Browsing by Author "Mayoka, Kituyi G."

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    An analysis of fiscal decentralization as a strategy for improving revenue performance in Ugandan Local governments
    (Journal of Research in International Business and Management, 2014) Balunywa, Waswa; Nangoli, Sudi; Mugerwa, George W.; Teko, Juma; Mayoka, Kituyi G.
    The inception of decentralization in late the 1990s in Uganda instilled so much hope in the people of Uganda as they anticipated that local governments would improve on revenue collection and service delivery. This was to be achieved through a privatization strategy which guaranteed better performance in revenue collection as compared to the previous system where government employees embezzled most of the taxes they collected. To date however, a number a number of challenges have made it hard fiscal decentralization to realize any fruits. This study was conducted to examine the impact of fiscal decentralization on revenue performance in Ugandan local governments. A cross-sectional survey research design involving both quantitative qualitative research methods were used in the study. A questionnaire was employed to collect and analyze quantitative data, while an interview guide was used to collect qualitative data. The study population included LC III, LC IV and LC V council members and technical members of staff in three local government districts of Mbale, Manafwa and Kampala. Both random and purposive sampling techniques were used to select a total sample of 600 respondents. Results indicate that fiscal decentralization helps to reduce corruption, leads to improved revenue performance, enables better planning for revenue collection, reduces on tax evasion, enables the local unit to get more sources of revenue, makes it easy to handle taxation disputes and also that Fiscal decentralization reduces on taxation bureaucracies hence better revenue performance. This paper posits that for improved revenue performance in a decentralized government, there is need to restrict political leaders from interfering with the work of technical staff, institution of tougher penalties for tax evaders, and also that there was need for central governments to increase funding to the local units. The findings also indicate that salaries for technical staff should be increased to minimize corruption and improve on revenue performance.
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    Factors Affecting E-Government Service Utilization in Developing Countries
    (Global Advanced Research Journal of Social Science (GARJSS), 2016) Anjoga, Humphrey; Kasse, John Paul; Mayoka, Kituyi G.
    Governments across the global are in the search for better ways of operating and providing improved services to the public through the use e-government technologies and services. Despite that many developing countries are crippling on utilization of e-government services, Uganda inclusive. This study was conducted in order to ascertain and examine the prevalent factors that affected the utilization of egovernment services in developing countries with Uganda as a case study. Primary data were gathered from 5 Government of Uganda ministries and other organizations that supervised the implementation of e-government and utilization of e-government services in the country. Self administered questionnaires, coupled with interview guides were the main instruments used for data collection. Findings indicate that the most commonly used e-government services are; IFMS, Video Conferencing Services, VOIP, E-tax System, CCAS and LoGICs. However, IFMS is the most widely used service across government departments. The findings further indicate that the factors affecting e-government services utilization include; limited bandwidth, network failure, load shedding, lack of proper infrastructure, high internet charges, negative attitude of staff, resistance to change and systems breakdown. The findings suggest that for effective utilization of e-government services, there should be improved e-Government infrastructure, training of users, system scalability and reduced redundancy.
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    Factors Affecting the Pricing of Telecommunication Products and Services in Uganda
    (Business and Management Research Journal, 2012) Mayoka, Kituyi G.; Moya, Musa
    Improving universal access to telecommunications has become a very critical area of concern in both developed and developing countries in the recent past due to the huge contribution of the sub-sector to socio-economic and political lives of the populace world over. However, the prices of these products and services still remain high and unstable (Afedraru, 2010). Many factors that influence the prices of these products and services are largely unknown. Using quantitative approaches, we studied the factors affecting prices of telecommunication products and services in Uganda and made a number of recommendations that we hope can help in setting and stabilizing prices for telecommunications products and services in Uganda and other developing countries.
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    How can e-learning integration be realized? An exploratory study in Higher Education Institutions
    (Asian Journal of Computer Science And Information Technology, 2013) Tusubira, Philper I.; Mayoka, Kituyi G.; Nyeko, Sonny
    E-learning, which encompasses the use of technology and other computer enhanced learning methods, has been identified one way of delivering low cost and efficient education service in both developed and developing countries. These technologies have been adapted to support other methods of teaching in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). However, despite efforts by many HEIs to integrate e-learning in their teaching processes, many of them have not succeeded or they have not obtained benefits from the e-learning due to barriers that limit the integration process. This study was conducted to investigate the factors affecting the integration of e-learning with other teaching methods. To achieve this, five Higher Education Institutions in Uganda were purposively identified to participate in the study. A self-administered questionnaire was administered to a sample of 341 students and staff from the selected HEIs. Quantitative statistics including means, frequencies and percentages were used to analyze the data. The main barriers to integration of e-learning were identified as lack of knowledge, lack of resources and staff failure to adapt to new teaching technologies.
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    Why Do Nascent ICT Businesses Die Young?
    (Journal of Research in International Business and Management, 2012) Mayoka, Kituyi G.; Balunywa, Waswa
    This study sought to investigate why most nascent ICT businesses failed during their early stages in Uganda along the constructs of the family business sustainability model. A quantitative survey research design was adopted and used, in which a self-administered questionnaire was the main data collection tool. Primary data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The key factors influencing ICT business start-up were identified as unemployment, the need to get side income, create jobs for family members and get rich. Findings also indicate that most nascent ICT businesses failed because proprietors employed relatives, were not available and committed to their businesses. In addition, excessive competition from foreign products, lack of business management and entrepreneurship skills, financial indiscipline, mistrust, poor savings culture, conflict of interest between managers and family members and failure to pay bank loans, rent and taxes were also responsible for ICT business failures. The study indentified the most salient policy innervations for sustainable ICT businesses in Uganda as reduced interest rates, training in ICT and entrepreneurship skills, availability of business soft loans, government subsidies, establishment of business incubation centers and controlled inflow of foreign ICT products.