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2016 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

9. History and Evolution of Public Procurement Reforms in Uganda

Author : Simeon Wanyama

Published in: Public Procurement Reform and Governance in Africa

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US

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Abstract

This chapter discusses the history and evolution of public procurement in Uganda and presents a thorough review of the laws and regulations, audit and investigation reports, as well as the opinions of the practitioners about the relative success and failure of reform. Wanyama demonstrates that political interference and economic bilateralism between Uganda and China are shifting the preferential schemes from local to foreign companies rather than abolishing them as international discourse on competition would want it.

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Footnotes
1
The overthrow was followed by successive governments with the following heads of state:
Yusuf Kironde Lule (April 13, 1979 –June 20, 1979)
  • Godfrey Lukwonga Binaisa (June 20, 1979–May 12, 1980)
  • Paulo Muwanga (May 12, 1980–May 22, 1980)
  • Presidential Commission (May 22, 1980–December 15, 1980)—Chaired by Paulo Muwanga
  • Apollo Milton Obote (December 15, 1980–July 27, 1985—second time as President)
  • Bazilio Olara Okello (July 27, 1985–July 29, 1985)
  • Tito Okello Lutwa (July 29, 1985–January 26, 1986)
  • Yoweri Kaguta Museveni (January 26, 1986–present)
 
2
The Regulations made the Accounting Officer and Chief Finance Officer personally and severally responsible for any over-expenditure (section 83) in the procurement process. It was hoped that this would encourage the two to be more responsible in authorizing procurement expenditures as part of promoting accountability.
 
3
The term “accounting officers” is used for officials who are designated as technical heads of ministries, districts, and other government institutions. Political heads are excluded from this designation. The Permanent Secretaries are the “accounting officers” of ministries unless explicitly stated otherwise by a competent authority. District chief administrative officers are the accounting officers of districts. All accounting officers are to be appointed by the Secretary to the Treasury (ST) who is also the Permanent Secretary (PS) in the Ministry of Finance. The PS/ST also appoints the members of contracts committees in all government institutions.
 
4
Force account is where works of a procuring and disposing entity are undertaken using the personnel and equipment of the procuring and disposing entity or of another procuring and disposing entity. This is meant to enhance value for money and to reduce the time taken before undertaking a project by cutting out the procurement process. However, where a procuring and disposing entity uses the force account mechanism:
(a)
 ______The supplies to be used for the assignment have to be procured in accordance with the requirements of the PPDA Act; and
 
(b)
 ______The procuring and disposing entity has to determine that the direct, indirect, and overhead costs to be incurred are less than would be incurred if a contractor were to execute the assignment.
 
 
Literature
Kabateraine, D. 2012. Historical perspective of procurement reforms in Uganda. Paper presented at the PPDA symposium on the review of procurement reforms held at Munyonyo, Uganda, 19–20 Sept 2012.
Sunderland, D. 2004. Managing the British Empire: The Crown Agents, 1833–1914. Woodbridge: The Royal Historical Society.
The Public Finance (Tender Boards) Regulations, 1977.
The Local Governments Financial and Accounting Regulations, 1998.
The Public Finance (Procurement) Regulations, 2000.
The Local Governments (Amendment) Act, 2001.
The Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Act, 2003.
The Local Governments (Amendment) Act, 2006.
The Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets (Amendment) Act, 2011.
The Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Regulations, 2014.
Metadata
Title
History and Evolution of Public Procurement Reforms in Uganda
Author
Simeon Wanyama
Copyright Year
2016
Book
Public Procurement Reform and Governance in Africa

Print ISBN: 978-1-137-52136-1

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-137-52137-8

Copyright Year: 2016

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-52137-8_9