Internal auditing and performance of local government in Uganda:
| dc.contributor.author | Ayebazibwe, Justus | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-07-29T09:19:07Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-07-29T09:19:07Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-06 | |
| dc.description | A Dissertation submitted to college of Economics and Management in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Award of Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration of Kampala International University | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This study sought to establish the effect of internal control system on performance of local government in Buyende Town Council. Buyende district. The study was driven by three objectives. These were; to examine the effectiveness of the internal audit in Buyende Town Council, to determine the different types of internal audit practices used in Buyende Town Council. and to establish the relationship between internal audit and performance in Buyende Town Council. To achieve these objectives, the researcher sampled fot·ty respondents (40) from Buyende Town Council. The research was guided by three research questions. The first research question sought to find out the effectiveness of internal audit function in Buyende Town Council. research question two sought to find out the different types of internal audit practices used in Buyende Town Council and the third research question therefore sought to find out the relationship between internal audit and performance in Bu yen de Town Counci I. The findings revealed that there existed positive relationship between the variables of study as conceptualised and that local Government performance had generally been fairy satisfactory and that internal Audit function tt1 Local governments ,,as also fairy performing. The fair performance being attributed to lack of complete independence of the internal auditors. inappropriate internal controls. and managements· reluctance to attend to the recommendations of the internal auditor produced In a bid to improve performance. the district management should ensure that politicians have limited influence in the works of the internal auditor and that internal controls are always reviewed and evaluated so that they are limited to manipulations and also put in place or strengthen disciplinary measures regarding manipulation or override hypotheses controls | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12306/12130 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Kampala International University, College of Economics and Management | en_US |
| dc.subject | Internal auditing | en_US |
| dc.subject | Performance | en_US |
| dc.subject | Local government | en_US |
| dc.subject | Uganda | en_US |
| dc.title | Internal auditing and performance of local government in Uganda: | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | a case study Buyende Town Council | en_US |
| dc.type | Other | en_US |