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    Budgetary control and financial performance of local government in Uganda: a case study of Nakapiripirit District local government
    (Kampala International University, College of Economics and Management, 2017-03) Lokuwam, Ruth
    ยท1 he swdy was carried on the Role of budgetary control in tinancial perrormance or Nakapiripirit .. district local government The research was guided by three .objectives. These were. to establish the different budgetary controls ofNakapiripirit district local government. to examine the effects of budgetary control on the financial performance of Nakapiripirit district local government and to _establish the relation~hip between budgetary control and financial performance in Nakapiripirit district local government. The researcher used qual itative and quantitative research methods; the sample techniques used were purposive and random. The target population was 60 and a sample size of 52 respondents were used in the study. Data was analysed using SPSS. According to the findings of the study, it was found out that budgetary controls play a very important role on the financial performance of Nakapiripirit district local government Budgetary controls arc the key factors in the financial performance of Nakapiripirit district local government as it contributes to the effective performance of finance of local government as shown by beta coefficients of (8)=0.962, t=-2.173 and sig=0.035 wh ich imply that budgetary controls have sign ificant positive effect on the financial performance. The findings shown that there is a very strong relationship bct\\cen budgetary control and financial performance in Nakapiripirit district local government as shm' n by Pearson correlation where r=0.960 which shows the strong relationship. The study recommended that; the budgetary control like top-clown budgeting should be effectively adopted by Nakapiripirit district local government to improve on the levels of financial performance. The district should adopt tight budgetary controls like constant study of departments of local government to provide solutions to the weaknesses of budgetary controls in place.