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    Types of accounting practice on the performance of government ministries in Kampala district, a case study of ministry of health:
    (Kampala International University, College of Economics and Management., 2019-08) Nantijme, Moureen
    The purpose of this study was to determine the inipact of types of accounting on the performance of government ministries in Uganda using a case study of Ministry of Health Uganda the specific objectives were; to find out the effect of manual accounting on the performance of govermnent ministries in Uganda, to determine the effect of computerized accounting on the performance of government ministries goverrnnent ministries in Uganda and to establish the effect of financial record keeping on the performance of government ministries in Uganda. The findings of the study revealed that manual accounting improves the performance of government ministries since the respondents agreed with most of the statements that were used to measure this objective. The respondents rejected only two statement that is manual accounting is time saving and that the information generated by manual accounting is more reliable. The findings of the study revealed that computerized accounting generally improves the performance of government ministries since the respondents agreed with all the statements that were used to measure this objective. Therefore computerized accounting is the best for any ministry to enhance her performance especially financially as respondents revealed that it is time saving and the information generated is more reliable in decision making. The findings of the study further revealed that financial record keeping is very crucial in improving the performance of government ministries. This is from the fact that the respondents agreed with most of the statements used to measure this objective except that it was found out that record keeping is not done on a daily basis at ministry of health.The study recommended the accountants should make sure that they produce accurate information which can be reliable at any time, government ministries should greatly use computerized accounting as it is time saving, accurate in terms of financial reporting compared to other types of accounting and that the government should put measures that can ensure that record keeping is constantly done on a daily basis since it improves the performance of government ministries.