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Public Procurement Governance: Toward an Anti-corruption Framework for Public Procurement inUganda
No full textThe quest for good governance appears to have tormented humankind
for several hundred thousand years and this threatens to remain so for
the next several years. The greed by people against fellow people and
the broader collective interests of society seem to be unending. Indeed,
corruption has remained a key roadblock to the quest for good governance
and it remains a thorn unless concrete actions are undertaken.
The quest for good governance will not be possible unless renewed
coordinated efforts on the fight against corruption are initiated and implemented.
Corruption takes many forms and a bribe (which is one of the
forms) corrupts the conscience of humankind (Exodus, 23:8) to do acts
that benefit only self at the expense of society. Bribes bring chaos (Amos,
5:12) and they thus merit punishment (Amos, 2:6).Kabale Universit
Public Governance and leadership in times of Uncertainty. Intimacy of Politics and Science in Pandemic Management?
No full textSocieties of all times have withered the storms caused by social, political and economic disruptions.
roughout the journey of mankind, problems have often presented themselves and solutions have always
been found. Men and women who have always been in charge of the public arena have always attempted
to get answers. Politicians and scientists have always intimately worked together. e current situation the
world nds itself in orchestrated by the monstrous Covid-19 is not di erent. e question in the minds
of the public is what has so far in uenced the containment measures of covid-19-politics or science?
As the world quickly came to terms with the social, economic, political and technological e ects of
covid-19, the politicians looked to scientists as the only hope. Of course, scientists equally looked to
politicians for political guidance and facilitation. In many countries of the global, at the height of
the second wave, political institutions failed and others crumbled but withstood the pressure. Public
administrations demonstrated that they lagged 30 years behind the technological frontier.Kabale Universit
Barriers to women's participation in public procurement in Africa: Empirical evidence from Uganda.
No full textGlobal policy agendas and declarations continue to focus on the participation of
women and women-owned businesses (WOBs) in the public and private sectors.
The United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have
compelled countries to adopt affirmative action (AA) strategies to ensure equal
opportunities for women and men. The World Bank (2005) highlights that women
constitute approximately 70% of Uganda’s labour force, yet most are employed in
the informal sector. Basheka’s (2018b) research on Uganda’s inclusive public
procurement opportunities, barriers, and strategies to female entrepreneurs’
participation in public procurement in Uganda substantiated these findings. In this
regard, Basheka (2018b) highlights that removing gender inequality is key to
economic growth and eradicating poverty. Like many African countries, Uganda
faces several challenges regarding women’s participation in government
procurement. In line with this, this paper focuses on women’s participation in
Uganda’s public procurement system. To help address this issue, the authors
present a framework to support the participation of women and WOBs in
Uganda’s public procurement system. The framework was based on an empirical
analysis of the barriers that women face regarding Uganda’s public procurement
processes. The study collected primary and secondary information using
corresponding data-collection and -analysis techniques. Interviews were
conducted with key informants within Uganda’s central and local government,
and surveys were administered to various WOBs. Capacity, finance, information,
and legal and regulation-related aspects were identified as the four key obstacles
to participating in this potentially lucrative process. It is recommended that the
Ugandan government establish an appropriate legal and regulatory framework
supported by top-level commitment to ensure that WOBs have access to national
and international trading opportunitiesKabale Universit
Governance and Public Leadership: Bundles of Democratic societies?
No full textLike an elephant being described by blind men differently depending on where each of them touches,
governance and public leadership are concepts prone to different interpretations by different people.
Some commentators would even uncourteously question whether a certain theme falls within the scope
and intellectual boundaries of Governance and Public Leadership. Yet Governance and Public leadership
are themes that have walked the practices and theoretical debates about running of society and ought
to have a certain degree of uniformity in their understanding. Governance and leadership have solved
problems of mankind but they have also in innumerable ways contributed to creation of problems of
mankind. As such, they are concepts whose significance to the management of societal affairs ought to be
appreciated and understood. A failure in governance and public leadership affects every person in society.Kabale Universit
Contextualising the Regeneration of Africa’s Indigenous Governance and Management Systems and Practices
No full textThe primary aim of this article is to remind contemporary public administration
analysts and policy-makers of the need to position indigenous governance
management systems and practices within mainstream intellectual discourse.
The African continent has suffered a tormented history. This is partly
due to the different historical periods and deliberate efforts to Westernise all
explanations concerning African governance, knowledge management systems
and practices. Centuries-old indigenous African knowledge regarding
the management of societal affairs has been overshadowed by colonialism,
neocolonialism, global capitalism and the promotion of Western organisational
management/leadership practices. Furthermore, Western cultures
showed intellectual arrogance by painting anything African in a negative
light. Yet, indigenous African countries had their own governance systems
and knowledge management practices that are worthy of any academic
and intellectual theorisation and discourse. While the article does not
argue that these indigenous systems and practices are flawless, the societies
under study exhibited important features that can provide a lens for
understanding contemporary challenges surrounding public administration
and theorisation.Kabale Universit
Trecking the historical concerns for effi ciency and eff ectiveness in the study and practice of Public Administration
No full textis paper attempts to re-introduce the ideologies through historicizing the debates and then make a case
for their relevance in today’s public administration systems. Public administration in its dual nature of
being rst; a discipline of academic study and second; a eld of practice has indeed trekked a long journey
and has had its primary concern being that of how to ensure governments work better in the managing
public a airs. Undeniably, the need to promote administrative e ciency and e ectiveness has occupied the
minds of classical and contemporary scholars and practitioners in almost an equal measure. e concerns
of administrative e ciency and e ectiveness are debates which are as old as the discipline of public
administration itself but also the concerns of the long journey of the practices of public administration
have trekked the journey of civilization. While public administration and Governance scholars agree on the
need for building administrative systems which are e cient and e ective, there remains divergence views
on how the two can be promoted. ere are therefore a range of ideologies and benchmarks that have been
propounded that once followed could promote e ciency and e ectiveness of government.Kabale Universit
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
African Journal of Governance and Public Leadership
No full textAfrican Journal of Governance and Public Leadership (AJoGPL) is a quarterly journal aimed at promoting academic scholarship and publishing of original theoretical, empirical and practitioner policy oriented manuscripts in Public Administration, Management, Governance, Public Policy, Public Leadership and related fields.Kabale Universit
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
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