Ministry of Local Government and Community Development

The Honourable

Desmond McKenzie CD, MP

Minister

The Hon. Desmond Anthony Augustus McKenzie, CD, MP, JP was born on December 1, 1952. He is one of Jamaica’s longest serving career politicians. His political career began in the local government fraternity under the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) as Councillor for the Denham Town Division in 1977 through to 1984 and the Tivoli Gardens […]

The Permanent Secretary

Mrs. Marsha Henry Martin

85 Hagley Park Road

Kingston 10

876-754-0992 [Phone]

876-7540120 [Fax]

[email protected] [Email]

http://www.localgovjamaica.gov.jm/ [Website]

he Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development acts as the agent of local development. This covers the areas of:

Community Development
Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management
Fire Services
Infirmaries
Local Governance
Local Government Amenities (abattoirs, pounds and cemeteries)
Local Government Reform
Local Sustainable Development Planning
Minor Water Supplies and Social Water
Municipal Parks and Beautification
Outdoor Poor Relief Services
Parochial Markets
Parochial Roads
Planning Approvals
Rural Development
Rural Electrification
Rural Water
Solid Waste Management
Street Lighting

Local government reform was added when a Reform Unit was established 1994 guided by a policy paper written a year earlier as well as extensive discussions on the issues over the years.

The responsibility for local development has been linked to other subjects in the past in keeping with the policy position and priority of successive Political Administration.

Government Ministry