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An analysis into the effectiveness of financial controls under decentralization in sironko district, Uganda
(Islamic university in uganda, 2007-10) Wotunya, Peter
This study was carried out after the realization of the fact that in spite of all the regulations and institutions put in place to manage and control resources, many complaints arise and reports of impropriety are evidently made. The study was therefore conceived and carried out along objectives such as: establishing the financial resources that are available to local governments, analysing the appropriateness of the financial controls in terms of their functions, establishing the level 'of compliance to financial controls, analysing the weaknesses in financial controls and improvements for better control. Using a cross sectional descriptive survey design, with a triangulation of data collection methods, and from a sample of 100 participants, data was collected. It was then organized presented and analysed through simple descriptive statistics, especially frequencies and percentages.
Availability of Specialists in Hospitals and the Health Care Delivery System in Uganda
(Asian Management Research Journal, 2017) Mpaata, Kaziba Abdul; Bumali, Lubogoyi..; Okiria, John Charles..
The purpose of this study was to empirically document the significance of hospital specialists to health care service delivery using Iganga General Hospital in Uganda. The objectives are to determine the relationship between the availability of specialists who provide technical advice in the following area. For instance, areas of (i) child health care; (ii) maternal health care; (iii) STI/HIV/AIDS services; (iv) tuberculosis services; and (v) outpatient curative services and quality service delivery in the hospital. To establish the relationship between the availability of specialists who provide services in the areas of drug and equipment dispensing, supervision. And further, hospital infrastructure management; and (iv) capacity to train and develop others and quality service delivery in the hospital; and (3) assess the overall effect of the availability of hospital specialists on the quality of service delivery in the above-identified sections of the Hospital. Results revealed that there is a significant relationship between the availability of specialists in providing technical advice in the following five areas. Significant associations were registered between availability of specialists in the three areas, and multiple regression revealed that it is the only specialist capacity to train and develop others that significantly influences the service delivery process in the hospital. It was concluded that specialists availability significantly influences quality service delivery hence the need for government to ensure that specialists are availed and directed to perform as expected.
Challenges and Barriers to the Health Service Delivery System in Uganda
(IOSR Journal of Nursing and Health Science (IOSR-JNHS), 2016-04) Nabukeera, M. Sebyala
This paper summarizes the barriers of the health service delivery system in Uganda including but not limited to policy matters, medical staff, transport, distance and referral mechanism, drugs and medical facilities, costs and financing of services, corruption and bribery, culture and attitudes.;the manuscript summarizes with future recommendations to government of Uganda in terms of improving the referral mechanism, encourage community financing health schemes, adopt collaborative practices, conceptualize and implementation of the Alma-Ata-Declaration of 1978, recognize the importance of informal providers of healthcare to the poor, sensitization of health workers on infection control and post exposure prophylaxis, government should develop strategies to enhance public hospital management and awareness of threats related with expiry medicines.
Communication and Employee Performance at the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development (MLHUD) Uganda
(Islamic University Multidiscilpinary Journal, 2018-12) Nabukeera, M. Sebyala; Bwengye, Micheal; Akankwasa, Jacquelin
This study sought to examine the effect of effective communication on employee performance in Ministry of Lands, Housing, and Urban Development. The objective of this research was to determine the impact of effective communication on employees’ performance in Ministry of Lands, Housing, and Urban Development. The study adopted a descriptive survey design on a target population of 208 staffs of Ministry of Lands, Housing, and Urban Development out of which a sample of 194 was drawn using stratified random sampling techniques. Data was collected from 194 employees by means of a questionnaire supplemented with interviews, descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze data under Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) to examine the effects of the variables i.e. effective communication and employee performance. The study results showed that first, organizational and job characteristics have a positive and statistically significant relationship with effective communication by the correlation coefficient of 0.667 with p-value of 0.000. Secondly, organizational and job characteristics have a positive and statistically significant relationship with employee performance as showed by the correlation coefficient of 0.596 with p-value of 0.000. Also, it indicated that there is a significant and positive impact of the predictors on the response variable with an adjusted R2 of 54%. The recommendations given for this study therefore, are that on top of face-to-face communication channel, Ministry should also to improve on the use of email/internet communication as well as emphasizing open and candid communication to ensure effective communication for better organizational performance
Correlates of Outpatient Health Care Services in an Upcountry Referral Hospital in Uganda: Management Revival Strategies
(International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), 2017) Mpaata, Kaziba Abdul; Lubogoyi, B.; Okiria, J C.
Abstract: The study investigated the correlates of outpatient health care service at Iganga referral hospital using data that was initially collected on resource availability and patient care in the hospital. The objective was to establish the variables that correlate with outpatient health care services offered in the different units and departments of the hospital. The results indicate that the significant correlations of outpatient health care services at the hospital with; (1) child health services (r = .466**, p < 0.0001); (2) maternal health services (r = .420**, p < 0.0001); (3) STI/HIV/AIDS services (r = .304**, p < 0.010); (4) tuberculosis services (r = . 510**, p < 0.0001); (5) equipment, drugs and facilities (r = .422**, p < 0.0001); (6) adequate supervision (r = .459**, p < 0.0001); (7) infrastructure (r = .463**, p < 0.0001); (8) staff training and development (r = .283*, p < 0.017); (9) sanitation facilities (r = .317**, p < 0.007). In addition, the regression results indicate that there is one significant determinant of outpatient health care services which is patient care and attention (β = .426, T = 3.107, P < 0.003). Based on these results, it was recommended that referral hospitals in Uganda should be well managed and funded to offer regular treatment to outpatients and ensure as investigated, that doctors and drugs are readily available to patients who seek services from the hospital. Similarly, it is critical for hospital management to ensure adequate supervision, quality sanitation facilities, enough physical infrastructures and have training and development for significant outpatient health care services.
The COVID –19 Pandemic effect on Agriculture and Food Security in Uganda
(Islamic University Journal of Social Sciences, 2022-08-22) Nabukeera, Madinah
Agriculture is one of the drivers of economic development since Uganda is predominately an agricultural economy and being less developed, its key to transform agriculture in order to achieve economic growth. The growth in COVID-19 cases led to limited movement from one place to another due to the stringent measures put in place to deter the further spread of the virus and this in turn could have affected agricultural activities and food security in the country due to high costs of food distribution and access to inputs. The purpose of the study was to investigate how COVID-19 pandemic has affected agriculture and food security in Uganda. The study used a descriptive design with only quantitative approaches and the data used in this study was extracted from Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS). The analysis involved running Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), pairwise correlation matrix and descriptive analysis. Results indicated that there was asignificant mean difference between prices of rice, sugar, milk and eggs from March to June during the COVID-19 (P-value< 0.05), the actual percentage mean difference between prices of agricultural products during COVID period at 5% level, it also discovered that between March and June, price of rice recorded the highest increase with an average of 4.8%, followed by that of eggs (3.5%), Sugar (3.4%) while price of milk recorded an average decline of negative 6.1% during COVID period. Results further exposed that transportation costs had a negative and insignificant relationship with the prices of agricultural products during the COVID period (r=-0.734, P-value>0.05). It is observed that after the outbreak of COVID-19, the transportation cost declined exponentially to negative 0.6%, 0.7%, and 0.4 in March, April, and May respectively which was far below the transportation costs recorded in 2019 and the price of rice persistently increased from 0.3% to 8% respectively due to its increased household demand during the lockdown. Therefore, it is concluded that since the prices of core agricultural food stuffs increased during the COVID-19 period, this affected the availability of food in homes, thus reduced on food security
COVID-19 and online educationduring emergencies in higher education
(Archives of Business Review, 2020-08-25) Nabukeera, M. Sebyala
Higher education faced unplanned, unwanted, un experienced, tense test in online learning with Novel Covid-19 pandemic. For all the stakeholders participating in this type of training from lecturers, students and support ICT staff its unwelcome but the university systems were stuck on how they have to go through to ensure that they end Semester II academic year 2019/20. Early January 2020, the outbreak of the Covid-19 caused Ugandan universities to close the physical campuses following a presidential directive. On 20thMarch 2020, from lower primary, secondary education to universities. This forced university administration to instruct teaching staff to teach all courses on-line apart from practical courses that need laboratory training. This paper focused on instructional strategies in Uganda and focuses on a case of Islamic University in Uganda Females’ Campus (IUIUFC). Fifteen specific instructional strategies are presented to summarize current online teaching experiences for university instructors who might conduct online education in similar circumstances. The study concluded with 15 high impact principles for online education.
The Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic and theHealth Sector in Uganda
(Quest Journals, 2021-01-10) Nabukeera, M. Sebyala
The cases of Coronavirus disease are on the raise in Uganda, to make matters worse there is increased community transmission of the COVID-19this increases the spread of the disease since there is carelessness within community members in reference to implementation of standard operating procedures.This paper aimed at investing the experiences during COVID-19 in the health sector in Uganda. Specifically,how Uganda health sector managed COVID 19pandemic, the lessons learnt from COVID-19, challenges encountered in the health sector during COVID -19and the impact of COVID 19 on the health sector and way forward. The study used secondary data mainly newspapers to answer the objectives of the study.Findings indicate that Government adhered to WHO guidelines, Ministry of Health designed Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), designated health centers for handling COVID-19patients, quarantine centers, government turned to private hospitals to support in the treatment of coronavirus patients, continued updates from WHO, a taskforce on COVID-19, lockdown of the entire country, quarantines, NGOs in health supported Training of Trainers (TOTs), rapidly mobilized the external and domestic resources to finance the response to COVID -19.
The crime of arson in Organisations and its strategic implications for education managers in Uganda
(African Higher Education Research Online, 2008) Mpaata, Kaziba Abdul
The prevalence of arson in different settings both in developed and developing countries is explored in this article. While this crime has different dimensions in terms of motive and consequences as it is discussed, there is an extremely urgent need for Education Managers in Uganda to have practical strategies that can mitigate this vice. It is therefore concluded by suggesting some of them so as to save life and property in schools.
The curse of financial decentralization to the upcountry districts in Uganda
(International Journal of Development Research, 2018) Mpaata, Kaziba Abdul; Bumali, Lubogoyi
The study identified the variables in the financial decentralization policy that have been neglected so as to render local government service delivery a nightmare in Uganda using the upcountry district of Mbale. The population comprised Mbale Municipality administration covering employees in the office of the town clerk, finance department, health department, education department, engineering and works department and internal audit department. The specific objectives were; (1) to establish the relationship between various aspects of financial reporting and accounting and service delivery under the current decentralization; (2) to examine the relationship between the existing planning and budgeting practices and service delivery; and (3) to analyze the relationship between management of funds and service delivery. Results of the study confirm a positive and significant relationship between financial reporting, and accounting practices and the expected service delivery under the current decentralization [r = .832**, p < 0.0001]; (2) there is a positive and significant relationship between the existing planning and budgeting practices and service delivery [r = .752**, p < 0.0001]; and (3) there is a positive and significant relationship between financial management and service delivery [r = .911**, p < 0.0001]. It was concluded that financial reporting, accounting, planning and meaningful budgeting in the management of funds are key service delivery correlates that local governments must adhere to in order to ameliorate and reverse the trend that is leading financial decentralization to be a curse. It was recommended therefore that the central government should have a strategy to see distant things like local governments that are in the rural setting as if they were close and to take a distant view of close things like municipalities within and around the Capital City.
Determinants of Quality of Patients Care in Public Hospitals in Uganda: Requirements for Organizational Effectiveness Clients’ Perspective
(International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), 2017) Mpaata, Kaziba Abdul; Lubogoyi,; Okiria, J. C
Abstract: This study provides empirical evidence on the determinants of patient care services in a referral hospital in Uganda. It focuses on Iganga Regional Hospital. The objectives were; (1) to determine the influence of eleven independent variables on patient care; (2) to establish the relationship between patient care and the eleven variables in the study. Results show that patient care significantly depends on maternal health services [β = .248, t = 2.251, p < 0.028] and outpatient curative services [β = .330, t = 3.107, p < 0.003]. In addition, the F ratios support the finding that all the variables differently and significant determine patient care. It was therefore concluded that in order for referral hospitals to regain their glory and win back the hearts of the service users, there is need to ensure that their services that are offered in child health care, STI/HIV/AIDS, and tuberculosis are improved with adequate physical infrastructure, sanitation facilities as well as equipments, drugs and facilities to fit the expectations of patients so as to realize organizational effectiveness in the health sector.
Division Solid Waste Generation and Composition in Kampala Capital City Authority, Uganda
(IOSR Journal of Environmental Science, Toxicology and Food Technology (IOSR-JESTFT), 2014-10) Nabukeera, M. Sebyala; Boerhannoeddin, Ali; Noriza, Raja
Recognition of waste generation trends and composition is a significant phase towards planning, policy making, budget allocation, management and improving the state of solid waste for any particular country. The objective of this paper therefore was to discover the generation of waste by the five divisions of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) and private sector as a quick fix to guide policy makers to make informed decisions in proper management of waste in Kampala. In this paper, a qualitative method was used mainly observation and a few available documents. The researcher and research assistants recorded every refuse truck that off loaded at Kitezi Sanitary Landfill 24 hours a day for a period of one financial year (from July 2012-June 2013). The aim was to determine the number of tonnes per vehicle since the weigh bridge was nonfunctional. The waste tonnage was determined on the basis of the weigh bridge’s archived information and with this information, the total waste produced by each division (daily, weekly and monthly) was quantified. Results indicate that KCCA, a government representative body entrusted to manage Kampala, collects the biggest percentage of waste (64.36%) generated compared to private sector (35.64%), Furthermore, Central Division generates the highest tonnage of waste (64.171 tonnes) per year compared to other Divisions. In conclusion we propose that government allocates funds according to percentage generation of waste and on this basis, KCCA needs to place emphasis on reducing waste generation by encouraging sustainable reuse and recycling as well as addressing key success factors that include expertise, awareness of the public, strengthening partnerships to pool resources and promoting advanced technology
The Effect of Administrative Controls on Fraud Detection and Prevention in Barclays Bank Uganda
(International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), 2017) Mpaata, Kaziba Abdul; Lubogoyi, Bumali; Okiria, J C.
The study investigated the effect of administrative controls on fraud detection and prevention in Barclays Bank Uganda. The objectives of the study were; (1) to establish the relationship between administrative professional practice and fraud detection and prevention in the bank; (2) to establish the relationship between administrative deterrence measures and fraud detection and prevention in the bank; and (3) to determine the effect of utilizing administrative detection tools and methods to prevent fraud. The study used both descriptive and inferential statistics to achieve the above objectives. Results revealed that; (1) there is a significant and positive correlation between; administrative professional practice and fraud detection and prevention in the bank (r = .843, p<0.0001); administrative deterrence measures and fraud detection and prevention (r = .969, p<0.0001); and utilizing administrative detection tools and fraud detection and prevention (r = .992, p<0.0001). Given the findings, it was suggested that Barclays Bank should strengthen its administrative controls and ensure that systems are in place to detect and/ or a dministrative prevent problems that lead to losses thereby limiting damage to the bank operations. These included; professionalism in organizing work and controlling workers as well as having deterrent measures and technological tools that can help in the internal control function.
EFFECT OF COVID –19ON MOBILE MONEY IN UGANDA
(Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences,Islamic University in Uganda, 2022-08-22) Nabukeera, Madinah
During the outbreak of COVID-19 in March 2020 in Uganda, government came up with tough measures to restrain the continuous spread of the Virus in the country. Among the measures put in place included total lockdown where most of the people were limited from moving from one place to another. As a result of the total lockdown, many people could not access their banks/ATM machines to withdraw money to meet their demands at home and were only left with Mobile money transactions. During the period of COVID-19, 15 transactions per month were made by every active mobile money account. Among the transactions made included mobile money-bank transfers, mobile money deposits, and merchant payments among others. Thus, this paper analyzes how the outbreak of COVID-19 affected Mobile money performance by comparing the period before and after the outbreak of COVID-19 in Uganda. A descriptive survey design was used in this study to examine how COVID-19 affected the performance of Mobile money in Uganda. This design concentrated on only quantitative approaches. The study focused only on secondary data which was obtained from Bank of Uganda from October 2019 to September 2020. The findings reveal that mobile money number of transactions had a positive insignificant effect on the value of transactions before COVID-19 period in Uganda (B coeff=18.73, P-value>0.05). However, since the effect was not significant, this implies that before the outbreak of COVID-19 (Oct 2019-Feb 2020), the growth in MM number of transactions had no influence on the value of MM transactions. The study recommended the telecommunication companies should lower the cost of their services like cost of MBs and voice bundles during the period when government imposes lockdown. This is based on the fact that most people were using mobile phones and internet to conduct their businesses and communicate with others during COVID-19
The Effect Of Covid-19 Pandemic On Economic Growth Of Uganda
(Islamic University Journal of Social Sciences, 2022-08-21) Nabukeera, Madinah
As of September, 2020 Uganda had registered 5,380 cases of COVID-19 with 60 fatalities. The number of deaths is presently low compared to other countries in the world. This is attributed to the government measures to lessen the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic like countrywide curfew, sports club and bar closure, closing the airport, school closure at all levels of education in country this controlled the spread of the pandemic. With numerousCovid-19 associated deaths reported so far, fairly high numbers of confirmed cases and a high rate of recovery, Uganda’s tightly-controlled response to the Covid-19 pandemic looks to have had more helpful results than its neighbours. Nevertheless, while the strategies have thrived in containing the pandemic so far, they have also triggered numerous damages to the economy. This is expected to affect most the deprived and most helpless groups of society. As a consequence, the economic results of Covid-19 are expected to seriously overshadow the encouraging efforts in health sector in Uganda.
The Effect Of Covid-19 Pandemic On Tourism Sector In Uganda
(Islamic University Journal of Social Sciences, 2022-08-21) Nabukeera, Madinah
This paper assesses the existing debate concerning the likely effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on tourism sector in Uganda. The paper offers a reflection and recommendations on what the future might hold for the industry when it recommences. A combination of descriptive design with quantitative approaches and online resources were used to investigate the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on tourism and provided a commentary. The paper draws from relevant research-based emphasis on the relevant standing of tourism industry in Uganda. The findings indicated that the average number of tourist arrivals in 2020 were far below the arrivals recorded in 2018, hotels made losses in accommodation cancellations between March and April 2020 and Uganda was expected to record a significant loss in the tourism revenue averaging to 71.6% from different tourism areas in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. The paper suggests a synthesis of assessments that nurtures understanding of the prospect damage on tourism industry on the economy. The idea offered in this manuscript delivers the possibility for a quick assessment of the existing status of the tourism industry, its effectsaccommodation, visitors and revenue during COVID-19 period
The Effect of Customer Service on the Client Perceived Performance of Barclays Bank Uganda
(International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), 2017) Mpaata, Kaziba Abdul; Lubogoyi, Bumali.; Okiria, John Charles
The study examined the effect of customer service on the perceived performance of Barclays Bank Jinja Uganda. It was guided by the following objectives; (1) to establish the relationship between a sustainable customer service culture and the perceived performance of Barclays Bank Uganda; (2) to determine the effect of applied banking technology on the perceived bank performance; (3) to determine the relationship between customer service relations and the perceived bank performance; and (4) to determine the moderating effect of demographic variables of age of the respondent, gender, and education on the perceived performance of the Bank. A sample comprised 58 respondents who had bank accounts and used the bank services on a routine basis. Correlation results reveal that; (1) there is a strong relationship between sustainable customer service and the perceived performance of the bank (.425**, p<0.001) and the regression results support this relationship (β = .397, t = 3.170, p<0.003); (2) there was a significant effect of applied banking technology on the perceived bank performance (β = .501, t = 4.436, p<0.001); (3) on the contrary, it is also revealed that there is a negative and insignificant relationship between customer service relations and perceived bank performance (r = .202, p > .128). Concerning the moderating effect of the demographic variables, only age moderated the effect of customer service on the perceived bank performance. It was concluded therefore that while Barclays Bank has maintained its competitive edge in customer service, it has significantly improve on its relationship service marketing strategies in order to preserve its core competence of an international outlook already created.
The Effect of Internal Audit Department Function on the Performance ofthe Internal Control System ofa Public Hospital in Uganda
(International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), 2017) Mpaata, Kaziba Abdul; Lubogoyi, Bumali; Okiria, John C
This study set out to examine the effect of the internal audit department function on the performance of the internal control system in a not-profit making hospital. It focuses on Mengo Hospital in Uganda. The research was based on the premise that the hospital sector in Uganda has witnessed modest growth over the last decade with numerous financial challenges that culminated into a significant decline in service delivery. One strategy that can work to ameliorate the situation is having in place a system of internal controls that this study examines. A survey questionnaire approach was used for data collection from the different departments of the hospital. The study reveals that internal audit function has significant influence on the performance of the internal control system in public hospitals through the following; (1) management and reporting of financial information (β = .648, t = 7.508, p <0.001); (2) compliance with hospital laws and regulations (β = .311, t = 2.894, p <0.005); (3) adhering to accounting procedures (β = .600, t = 6.626, p <0.001); and (4) hospital professional finance management practice (β = .567, t = 6.072, p <0.001). It was concluded therefore that for public hospitals that are not- for profit, there is an urgent need for the governing bodies and top management to ensure that the internal audit function is not only independent as a department but also that such a department is empowered to monitor, verify and control the use of funds so that all the other departments are able to sagaciously carryout their responsibilities and obligations so as to influence the general service delivery and fulfil the mission that is geared towards patient care.
EFFECTS OF COVID – 19 ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE IN UGANDA
(Islamic University Multidisciplinary Journal (IUMJ), THEMES IN SOCIAL SCIENCES, 2021-12-14) Nabukeera, Madinah
To fight the continuous spread of the Corona Virus in Uganda, many measures were put in place by the government which involved total lockdown where movements of people were restrained, businesses were closed, schools and institutions of learning were closed among others. The lockdown significantly disrupted the systems of the local government especially service delivery and revenue mobilization which consequently affected the development, health, and people’s livelihoods. Therefore, this paper makes a critical analysis on how COVID-19 has affected the local government revenue and expenditure in Uganda. The design used in this study was descriptive in nature and utilized only quantitative approaches. The study used secondary data obtained from published research by UN and Government of Uganda. An independent sample t-test was employed to assess whether there was a significant difference between variables. There was a significant difference between Local government annual per capita OSR during planned and during COVID-19 period in different regions in Uganda (UGX) as indicated by a p-value (0.0001) which is less than 0.05 level of significance. The study concludes that the outbreak of COVID-19 affected the LG revenue mobilization and expenditure in Uganda. The study recommended that there is need for emergency measures by the government to ensure that local governments economically recover from the recession. This may help to increase on revenue collection to cater for the expenditure needs in the districts.
Experiences, associated capabilities and responsibilities of Landfill Management in Kampala Capital City authority Uganda
(Journal of Environmental Science, Toxicology and Food Technology (IOSR-JESTFT), 2015-10) Nabukeera, M. Sebyala; Noriza, Raja; Boerhannoeddin, Ali
Landfills are common dumping places for garbage in many poor and developing countries.Even thought they are associated to environment risks, they remain the preffered means of waste due to their economic factor. Semi structured interviews were conducted with 19 employees of Kitezi landfill between June and November 2013 and they shared their lived experiences of the landfill daily tasks, sustainability ,achievements,mainteanance of infrastructure, control, treatment and monitoring of leachate, quality control, achievements of landfill under KCCA ,continued challenges and recommendations. Results show relatively high pH, Total Dissolved Solids (TDS), Conductivity and extremely low Oxidation-Reduction Potentials (ORP) for Leachate and its path through Bitarabeho’s Farm.Though proud of their contribution for a period of over 10 years, , they were concerned about their long term health outcome.The lived experiences provided rich insights into the experiences of landfill management and exposed the pending challenges for poor developing country like Uganda.

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