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    A Workflow Management System for the Quality Assurance Department At King Ceasor University, Uganda.
    (King Ceasor University, Institutional Repository, 2024-07-24) Ayebare Julius & Anabella E. Habinka.
    Despite the deployment of sophisticated quality assurance mechanisms, dedicated personnel, and significant investments in technological advancements aimed at enhancing the integrity and efficiency of educational processes, the challenge of maintaining high-quality standards in educational institutions persists. This is particularly evident within the Quality Assurance Department at King Ceasor University (KCU), where traditional methods and manual processes continue to hinder the department's ability to effectively manage and assure quality across academic and administrative functions. This study seeks to address the inefficiencies and bottlenecks inherent in the current quality assurance processes at KCU by proposing the implementation of a Workflow Management System (WMS). The envisioned WMS aims to streamline quality assurance procedures, reduce redundancies, and enhance overall effectiveness through the automation of tasks and improved data management. Utilizing a mixed-methods approach, the research employed self-administered questionnaires and interviews with a randomly selected sample of stakeholders, including faculty, administrative staff, and quality assurance personnel. The objective was to gather comprehensive insights into the current challenges and identify potential areas for improvement through the integration of a WMS. The findings reveal a consensus among respondents on the critical need for process optimization within the Quality Assurance Department. Participants identified manual data entry and report generation as significant bottlenecks, Additionally, some of the respondents expressed strong support for the adoption of a WMS, highlighting its potential to enhance efficiency, transparency, and accountability in quality assurance practices. Based on these findings, the study recommends the development and implementation of a comprehensive WMS tailored to the specific needs of KCU’s Quality Assurance Department. Such a system should incorporate features for automated data collection and processing, real-time analytics, task management, and stakeholder feedback integration. Keywords: Quality Assurance, Workflow Management System, Process Optimization, Higher Education, King Ceasor University
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    An Assessment Of The Adoption Of Electronic Procurement Processes In Uganda’s Health Sector: A Case Study Of Mulago National Referral Hospital, Kampala Uganda.
    (King Ceasor University, Institutional Repository, 2024-07-25) Mugisha Andrew Rogers & Tukesiga Godfrey
    Uganda’s Health sector faces the challenge of delivering goods and services to consumers due to procurement constraints. The increased losses in the public procurement processes have been attributed to the low adoption level of e-procurement as the ordinary manual procurement process has been blamed for being time-consuming and has consistently scored low on achievement of value for money and transparency. The study sought to assess the adoption of the electronic procurement process of supplies in the health sector at Mulago Hospital Kampala. The specific objectives of the study were: To investigate the effect of accountability on the procurement process of health care supplies in the public sector, Mulago Hospital, to establish the effect of ICT adoption on the procurement process of health care supplies in the health sector in Mulago Hospital and to establish the effect of operating procedures on procurement process of health care supplies in the health sector- Mulago Hospital. The research design assessed a case study design on internal factors affecting the procurement process of supplies in the health sector. This study design is considered appropriate as it aims to make an in-depth analysis to discover more information and relationships among the variables in the study. The studyarea is Mulago Hospital, Kampala. The target population for the study was 50 respondents consisting of 1 catering officer, 2 nutritionists, 3 procurement officers, 18 nurses, 15 medical doctors, 1 hospital accountant, 1 hospital administrator, and 9 clinical officers of Mulago Hospital. Keywords: E-Procurement; Healthcare Supplies; Accountability
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    ANALYSIS OF THE DEATH PENALTY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS ON THE RIGHT TO LIFE IN UGANDA.
    (King Ceasor University, Institutional Repository, 2024-07-24) AINEMBABAZI SPECIOZA & IVAN K. MUGABI
    The philosophy of the death penalty also known as capital punishment in Uganda can be traced from the development of criminal law in England. Just like other laws, criminal law in Uganda was put in place during the colonial period with the reception clause of 1902. During the government of Amin, the death penalty as a form of capital punishment was given for offenses like overcharging, hoarding, smuggling, corruption, fraud, and illegal currency sales. This led to many people being executed and these killings also left many psychologically traumatized, abandoned, lonely, and insecure, and others having a permanent sense of fear. Between the periods of 1980- 85 Milton Obote. Differences and a clash of parties mainly UPC and DP led to the arbitral killings of the time resulting in too many people losing their lives. Under the National Resistance Movement (NRM) government, the death penalty as a capital punishment was killed. During this period there were a lot of extrajudicial executions by the military. Men who kill innocent people and the state at that time didn’t exert enough to protect these people that were innocently executed. On 20th April 1999, 28 prisoners were on death row, in 2009 they were 637 on death row, in 2006 566 in mates on death row as per the Uganda Prisons Spokesman at the Luzira prisons This shows that there was a violation of rights as per Article 22(1) of the constitution which provides that " no person shall be deprived of life intentionally except in execution of a sentence passed on a fair trial by a court. In Uganda, the 1995 Constitution of Uganda and the penal code still provide for the death penalty as a punishment. This calls for the total abolition of the death penalty because it violates the fundamental right to life meaning that even the state has no right to take the life of a person.
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    Assessment Of Factors Influencing The Failures Of Small And Medium Sized Businesses In Uganda: A Case Study Of Kisoro District
    (King Ceasor University, Institutional Repository, 2024-07-25) Niyoringiye Julius & Wemesa Richard
    Small and medium-sized businesses in Uganda face tremendous challenges to success. Their growth is comparably lower than in other developing countries in Africa, and even large firms in Uganda barely represent dynamism in the economy or market competition between them (Hernandez, Lothrop, Loyola, Blackman, Stephan, Molini, Kochanova & Sullivan, 2013). Such challenges consequently result in a high number of businesses failing, with a very small contribution to the economy. This fact is supported by the Ugandan Ministry of Economy statistics of tax revenue, which reveal that the small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) only contributed 5% to the total Gross Domestic Profit (GDP) in 2011. Over the years, the Ugandan government has been committed to its responsibility to implement programs to encourage, support, and promote SMEs. Nevertheless, the government continued to implement other measures in support of entrepreneurial development. One noteworthy measure is the inclusion of entrepreneurship as part of an ongoing secondary school curriculum reform. Although this is a great effort, Uganda ranks between the first and fifth country with the highest rate of business failure in the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) reports, since its first inclusion in GEM studies in 2008, until the last research conducted in 2014. Data indicate that in 2008 Uganda had the highest rate of business failure (23.4%) amongst countries participating in GEM for that year (Bosma et al., 2009), and in 2013, out of 70 countries Uganda was the second economy with the highest rate of business failure (24.1%), compared with the South African rate of 4.9%, Ghana 8.3% and Nigeria 7.9%, scoring considerably .however, some factors should concern all Ugandans because of the detrimental effects of business failures to the economy and society in general. Despite the above problems, the Ugandan economy in general witnessed very high growth rates (Herrington, 2014). Thus far, the country continues to face massive developmental challenges which include a diversifying economy, unemployment, and inequality in the living conditions of the population to a large extent The foregoing sub-optimal performance can be partly attributed to Uganda's poor management of the implemented policies and the lack of in-depth understanding of the overall factors about the failure of businesses in the country. Da Rocha (2011) and Herrington (2014) attribute the high rate of business failure to Uganda's failure to sustain the entrepreneurial environment for proper entrepreneurship development. Venter et al. (2008) argue that a favorable entrepreneurial environment to increase and encourage viable entrepreneurship activities in an economy should include: proper physical and commercial infrastructure, favorable socio-economic conditions, simplified business rules and regulations, an education and training program, institutional support, and political stability. Small business failure has resulted in unemployment, poverty, non-diversification and poor development of the economy, low contribution to GDP, wastage of resources, and financial detriment to entrepreneurs and lenders.
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    Effect Of Revenue Management Practices On Service Delivery In Local Governments Of Uganda. A Case Study Of Kisoro District Local Government.
    (King Ceasor University, Institutional Repository, 2024-07-24) Twizere Francis & Stella Auno Hope
    This study aimed to provide a comprehensive analysis of the effect of revenue management practices on service delivery in Kisoro District Local Government, South Western Uganda. The primary objectives were to assess the current revenue management practices, evaluate their impact on service delivery, and identify strategies for improved financial efficiency. A case study design was employed, with 88 respondents from various departments participating in the survey and interview. The study found that the district's revenue management practices were perceived as lacking in transparency and adequate documentation. There were also concerns about the insufficient training of staff in revenue management and tax collection, as well as the infrequent conduct of regular audits and assessments. However, respondents generally recognized the effective use of digital tools and technology for revenue collection and indicated satisfaction with the alignment of revenue management practices with national tax regulations and guidelines. Additionally, there was a general acknowledgment of the effective allocation of revenue collected to support public services and infrastructure. Based on the findings, the study recommended comprehensive staff training initiatives to enhance expertise in revenue management and tax collection. It also suggests the implementation of regular audits and assessments to ensure transparency and accountability. Aligning revenue management practices with national tax regulations and guidelines, as well as investing in technology for revenue collection, is crucial for improving financial efficiency and fostering effective service delivery in Kisoro District Local Government. Keywords: Revenue Management Practices; Service Delivery; Financial Efficiency; Transparency
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    EFFECT OF REVENUE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON SERVICE DELIVERY IN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS OF UGANDA. A CASE STUDY OF KISORO DISTRICT LOCAL GOVERNMENT
    (King Ceasor University, Institutional Repository, 2024-07-25) TWIZERE FRANCIS & STELLA HOPE AUNO
    This study aimed to provide a comprehensive analysis of the effect of revenue management practices on service delivery in Kisoro District Local Government, South Western Uganda. The primary objectives were to assess the current revenue management practices, evaluate their impact on service delivery, and identify strategies for improved financial efficiency. A case study design was employed, with 88 respondents from various departments participating in the survey and interview. The study found that the district's revenue management practices were perceived as lacking in transparency and adequate documentation. There were also concerns about the insufficient staff training in revenue management and tax collection, as well as the infrequent conduct of regular audits and assessments. However, respondents generally recognized the effective use of digital tools and technology for revenue collection and indicated satisfaction with aligning revenue management practices with national tax regulations and guidelines. Additionally, there was a general acknowledgment of the effective allocation of revenue collected to support public services and infrastructure. Based on the findings, the study recommended comprehensive staff training initiatives to enhance revenue management and tax collection expertise. It also suggests the implementation of regular audits and assessments to ensure transparency and accountability. Aligning revenue management practices with national tax regulations and guidelines, as well as investing in technology for revenue collection, is crucial for improving financial efficiency and fostering effective service delivery in Kisoro District Local Government. Keywords: Revenue Management; Service Delivery; Local Government
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    ROLE OF INTERNAL AUDIT ON FINANCIAL PERFPRMANCE OF COMMERCIAL BANKS IN UGANDA
    (King Ceasor University, Institutional Repository, 2024-07-25) Namuyomba Evelyn & Tukesiga Godfrey
    Financial performance requires appropriate internal audit practices to enhance efficiency. For this study, the researcher sought to determine the role of internal audit on the financial performance of commercial banks in Uganda. Internal audit was looked at from the perspective of internal audit standards, professional competence, internal controls, and independence of internal audit. The researcher administered a survey questionnaire to each member of the target population since it was the most appropriate tool to gather information. Data presentation was done by use of tables for ease of understanding and interpretation. From the findings, the study concludes that internal audit standards, independence of internal audit, professional competence, and internal control had a positive relationship with the financial performance of commercial banks, a unit increase in professional competence would lead to an increase in financial performance of commercial banks and further unit increase in internal control would lead to increase in financial performance of commercial banks. The study recommends that management in commercial banks in Uganda adopt effective internal audit practices such as internal auditing standards, independence of internal audit, professional competence, and internal controls to enhance the financial performance of banks. Keywords: Internal Audit; Financial Performance; Commercial Banks
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    THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OIL AND GAS WORKERS: A CASE STUDY ON THE EFFECTS OF EXPOSURE OF TOXIC CHEMICALS IN THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY
    (King Ceasor University, Institutional Repository, 2024-07-24) Nyirarukundo Shawal & TINAMANYIRE TEDDY.
    Operations and processes in the oil and gas industry have hazardous chemicals hence the possibility of having a work accident is high. Numerous chemicals are used in various processes in the oil and gas industry. I reviewed the various processes in the industry, the type of chemicals used in each process. This report is intended to form a basis of a more complete survey of the possibilities of toxic exposure the ultimate objective is to promote the safe use of these chemicals in the industry.