Public Procurement And Disposal Of Public Assets And Local Government Performance a Case Study Of Kibaale District:

ABSTRACT:

This research dealt with the impacts of PPDA on Local Government Perfonnance in IGbaale

District. IGbaale District was selected because the researcher had easy access of the District

mainly boosted by the fact that the researcher hails from that pa1iicular District which implied

that the researcher had good information and a sense of belonging which made the research a

success. This study concentrated on five variables; PPDA Act, Transparency, Accountability

Fairness and Ethical considerations as factors deenied to impact the Local government

performance in Kibaale District . This study was conducted through a descriptive survey research

design. The study involved the staff of the local Government in IGbaale. This research project

was guided by research questions based on the variables aforementioned. Literature related to

this study was reviewed basing on the variables; PPDA Act, The relationship between PPDA and

perfonnance of the procurement function, The impact of PPDA on public procurement in

Uganda, Challenges encountered in applying public procurement and disposal of assets and

Possible measures to improve the public procurement, as factors deemed to influence Local

Government Performance in IGbaale District. Data was collected by use of the questionnaire and

reliability of research instruments was tested using test-re-test technique and validated by experts

in academic research. Stratified random sampling and simple random sampling was used to

select the sample size of 60 respondents. The data was collected and analyzed by descriptive

statistics: simple frequencies and percentages. Data was presented in descriptive form supported

by frequency counts and percentages. From the research .findings it can be concluded that PPDA

Act, Transparency, Accountability and ethical Consideration impacted heavily on local

Government Perfo1mance. The following recommendations were made: It is impo1iant to offer

ethics education to school tendering cmmnittee members in order to ensure they serve in ultimate

objectivity, accountability, and non discrimination. Fmiher research should be undertaken on the

following areas: effects of compliance on quality of goods and services procured in public

secondary schools, challenges facing the enforcement of public procurement regulations m

public secondary schools and challenges facing e-procurement in public secondary schools