in the LNCs.
b) Poor transport and communication leading to poor coordination of their activities.
c) Lack of adequate revenue to finance their operations as the colony lacked strategic mineral resources.
d) There was a lot of rivalry between the settlers and the locals, later becoming the freedom struggles. This hampered the operations of the councils.
e) Racial discrimination was so pronounced that basic services were absent in African areas.