3.9   Decentralization   The   Draft   Comprehensive   Decentralization   Policy   which   is   the   policy   framework   to   deepen   political,  administrative  and  fiscal  decentralization  is  being  discussed  by  Cabinet.   Political  decentralization   The   issue   of   election   of   Metropolitan,   Municipal   and   District   Chief   Executives   is   still   part   of   public   discourse.   Respondents   (45.2   percent)   were   of   the   opinion   that   the   Chief   Executives   were  still  the  most  powerful  personalities  at  the  District  level  under  the  decentralization  system   (Figure  8).     The  majority  (73.8  percent)  of  Respondents  knew  who  their  Chief  Executive  was,  an  indication   that  DCEs  are  in  close  contact  with  the  populace  (Figure  9).   32