Assessing Compliance to Public Procurement Procedures During the Resettling of Internally Displaced People in Northern Uganda.
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2021-03-05
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Makerere University Business School
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Non-compliance to the PPDA Act, rules and regulations while resettling internally displaced people in Northern Uganda has often been cited within the project reports. This study was prompted by the alleged failure to adhere to the PPDA Act, rules and regulations. The Public Procurement Act, 2003 (Act 663) is meant to streamline the various identified challenges and anomalies that exist in public procurement, and its main objective is to promote fairness, transparency and non-discrimination. The Act is meant to ensure judicious, economic and efficient use of public funds to achieve value for money though its implementation in the IDPs resettlement project has been reported to be quite problematic characterized by irregularities. To analyze the challenge, specific research objectives were set, namely; i) To examine the extent to which the procurement process within the resettlement of IDPs projects was compliant to the Public Procurement procedures. ii) iii) To identify the causes of non-compliance with the Public Procurement procedures in the procurement process of the IDP’s projects. To identify the strategies for reducing non-compliance with the Public Procurement procedures within public projects. With a sample size of 136 individuals, (97 respondents) 71.3% response rate was obtained, with findings highlighting inadequate documentation and lack of transparency in regard to quantities and qualities of commodities procured and failure to follow and adhere to the estimated drawn budgets. The assessment attributed non-compliance with the PPDA guidelines to; corruption, weak work ethics, collusion of staff in charge of procurement, inadequate knowledge and skills, political influence, frequent emergencies, lack of checks and balances within the system and inadequate supervision of projects. For future improvement of compliance to Public Procurement procedures in the resettlement of internally displaced people, the study highlights a number of recommendations which include: Training of the procurement officers, emphasizing ethical practice among workers, punishing those found not complying with PPDA rules and regulation and review of the PPDA Act, 2003. Basing on the above some recommendations were made and these included procurement bodies introducing hash punishment to the procurement professionals that execute their duties in an unethical manner.
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This is a master's thesis.
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Obenyu, P. (2021). Assessing Compliance to Public Procurement Procedures During the Resettling of Internally Displaced People in Northern Uganda. (Unpublished master's dissertation). Makerere University Business School, Kampala, Uganda.