There is a w idespread belief that one of the critical and recurring shortcomings of the post-1991rnpolicymaking pr ocesses happens t o b e t his imbalance between po licymaking institutions a ndrnsocietal act ors. The main focus o f t he study was t o u ndertake an a ssessment o n p ublicrnpolicymaking in post-1991 Ethiopia with particular reference to the Urban Land Lease Policy. Arnqualitative r esearch methodology has been followed in t he s tudy. A nd a ca se s tudy d esign hasrnbeen ut ilized. P urposive sampling t echnique has been e mployed t o identify t he p otential studyrnparticipants from t he s tudy’s t arget po pulation. Key informant interview has been u sed a s t hernprimary da ta ga thering t ool. S econdary da ta has been acquired by r eviewing pu blished o rrnunpublished w ritten do cuments including a rchives. F inally, it w as found o ut that the r ulingrnparty’s policy elites have been the most common actors in the policymaking process. The naturernof r elationship a mong t he po licy makers a nd po licy r eceivers w ithin t he po licymaking systemrnhas been unbalanced. This is specifically true in the case of the Urban Land Lease Policy where arncommittee es tablished b y t he M UDC has been the f oremost ac tor i n t he p olicy formulationrnprocess