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Adopting new approaches for public procurement efficiency: critical success factors (CSFs) for the implementation of e-procurement in Uganda’s public sector
(International Journal of Procurement Management, 2012) Basheka, Benon; Oluka, Pross N.; Mugurusi, Godfrey
In the public sector, the issue of efficiency and effectiveness (value for money) is now a key governance agenda. Electronic procurement has become prominent in the language and strategy of the public sector effectiveness in both developed and developing countries. E-procurement is currently one of the key topics in the e-government arena; many organisations need advice and guidance about proceeding with this new approach. In this paper, we examine the critical success factors (CSFs) for implementation of e-procurement technologies in Uganda’s public sector context. The findings of this study confirm that in Uganda’s context, the major CSFs for e-procurement include: 1 careful involvement of suppliers 2 systematic risk management approaches 3 systematic redesign of organisational processes 4 use of experienced consultants 5 careful selection of software providers. We suggest policy and managerial implications in the adoption of e-procurement.
Food insecurity as a supply chain problem. Evidence and lessons from the production and supply of bananas in Uganda
(Scientiﬁc African journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/sciaf, 2019-04-29) Ssennoga, Francis; Mugurusi, Godfrey; Oluka, Pros Nagitta
Despite agriculture being the main economic activity in Uganda, increasing food prices within the country point to the growing challenge of food insecurity. In 2016, food short age was reported in some parts of Uganda (mainly in Karamoja sub-region and parts of Serere) and government resorted to temporary relief distribution of food from other re gions of the country. The acute food shortage in one part of the country while another part, a few hundred kilometers away, has excess farm output calls into question the eﬃ ciency of the supply chain of some agro-commodities. This research attempts to examine the challenges faced in the production and supply of bananas in Uganda and how the supply chain perspective can help us address these challenges better. We juxtapose the supply chain approach against the value chain per spective and argue that the supply chain perspective offers a much deeper understanding of market-based challenges, which affect livelihoods of smallholders who often sell their products at rock-bottom prices. A cross sectional survey of various banana production and consumptions points in Uganda was conducted. The ﬁndings show that losses in the supply chain accounted for about 29% of banana production –a ﬁgure slightly lower than that 40% previously reported in the literature. In addition, the farmers did not beneﬁt from increased food prices due to inadequate market information at their disposal despite banana value chains having re cently received signiﬁcant development attention. We also found that infrastructural bot tlenecks and limited collaboration and coordination among smallholders heavily affected the supply of bananas in the country. This is arguably a key factor that strongly explains the food insecurity problem in Uganda. We conclude that the ﬁndings point to a different problem, which is that of a dysfunctional supply chain structure of bananas from the rural areas to urban centres in Kampala.