The Effect of Legislators’ Education Levels on Constituency Service: A Case Study of CDF Utilization (2008-2013)

Education levels world over are used as a measure of determining a potential employees job performance abilities. Unfortunately little research has been done to establish the effect of legislators’ education levels on their performance, yet there has been clamor for university education to be used as a pre-requisite for any one running for a representative position. The main purpose of this study was therefore aimed at establishing the effect of legislators’ education levels on their constituency service. The study used CDF as the measure of constituency service and utilized secondary data obtained from parliament and the National Association of Taxpayers. The study findings showed that the legislators’ levels of education didn’t have effect on their constituency service as far as CDF utilization ranking is concerned. In the first and second phase of ranking the legislators who didn’t have a bachelor’s degree were ranked better in CDF utilization compared to those who had at least a bachelor’s degree. It’s only in the third and fourth phases of the CDF rankings that those with at least a bachelor’s degree were ranked well than their counterparts without a bachelor’s degree. The study then comes to an end with a number of recommendations and suggestions for further research work to broaden the sphere of knowledge in this scholarly area of research.