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    The role of cost accounting in transport management in Uganda Railway Corporation.
    (Kampala International University, College of Economics and management, 2006-10) Lwesibawa, Yusuf. K
    This research was on to obtain the major purpose of instituting cost <1ccotmting system that will guide management of the transport department in an organization. I! was conducted in Uganda Railway Corperation. The researcher was interested in this topic because usually managers are handicapped in making prompt decision s for transport department clue to lack of accurnte analysis of behaviors of the costs relating to the operation ofth~ transport service. During the process of conducting this research, it was realized that there is an urgent need to integrate a clearly defined costing system into the existin•; financial accounting system Some of the recommendations made by the researcher in this report induded the need to strengthen the cost accounting system as an inh:gral part of tlic existing finm1cial accounting system, for the purpose of cost control, integrate the depart mental transactions. into a line of authorization an cl management being ,:ornmitted to discipline oi' cost control, there should be company y wide cc,;, - J