THE EFFECTS OF RECORj~5 KEEPING ON PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PERFORJ~4J~JCE; A CASE STUDY OF IGANGA DISTRICT LOCAL GOVERNMENT

ABSTRACT

The study sought to examine the effects of records keeping in the public procurement

performance in Iganga District and specific objectives were to find out the methods of

record keeping at Iganga Local Government,to assess the other factors affecting

procurement performances and too establish the relationship between records keeping

and public procurement performance in Iganga District local govenrment.

The findings of the study revealed that at Iganga district Local government, there are

various methods used in record keeping as respondents agreed to most of the statements

that were used to measure this objective. However it was realised that research record

keeping is not fully done and also that administrative record keeping is not done at the

district.The findings of the study also revealed that there are various factors that affect

procurement performance the major one being one being the nature of control system

and the least accepted was Evaluation of suppliers. Furthermore, the study respondents

agreed that record keeping affects procurement performances. Therefore an

improvement in record keeping improves procurement performance at Iganga District

local government.

The study recommended that the government should ensure that employees carry out

administrative record keeping, the employees should carry research record keeping on a

daily basis in order to attain more knowledge various areas, the government should

ensure that the control system that is both the internal and the external control systems

are good enough as it affects the procurement performance of the district and that the

management of Iganga district local government should ensure that record keeping is

done on a daily basis as it generally improves that procurement performance.