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Item Contract management and service delivery in Uganda national bureau of standards(Kyambogo University(unpublished), 2014-12-30) Kamukama, FionaThe purpose of this study was to examine the influence of Contract management on Service delivery in UNBS. A self-administered Opened ended questionnaire was designed and was administered to a sample of 152 staff of UNBS from different regional offices however, out of the 152, 140 questionnaires were returned showing a 92.1% response rate. The study involved one of each variable; the independent, moderating and dependent variable. The independent variable; contract management measured in the aspects of contract monitoring, the level of stakeholder involvement and records management. The moderating variable; Corruption was measured using respondents opinions on practices viewed to subject unethical influence outside the procurement process. The dependent variable; service delivery was measured using the timeliness. The items capturing the constructs and consequently the variables were tagged to a five point likert ordinal scale which ranged from; Strongly Disagree to Strongly Agree which points were coded one to five . That is 5 for Strongly Agree, 4 for Agree, 3 for Not Sure, 2 for Strongly Disagree and 1 for Strongly Disagree. A factor structure of contract management carried out showed stakeholder involvement as the most impot1ant factor followed by contract monitoring and lastly records management. A correlation analysis indicted a significant positive relationship between contract management and service delivery (r=0.354, p=0.01). Regression showed that contract management had a significant positive effect on service delivery of (Beta=0.4 78, P<0.1 ). The predictive power of contract management on service delivery was found to be 11.90% (Adjusted R Square=0.119). Descriptive statics were used for other factors that influence Service Delivery as well as recommendations for service delivery improvements. The other factors that influenced service delivery were established and Recommendations for service delivery improvements recommended. While the moderating variable test of corruption indicated no effect on the relationship between contract management and service delivery. In conclusion, the results obtained support the hypothesis that contract management has a positive effect on service delivery.Item Contract management and value for money in statutory government entities: a case study of Electoral Commission, Uganda(Kyambogo University (unpublished work), 2018-12) Nabwato, Veronica CarolineIn Uganda, the PPDA Act 2003 is the main reference for procurement law, regulations and guidelines. All statutory bodies are therefore under obligation to follow the PPDA Act 2003 throughout the procurement process which includes contracts management. However for many procurement audits conducted by public procurement and disposal of assets authority, it has been established that Electoral Commission (EC) procurement process still suffers contract management hitches like supply of substandard items, over blown cost of supplies, missing records of contract implementation plans and delayed payments to providers to mention but a few. The study set out to establish the effect of contract management on value for money at E.C. The researcher used mainly primary data from staff of Electoral Commission in Uganda. Sixty nine (69) respondents out of a population of eighty four (84) were selected using purposive sampling, stratified and random sampling techniques (response rate of 91.3%). Data was collected using closed ended questionnaires. Some interview questions were also used to back up the data from questionnaires. The findings obtained indicate that contract management E.C, Uganda highly and positively affects value for money (Adjusted R = 55.4%, Sig. Value= 0.000). In light of this, the researcher therefore concludes that, contract management strongly affects value for money, and that the findings of this research can act as a cornerstone for practitioners to appreciate the importance of contract management, and in particular appreciate the value of contract implementation plan, contract administration and contract monitoring if value for money is to be achieved.