Journal of
Accounting and Taxation

  • Abbreviation: J. Account. Taxation
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-6664
  • DOI: 10.5897/JAT
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 208

Full Length Research Paper

Financial accountability mechanisms in local governments in Uganda: a case of Kabale District Local Government

Perpetua Arinaitwe
  • Perpetua Arinaitwe
  • Department of Business Studies, Faculty of Economics and management Sciences, Kabale University, Kabale, Uganda.
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Marus Eton
  • Marus Eton
  • Department of Business Studies, Faculty of Economics and management Sciences, Kabale University, Kabale, Uganda.
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Moses Agaba
  • Moses Agaba
  • Department of Business Studies, Faculty of Economics and management Sciences, Kabale University, Kabale, Uganda.
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Abanis Turyehebwa
  • Abanis Turyehebwa
  • Department of Business Studies, Faculty of Economics and management Sciences, Kabale University, Kabale, Uganda.
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Bernard Patrick Ogwel
  • Bernard Patrick Ogwel
  • Department of Development, Peace and Conflict Studies, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Kampala International University, Kampala Uganda.
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Fabian Mwosi
  • Fabian Mwosi
  • School of Post Graduate Studies, Bishop Barham University College, Kabale Uganda.
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  •  Received: 18 January 2021
  •  Accepted: 20 April 2021
  •  Published: 30 April 2021

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