Evaluation of accessibility standards on Ugandan e-government websites

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dc.contributor.authorNakatumba-Nabende, Joyce
dc.contributor.authorKanagwa, Benjamin
dc.contributor.authorNameere Kivunike, Florence
dc.contributor.authorTuape, Michael
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-29T12:07:26Z
dc.date.available2022-12-29T12:07:26Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractIn spite of the efforts made by the Government of Uganda through the National IT Authority Uganda (NITA-U) to provide many of the government services online, web accessibility is still not considered as a major factor by the developers of the e-government websites. As a result, people with disabilities cannot use websites as effectively as people without disabilities. Therefore, the main objective of this study was to evaluate the extent by which Ugandan e-government websites meet the internationally accepted WCAG 2.0 standards. The analysis was done for 63 websites belonging to government ministries, departments and agencies. Website accessibility assessment was carried out using two automatic evaluation tools: TAW and AChecker. The results presented in this paper indicate that all the websites not do not satisfy the level AA accessibility guidelines. Although NITA-U has developed guidelines for building websites, there is still great need to improve accessibility on e-government websites.en_US
dc.identifier.citationNakatumba-Nabende, J., Kanagwa, B., Kivunike, F.N. and Tuape, M. (2019) ‘Evaluation of accessibility standards on Ugandan e-government websites’, Electronic Government, An International Journal, Vol. 15, No. 4, pp.355–371.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.academia.edu/download/59802142/2019_EG_7907_PPV20190619-27752-1thxr5c.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/6740
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAn International Journalen_US
dc.subjectAccessibilityen_US
dc.subjecte-governmenten_US
dc.subjectWCAG 2.0en_US
dc.subjectMinistriesen_US
dc.subjectDepartments and agenciesen_US
dc.titleEvaluation of accessibility standards on Ugandan e-government websitesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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