• Build human and institutional capacity  in the Local Governments for efficient service delivery to the population.
  • Ensure that Local Governments comply with the statutory requirements and adhere to national policies and standards.
  • Ensure that Local Governments are transparent and accountable to the people in the use of public resources so that development takes place.
  • Facilitate the implementation of the decentralisation policy and enhancing democratic governance in the country through developing and reviewing systems, structures, statutory instruments and guidelines on local governance.
  • Promote Local Economic Development (LED) as the sixth pillar of decentralisation, in support of wealth creation at the household level, with the view of raising taxable incomes and reducing dependency.