Examining factors affecting effective force account implementation in Uganda district local governments
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Date
2024-08
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Kyambogo University (Unpublished work)
Abstract
This study examined the implementation of the force account mechanism (FAM) in ten Uganda District Local Governments (UDLGs). The study was instigated by a policy shift in June 2012, where the government transitioned from using contractors to FAM to achieve SDG 9 on building resilient infrastructure. The study objectives were; to examine the current practices of force account implementation in UDLGs, to determine the impact of current practices in implementation of Force Account in UDLGs, to examine the challenges of current practices in implementation of force account in UDLGs and to develop an effective force account implementation tool for construction projects in UDLGs. The descriptive research design with quantitative and qualitative research methods was employed. The study focused on the ten lowest-performing road fund-funded districts in Uganda, selected based on performance constraints and data availability. Data was collected from 57 participants who play various roles within these districts. Questionnaire data was analyzed with SPSS version 20 and content analysis for interviews for this study. The findings of the study unveiled strong support for the utilization of force account methods (FAM) in emergency work, particularly supported with force account practices of preparation expenditure and implementation schedule, procurement and annual work plan had high relative importance index where risk of work interruptions was effectively managed by the procuring entity or public authority. The budget, work supervision, and adherence to supervisor instructions attracted significant support. Challenges emerged were limited resource availability, incompetent personnel, suitability of equipment, and additional work during project implementation. Nonetheless, respondents expressed adherence to regulations, effective monitoring and supervision of project. Correlation results indicated that current force account practices were significant. Yet, regression results indicated that preparation of expenditure schedule (βeta = 0.518), implementation schedule (βeta = 0.489), procurement annual plan (βeta = 0.509) have significant effect on implementation of force account mechanism, unlike annual work plan which was insignificant. Compliance to regulatory framework, monitoring and supervision supported with increased budget and competent personnel enhanced implementation of force account mechanism (FAM). It was concluded that preparation of expenditure, implementation schedule and procurement annual plan supported by regulatory policy, budget and competent personnel enhanced implementation of FAM as displayed by the research established framework. The study recommended that preparation, approval, verification of expenditure and implementation schedule as well as annual procurement plan aligned with the budget supported with availability of qualified personnel, monitoring and evaluation, compliance to regulations enhanced project completion using force account implementation and it was upon this that a maintenance force account implementation frame work for the UDLGs was established.
Description
xiv, 122 p.
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Public works, Local government, Construction industry, Government contractors, Project management, Infrastructure (Economics), Uganda, Cost control, Force account, Factors
Citation
Lukungu, H. (2024). Examining factors affecting effective force account implementation in Uganda district local governments