Browsing by Author "Pule, Samuel"

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    Community Participation and Water Payment Compliance: A Case Study of Kitgum Town - Uganda
    (International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research, 2016) Nakaggwa, Rosemary; Obanda, Peter W.; Pule, Samuel
    In this article, we examined the influence of community participation in planning, pricing and monitoring of water services on compliance to payment for water services taking Kit gum Town as a case study area. Using interviews and focus group discussions, we assessed 54 members of the Business Community Association and other political representatives in Kit gum on their level of participation in water service provision and compliance to payment for water. Frequency analyses were used to explore the extent of community participates in planning, pricing and monitoring of water services in Kit gum. Linear regression on the hand, were used to establish the influence of community participation in planning, pricing and monitoring of water services on compliance to payment for these services. Findings in the multiple regression summary revealed a positive relationship with the overall correlation (linear relationship) between compliance to payment (dependent variable) and community participation being r=0.56, which is consistent with recent research on community participation in water services, such as Magma (2013). The researchers therefore recommended that community participation should be expanded to include most of the sections of the community with programs to empower the community on effective participation and engagement techniques, and written effective distributed guidelines. Secondly, the need for regular community meetings on the water services and use of a far-reaching forum to communicate on meter prices, changes in water tariffs, and monitoring tools is paramount.
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    Correlates of Opportunity Recognition, Design Thinking, and Financing Decisions on Entrepreneurial Success Among SME Owners in Kampala Central Division, Uganda
    (Journal of Social Sciences and Management, 2022-09) Karuhanga, Robert; Olutayo, K. Osunsan; Kawiso, Martin Wilfred; Pule, Samuel; Muhwezi, Moses; Kabasinguzi, Christine
    In Africa, Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are notably the engines that drive economic development. Unfortunately, over 32 % of SMEs fail before they celebrate their second birthday. In Uganda, entrepreneurs are creative, recognize opportunities and endeavor to exploit them; however, the failure rate of SMEs is still great. Despite the Ugandan government trying to invest in entrepreneurship programs, SMEs have continued to fail. This study explored the effect of opportunity recognition and design thinking, and financing decisions on entrepreneurial success among SME owners in Kampala, Central division, Uganda. The study adopted a cross-sectional research design and quantitative method. The findings revealed a positive effect of opportunity recognition, design thinking, and financing decisions on entrepreneurial success (F=0.443, Sig = 0.000). The variables explained 55% of the variance of Entrepreneurial success (R Square =0.555; Adjusted R Square = .541). It was concluded that opportunity recognition, design thinking, financing decision strategies are essential for SME success. The study recommends that SMEs should design and implement sustainable and effective opportunity recognition, adopt design thinking, and effective financing decision strategies, which ultimately lead to entrepreneurial success of SMEs.
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    Tactical procurement management and service delivery in local governments of Uganda: a case of Nebbi district local government
    (European Journal of Logistics Puchasing and Supply Chain Management, 2015) Cankwo, Paul; Obanda, Peter W.; Pule, Samuel
    The Public procurement in Uganda and the rest of the world is increasingly coming under pressure to go beyond the implementation of policies and procedures and to produce results in service delivery. However in Uganda despite the availability of institutional frame work and policies, there have been some challenges in the management of tactical procurement to yield the expected results. This study was conducted to examine the influence of tactical procurement process, competence of stake holders and strategic interventions in tactical procurement in Nebbi District Local Government. Structured questionnaires were developed and administered to asample size of 84 public procurement stakeholders in Nebbi District. Data was analyzed and interpreted using mean and the regression model. The study revealed that tactical procurement management greatly influences service delivery by (R2 value 61%, and Sig. = 0.000), which was largely attributed to the high levels at which competence of procurement management stakeholders influenced service delivery in Nebbi District (r2 = 68%, Sig. 0.046). It was noted that most of the stakeholders still have procurement knowledge gaps hence affecting service delivery management in the District. The findings further revealed that tactical procurement process and strategic interventions statistically have insignificant influence on service delivery in this study. Itwas concluded that tactical procurement management can positively influence service delivery in the District, and it was recommended that the District should put more resources in building capacities of stakeholders.