Public-Private Partnership (PPP) and the Procurement of Projects in the Oil and Gas Sector in Uganda
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2024-05-08
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Uganda Christian University
Abstract
The study aimed to evaluate Uganda's project procurement procedure for the oil and
gas industry. The objectives of the study were; to assess the extent to which Uganda’s
oil and gas legal and policy frameworks reflect the best practices in procurement, to
examine the institutional responsibilities on the procurement of projects in the oil
and gas sector in Uganda and to examine the factors that affect compliance to PPP
procurement practices of oil and gas projects in Uganda. This study's conclusions
indicate that the legal framework has omissions and commissions of significant details
that have persisted in being unclear, which has limited the exercise's ability to be
implemented. In order to have the effective and efficient operation of the national oil
and gas sector, there are issues with governance, institutional, economic, and
information sharing requirements. Additionally, there are concerns about having a
minister draft contracts when they lack the necessary competencies, as well as
consequences for failing to share information about aspects of the legal framework
that are not specified in the law. The study's second objective revealed that many
institutions had not performed their roles and responsibilities to a high standard. The
study attributed this to a number of factors, including executive involvement in
technical work, inadequate government funding, and a government unwillingness to
provide information freely so that monitoring and evaluation could be used to identify
and address shortcomings. According to the analysis, there are numerous occasions
where excellent practices have not been followed. This is primarily due to the non closure of information right from applications, the bidding, contracts. A key
component of PPP that is essential for value for money is competition, and this has
been undermined by the failure to uphold transparency as a good practice.