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This is to certify that the doctoral study by

Paul G. Zanule

has been found to be complete and satisfactory in all respects,

and that any and all revisions required by
the review committee have been made.

Review Committee
Dr. Carolyn Salerno, Committee Chairperson, Doctor of Business Administration Faculty

Dr. Moutaz Abou-Robieh, Committee Member, Doctor of Business Administration

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2015
 Abstract

Road Management System and Road Safety in Uganda

by

Paul G. Zanule

MBA, University of Liverpool UK, 2008

Diploma in Building & Civil Engineering, UTC Elgon Uganda, 1992

Doctoral Study Submitted in Partial Fulfillment

of the Requirements for the Degree of

Doctor of Business Administration

Walden University

January, 2015
 Abstract

Traffic collisions cost Uganda millions of dollars each year. The purpose of this

descriptive case study was to describe the strategies and processes needed to implement a

road management system. Such a system would significantly reduce the fatalities and

accidents in Uganda, improve the transportation within Kampala’s business district, and

increase business profitability. Three conceptual theories framed the research study:

management theory, strategic management theory, and criminology theory. Using a

snowball sampling strategy, data were collected from open-ended interviews,

questionnaires, observations, and archived documents from 20 administrative participants

in the government and organizational leaders involved in the transport operations and

transport services in the Kampala business district in Uganda. Data were analyzed using

3 phases: (a) interpretational analysis, coding, and grouping segments; (b) structural

analysis, consistency, and quality; and (c) reflective analysis, consequences, what, when,

where, and how. Five themes or action requirements emerged from the data analysis: to

improve transport operations and transport services profitability, reduce traffic jams and

fatalities, provide sufficient driving training, maintain road infrastructure, and maintain

traffic law enforcement. The findings and recommendations from this study may

improve the profitability of businesses, reduce the traffic jams and fatalities, and improve

the gross domestic product of Uganda, thereby contributing to positive social change.
 Road Management System and Road Safety in Uganda

by

Paul G. Zanule

MBA, University of Liverpool UK, 2008

Diploma in Building & Civil Engineering, UTC Elgon Uganda, 1992

Doctoral Study Submitted in Partial Fulfillment

of the Requirements for the Degree of

Doctor of Business Administration

Walden University

January 2015
 Dedication

I dedicate this to my wife Josephine, and our children Joshua, Joseph, Benjamin,

and Enoch for the understanding and cooperation accorded to me over the entire period of

pursuing this qualification that often took me away from home.

 Acknowledgments

I am indebted to my study committee chair Dr. Carolyn Salerno along with the

committee member Dr. Moutaz Abou-Robieh, and the Walden University Researcher

Reviewer Dr. Charlene Dunfee, for their resourceful and insightful guidance during this

terminal degree process.

I am grateful to the recommendations of the doctorate of business administration

methodologists Dr. Reginald Taylor and Dr. Al Endres during the review of the original

manuscript. I give sincere thanks to all the doctorate of business administration

instructors who laid the theory foundation for this dissertation through the academic

classes.

I express my heartfelt gratitude to Dr. Freda Turner for the overall

superintendence on this terminal degree journey as the program director for doctorate of

business administration. I thank all of the data collection participants; without their

voluntary will participation, this study would not be a reality.

 Table of Contents

List of Tables ............................................................................................................ vi

Section 1: Foundation of the Study............................................................................ 1

Background .......................................................................................................... 2

Problem Statement ............................................................................................... 7

Purpose Statement ................................................................................................ 7

Nature of the Study .............................................................................................. 8

Research Question ............................................................................................. 10

Interview Questions ........................................................................................... 10

Conceptual Framework ...................................................................................... 11

Management Theory .................................................................................... 13

Strategic Management Theory ..................................................................... 17

Criminology Theory..................................................................................... 18

Definition of Terms............................................................................................ 20

Assumptions, Limitations, and Delimitations.................................................... 22

Assumptions................................................................................................. 22

Limitations ................................................................................................... 22

Delimitations ................................................................................................ 23

Significance of the Study ................................................................................... 23

Contribution to Business Practice ................................................................ 23

Implications for Social Change .................................................................... 28

A Review of the Professional and Academic Literature .................................... 31

Applied Business Problem Statement .......................................................... 34

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 Management Theories Relevant to the Research Study .............................. 34

Comparisons with Previous Research and Findings .................................... 35

Rationale of the Conceptual Framework for Improved Business Practice .. 37

Potential Themes of Qualitative Study ........................................................ 38

Content from Peer-reviewed Journals .......................................................... 39

Themes Informing the Research Project ...................................................... 61

Transition and Summary .................................................................................... 62

Section 2: The Project .............................................................................................. 63

Purpose Statement .............................................................................................. 63

Role of the Researcher ....................................................................................... 64

Participants ......................................................................................................... 65

Research Method and Design ............................................................................ 66

Research Method ......................................................................................... 66

Research Design........................................................................................... 67

Population and Sampling ................................................................................... 67

Population .................................................................................................... 67

Sampling ...................................................................................................... 69

Ethical Research................................................................................................. 71

Data Collection .................................................................................................. 72

Instruments ................................................................................................... 72

Data Collection Technique .......................................................................... 81

Data Organization Techniques ..................................................................... 82

Data Analysis Technique ................................................................................... 83

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 Reliability and Validity ...................................................................................... 87

Reliability..................................................................................................... 87

Validity ........................................................................................................ 88

Transition and Summary .................................................................................... 89

Section 3: Application to Professional Practice and Implications for Change ........ 91

Overview of Study ............................................................................................. 91

Purpose Statement ........................................................................................ 97

Research Question ....................................................................................... 98

A Brief Summary of the Findings ................................................................ 99

Presentation of the Findings............................................................................. 101

Research Interview Question 1 .................................................................. 101

Research Interview Question 2 .................................................................. 106

Research Interview Question 3 .................................................................. 113

Research Interview Question 4 .................................................................. 117

Research Interview Question 5 .................................................................. 126

Research Interview Question 6 .................................................................. 127

Research Interview Question 7 .................................................................. 129

Research Interview Question 8 .................................................................. 131

Research Interview Question 9 .................................................................. 135

Applications to Professional Practice .............................................................. 137

Stakeholder Identification and Value Analysis.......................................... 139

General Forces Analysis ............................................................................ 140

Porters Five Forces Industry Analysis ....................................................... 142

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 Detailed Value Chain Analysis .................................................................. 143

Life Cycle Assessment ............................................................................... 145

Fitness Landscape Analysis ....................................................................... 146

Sustainable Value Framework Analysis .................................................... 146

Organizational Behavior ............................................................................ 147

Change ....................................................................................................... 147

Strategy ...................................................................................................... 148

Sustainability.............................................................................................. 148

Leadership .................................................................................................. 148

Implications for Social Change ........................................................................ 149

Social Change ............................................................................................ 150

Economically ............................................................................................. 151

Environmentally......................................................................................... 152

Recommendations for Action .......................................................................... 153

Business Enterprises .................................................................................. 154

Kampala Capital City Authority Officials ................................................. 154

Ministry of Works and Transport and Ministry of Education and Sports

Officials...................................................................................................... 157

Print and Digital Media Fraternity ............................................................. 158

Politicians................................................................................................... 159

Public ......................................................................................................... 160

Recommendations for Further Study ............................................................... 160

Reflections ....................................................................................................... 161

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 Summary and Study Conclusions .................................................................... 165

Summary .................................................................................................... 165

Study Conclusions ..................................................................................... 166

References .............................................................................................................. 168

Appendix A: Consent Form ................................................................................... 213

Appendix B: Informed Consent: Permission to Use Premises .............................. 218

Appendix C: Interview Question ........................................................................... 224

Appendix D: Open-ended Questionnaire ............................................................... 226

Appendix E: Observation Checklist....................................................................... 232

Curriculum Vitae ................................................................................................... 235

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 List of Tables

Table 1 Road Traffic Fatalities in Kampala between 2007 and 2010........................ 4

Table 2 Title Searches, Articles, Research Documents, and Journals Researched

Pre-2010 ................................................................................................................... 32

Table 3 Title Searches, Articles, Research Documents, and Journals Researched

from 2010 ................................................................................................................. 33

Table 4 List of Research Questions, Data Collection Tools, and Data Point

Yields ....................................................................................................................... 84

Table 5 Open-Ended Interview and Open-Ended Questionnaire Participants......... 94

Table 6 Observation Checklist of Participants......................................................... 95

Table 7 Nature of Accidents and Vehicles Involved for Kampala between 2007

and 2010 ................................................................................................................. 102

Table 8 Summary of Motorcycles and Valid Riding Permits 2010 ....................... 103

Table 9 Vehicles Involved in Accidents for National and Kampala between 2009

and 2010 ................................................................................................................. 105

Table 10 Record of Converting Paper Permits and Learners Permits between

2005 and 2010 ........................................................................................................ 109

Table 11 Record of Exchanging Foreign Permits, Renewals, Conversion, and

Duplicate Permits between 2005 and 2010 ............................................................ 110

Table 12 Summary of Driving Permits between 2005 and 2010 ........................... 111

Table 13 Record of Number of Vehicles Registered in Uganda between

Financial Year2004/5 and 2008/9 .......................................................................... 112

Table 14 Class of Vehicles Involved in Accidents in 2009 and 2010 ................... 115
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Table 15 Annual Summary of Public Service Vehicle Licensed Between

Financial Year 2006/2007 and 2010/2011 ............................................................. 116

Table 16 Causes of Accidents in 2009 and 2010 ................................................... 121

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Section 1: Foundation of the Study

Leaders of Uganda’s urban transport system and officials within the road

management system have not been able to reduce traffic congestion and road accidents

within the Kampala business district. The current weak transport, regulatory agencies,

and the poorly maintained roads contribute to traffic congestion and road accidents and,

consequently, affect the business and economy of Uganda (Kiggundu, 2007; Sietchiping,

Permezel, & Ngomsi, 2012). Roads are among the conduits for transporting goods and

services (Cornish & Mugova, 2014; Dewar, 2011; Gollin & Rogerson, 2010; Uganda

National Road Fund [UNRF], 2010b). Road accidents negatively affect national income

through the loss of tax revenues collected from transport services and goods transported

on the roads.

Staff members of the Road Management System (RMS) oversee the following

• The coordinating

• Planning routine

• Preventive maintenance

• Rehabilitation and reconstruction of roads

The officials of road management determine standards for the (a) sizes, (b) load

capacities, (c) distribution routes, and (d) numbers of motor vehicles on the roads (Misra,

Roohanirad, & Somboonyanon, 2003). In Uganda, government officials through the

Ministry of Works and Transport (MOWT) manage RMS, whereas weak regulatory

agencies manage Transport Operations and Transport Services (TOTS; Kamuhanda &

Schmidt, 2009). Leaders of the Uganda Bus Operators Association (UBOA) superintend

the business related to bus-coaches and minibuses, and officials of the Uganda Taxi
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Operators and Drivers Association (UTODA) are responsible for minibuses, locally

known in Uganda as matatus. The two organizations, UBOA and UTODA, do not have

properly regulated business management schemas (Benmaamar, Ellis, & Dunkerley,

2002; CrossRoads, 2013). Business management models, such as supply chain

management, detailed value chain analysis, general forces matrix analysis, and Porter’s

(2008) industry forces analysis are not used in the urban transport business and

management. The poor business management creates lapses in (a) the control of the car

and bus fleets, (b) transit fares regulation, (c) driver training, and (d) behavioral attitudes

of drivers toward venerable road users.

Traffic injuries and fatalities numbers are growing, making Ugandan roads

unsafe. Uganda has the highest instances of international traffic injuries and fatalities

rating with 190-deaths per 10,000 vehicles (Castillo-Manzano, Castro-Nuño, & Fageda,

2013; Krug, 2012; Raffo, Bliss, Shotten, Sleet, & Blanchard, 2013; Sleet, Baldwin,

Dellinger, & Dinh-Zarr, 2011). The World Health Organization (WHO; 2009) reported

2,838 fatalities for the period 2006 to 2007. The two figures indicated that the traffic

injuries and fatalities in Uganda are high undermining road safety in urban transportation.

The intent of this qualitative, descriptive, case study was to describe the elements

connected to the phenomena of increasing road accidents and traffic jams to reduce the

gross domestic product (GDP) loss. The division of the study is in three sections.

Background

The increasing road accidents and traffic jams are caused by weak road

management systems and a lack of urban transport regulator. Increasing road accidents

and traffic jams within the Kampala business district of Uganda cost businesses 23,813
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person-hours per day (Kamuhanda & Schmidt, 2009). Road accidents cause (a) damage

and destroy business assets and human capital, (b) increase stress to health facilities, and

(c) death of family members and societal and communal settings without strategies to

stem the causes (Osoba, 2012). The Uganda Police (2010) indicated that there were

2,954-traffic fatalities in Uganda. According to the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS;

2010 ), road crashes increased by 30% from 11,758 in 2008 to 22,699 in 2009, and about

33,900 vehicles were involved in road crashes during 2010. There are increasing traffic

fatalities and destruction of vehicles involved in traffic crashes (Ministry of Works and

Transport [MOWT], 2011).

The leaders of developing countries lack adequate technical resources and

expertise to build safer roads, leading to poorly constructed roads. Few trained

professionals are available, and those who are present may lack sufficient road

management and road safety knowledge, may be unable to use an appropriate

interdisciplinary approach, or are not familiar with recent developments and techniques

(Roehler et al., 2013; Transport Research Laboratory, 1991). The existing institutional

capability does not adequately cope with road construction and urban transportation

demands.

A high percentage of persons and vehicles involved in the road crashes affect

human capital and business assets (Demyttenaere et al., 2009). The lack of institutional

capacity to maintain, rehabilitate, and reconstruct roads within the RMS leads to poorly

maintained roads, missing or incorrect road signs and markings, and poor vertical and

horizontal alignments, which render road users prone to accidents (Misra et al., 2003;

MOWT, 2011). The increasing road accidents and traffic jams phenomenon increases the
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competition at regional and global levels for cities’ capital investment. Table 1 shows the

road fatalities of different road users in Kampala between 2007 and 2010.

Table 1

Road Traffic Fatalities in Kampala between 2007 and 2010

Year Drivers Motorcyclists Pedal cyclists Passengers Pedestrians

2007 15 72 24 57 174
2008 45 110 37 184 292
2009 28 128 42 97 186
2010 23 174 48 139 374
Note. Source: Uganda Police – Ministry of Internal Affairs

Within the urban transport sector, analyses of supply chain management, detailed

value chain, general forces matrix, or Porter’s industry forces are seldom performed

(Benmaamar et al., 2002; Cârlan, Rosca, & Rosca, 2014). Benmaamar et al. (2002) cited

barriers to entry in the Porter’s industry forces analysis, economics, and government in

the external general industry forces analysis and supply chain management. The lack of

(a) robust urban transport regulator, (b) requirement of minimum amount of capital

investment in TOTS, (c) expertise knowledge on urban transport management, and (d)

size vehicle fleet encourage new entrants to urban transportation business. The lack of

TOTS expertise knowledge as a barrier of entry to urban transport business tends to

increase informal entrepreneurship. Informal entrepreneurs thrive on business

duplication without differentiation leading to high competition in the market. Informal

entrepreneurship is prevalent in Uganda. The driver for informal entrepreneurship is

social capital (Amu, Offei-Ansah, & Gavor, 2012; Da Felice & Martucci, 2012; Szerb et

al., 2007).

Considering the barriers to entry, transport operations, and transport services,

business management style encourages starters without the necessary expert knowledge,
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economies of scale, cost advantages, and technology to enter the TOTS business. The

time and cost for new entrants moving into the urban transport market are not a

formidable barrier to operate in the transportation sector. The practice of encouraging

new entrants has allowed lapses in the process of issuing driver license and vehicle

operating license, reflected in the form of traffic injuries and fatalities because cars and

buses are not mechanically worthy because drivers have not been adequately trained to

learn how to drive (Madeley, 2004; Ramessur, Seetanah, & Rojid, 2010).

There is no proper business analysis regarding the acquisition of vehicles, drivers,

mechanics, spare parts, transport governing regulations, maintenance workshops, and

taxes on the transportation business done in Uganda as it hinges on informal

entrepreneurship (Benmaamar et al., 2002). Road accidents, which lead to a loss of

business assets, entrepreneurship, and transportation services, are the result of a lack of

proper business analysis. Furthermore, political leadership that favors foot hawkers,

open-air markets, and motorcyclists operating without safety gear lead to increased

frequencies of road accidents. These political decisions contribute to traffic congestion

and high passenger travel time (Mahmud, Gope, & Chowdhury, 2012; Santosa, 2011).

The Ugandan economy and state had steady growth in between 1986 and 2001

following a peaceful and stable state, enabling growing investment in TOTS

(Demyttenaere et al., 2009; Mulengani, 2009). The concentration of TOTS’ investments

within the Kampala business district resulted in traffic congestion. Traffic congestion is

counterproductive because the time for employees to be productive for the businesses

diminishes, increasing employee turnover (Adler, Alfred, Kornbluth, & Sher, 2012;

Barrett-Gaines, 2005; Huggins, 2012). Kiggundu (2007) asserted that commuters in

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Kampala lose 23,813 person-hours per day due to traffic jams. There is a loss of

businesses profitability due to late arrival of employees to start work.

Suppliers within the supply chain to TOTS also lack efficient and effective supply

chain management. The ineffective and inefficient supply chain leads to a continual

supply of older vehicles on the road (Benmaamar et al., 2002). Spare parts and new

vehicles involved in road collisions need replacements manufactured outside Uganda.

The imported goods for vehicle fleet supplies lead to high vehicle operation costs (VOC),

reduced customer base, and loss of foreign exchange (Babirye, Engebretsen,

Rutebemberwa, Kiguli, & Nuwaha, 2014; Barabino, Deiana, & Tilocca, 2011;

Benmaamar et al., 2002; Dahalan, Abdullah, D'Silva, Ismail, & Ahmad, 2013; Zeng,

2010). These literature review findings affirm the reduction in businesses profitability,

loss of taxable revenue and GDP reduction.

The intent of the qualitative research study was to describe a business

management framework for TOTS and fill the information gap on road safety to reduce

incompetent driving practices (Barabino et al., 2011; Dahalan et al., 2013; Zeng, 2010).

The results of the data analysis may lead to a business solution that will influence

political leadership and the decision-making processes that will increase the RMS. In

addition, the study findings could be vital to reducing the GDP losses resulting from

traffic injuries and fatalities among road users in Kampala, Uganda.

The geographical location of the study was Kampala, the capital of Uganda. The

city is located upon seven hills in central Uganda. The city population includes 8.5% of

the people of Uganda and 50% the total vehicles driven in Uganda (Kiggundu & Mukiibi,
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2012). Kampala lacks modern road safety features and traffic features comparable to

international standards.

Problem Statement

Traffic crashes are one of the world’s most significant health problems (Trillo,

Bertolli, Heuler, & Paterson, 2013). The road traffic collisions in the business district of

Kampala, Uganda cost the Uganda economy 2.9% of the GDP with 2,954 traffic fatalities

reported in 2010 (WHO, 2013). Road crashes, injuries, and deaths cost Uganda US $101

million each year (WHO, 2013). The customers, employees, and business owners in

Kampala’s business district are negatively affected by road crashes. The general business

problem is the lack of efficient road management systems to improve roads, safety of

vehicles, traffic flow, traffic crime, and safe access to businesses in Uganda. The specific

business problem is that the administrators within Uganda’s TOTS and the National Road

Safety Council need information to design transportation regulations for improving road

safety for business, storeowners, customers, employers, and employees’ mobility and to

obtain business managers’ feedback on transportation regulations for their road

management system in Kampala’s business district.

Purpose Statement

The purpose of the qualitative, descriptive, case study was to provide TOTS

managers with the information they need to identify changes in transport regulations that

can decrease road accidents and traffic jams that contribute to the loss in GDP to improve

customers’, storeowners’, and employees’ mobility and safety. Data collection occurred

via observations, questionnaires, achieved documents, and interviews. The participant

population consisted of governmental, nongovernmental, and corporate organizational

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leaders involved in TOTS within the Kampala business district in Uganda. This

population was appropriate because the Kampala business district has the majority of the

state-owned enterprises and governmental and nongovernmental head offices and

contains over 50% of the vehicle population in Uganda (UNRF, 2010b). Furthermore,

the sample from the desired population included top managers for nongovernmental and

corporate organizations of small to medium enterprises (SMEs) and government officials

of governmental ministries and departmental heads. The population sample was

appropriate because top managers formulate and design the overall enterprise strategy

and oversee daily activities of their departments.

The implication for positive social change includes preventing the loss of GDP by

reducing road accidents to save lives, protect property, and ensure safe transport service

delivery to the people. Traffic fatalities deprive families, society, and community of

members in the productive age segment from 15 to 54 (Ackaah & Adonteng, 2011;

Borowy, 2013; Desapriya et al., 2011; Ericson & Kim, 2011; Hyder et al., 2012; Peden et

al., 2004; Sukhai, Jones, Love, & Haynes, 2011; Yannis, Antoniou, Papadimitriou, &

Katsochis, 2011). The age group from 15 to 54 is the prime age in the life of an

individual. There is positive social change while addressing the negative social

implications of road accident.

Nature of the Study

A qualitative, descriptive, case study was used for data collection. Qualitative

methodology is appropriate for identifying the perceptions of participants (Allwood,

2012; Marshall & Rossman, 2010). A qualitative case study was used instead of a

quantitative study due to the goals of the research. The purpose of this research study
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was to describe the perceptions and understanding of road transportation among drivers

and stakeholders. The stakeholders came from governmental, nongovernmental, and

corporate organizations and their experiences of leadership practices and daily decision

making as applied to future road maintenance, rehabilitation, and reconstruction.

Qualitative studies are suitable for research on themes associated with leadership

practice and decision making for RMS with a focus on road safety (Blake & Gutierrez,

2011; Bøgh Andersen & Holm Pedersen, 2012; Van De Camp, Vernooij-Dassen, Grol, &

Bottema, 2004). In qualitative studies, researchers do not test hypotheses, nor do they

offer new theories (Lindlof & Taylor, 2011; Rubin & Rubin, 2011; Seidman, 2012;

Silverman, 2011, 2013). The purpose of the qualitative study is to describe the rationale

of the particular phenomenon in its natural setting and then to interpret, gain insights,

derive concepts, identify and verify concerns, and beliefs in real world settings (Allwood,

2012; Marshall & Rossman, 2010; Neuman, 2006).

I selected a descriptive case study over other designs to conceptualize and explain

the increasing road accidents and traffic jams phenomenon in Kampala through

descriptions and meanings from road users. A case study design is useful for

investigating trends and particular situations (Kamanda et al., 2013; Pan & Tan, 2011).

Data gathered from the archival documents describing records, processes, activities, and

events were instrumental to triangulate the case study primary data (Lindlof & Taylor,

2011; Rubin & Rubin, 2011; Seidman, 2012; Silverman, 2011, 2013). Data collected

from archival documents met the following criteria: (a) review of data published, (b)

application of the reviewed document information, (c) achieved data, (d) missing data,

and (e) desired improvement data.

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Research Question

The overarching research question was the following: What are the strategies to

design transportation regulations for improving road safety for business, storeowners,

customers, employers, and employees’ mobility for their road management system in

Kampala’s business district? Interview questions enabled me to develop a research

question further:

Interview Questions

The answers to the following interview questions contributed information to the

research overarching research question:

1. Why are road accidents and traffic jams increasing within the Kampala

business district?

2. To what extent do driver training and issuance of driver licenses affect

road safety?

3. To what extent do the age of the vehicles and the issuance of vehicle

operating license affect urban transport business and management?

4. What are the necessary urban transport business and management needs to

improve the increasing road accidents and traffic jams?

5. To what extent do the traffic offense punitive measures improve driver

training programs and attitudes?

6. How do the traffic enforcement efforts improve road safety?

7. How can the road safety features and road signs be improved and

protected to serve the designed objective?

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8. What help do the existing business organizations involved in transport

operations and transport services require improving institutional capacity?

9. How can the road safety information be availed to all road users?

Conceptual Framework

In this explorative description of road management system with a focus on road

safety, I used the following three theories as a foundation for the study: (a) management

theory, (b) strategy management theory, and (c) criminology theory. The RMS focus is

on five issues (a) the planning, (b) coordinating, (c) managing road maintenance, (d)

rehabilitation, and (e) construction. Road management involves a confluence of people,

processes, and technology. Road safety is a union of (a) road users, (b) vehicles, (c)

traffic laws and enforcement, and (d) driver training (Bhatti, Sobngwi-Tambekou,

Lagarde, & Salmi, 2010; Chen, 2010; Hammer, Pratt, & Ross, 2014; Hauer, 2010;

Larsson, Dekker, & Tingvall, 2010; Novoa et al., 2011). The outlines of the three

business theories for guiding this research study are as follows:

1. Management theory: The classical and scientific management theory and

human relations management theory.

2. Strategy management theory: Design theory, planning theory, and position

theory of strategy.

3. Criminology theory: Psychological modeling theory, culture conflict

theory, and biochemical theory.

For urban transport management to function well, the coordination of road

management, traffic management, and transport services is essential. Road management

and traffic management, as provided by governmental departments, need capacity

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building and newer technologies to cope with the changing demands of the Kampala

business district transportation system (Dimitriou & Gakenheimer, 2011; Fu & Murray,

2014; Mahmud et al., 2012; Santosa, 2011). Continuous organizational development in

terms of human resource skills and acquisition of appropriate technology are

prerequisites for personal and organizational success. Considering the number of

departments and organizations involved in road management, road safety, and urban

transport management, the leadership development themes required for leaders are

1. Development of leaders at all levels (Ely, Ibarra, & Kolb, 2011; Hartley,

2011; Storey, 2013).

2. Further develop leaders on differentiation according to tasks and

capabilities (Dalakoura, 2010; Gardner, 2011; Plotner, & Trach, 2010).

3. Identifying, understanding, and investing in social capital and leadership

development (Apaliyah, Martin, Gasteyer, Keating, & Pigg, 2012;

Bilhuber Galli, & Müller-Stewens, 2012; Espedal, Gooderham, &

Stensaker, 2013; Gutiérrez, Hilborn, & Defeo, 2011; McCallum &

O'Connell, 2009; Van De Valk & Constas, 2011).

4. Pledging continual commitment to developing leadership capabilities

(Figl, 2010; Gentry & Sparks, 2012; Lee, Chiu, Liu, & Chen, 2011; Stokes

& Oiry, 2012).

5. Developing leadership capabilities across groups in the business and for

across the business (Hogg, Van Knippenberg, & Rast, 2012; Mendenhall,

Oddou, Osland, Bird, & Maznevski, 2012).

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The classical and scientific management theories of Fayol and Taylor (as cited in

Wren, 2011), and the human relations management theory of Maslow (Gambrel &

Cianci, 2003; Maslow, Frager, & Fadiman, 1970), and Mayo (as cited in Wren, 2011) are

relevant for RMS. For the framework of this study, the primary three theories are

classical, scientific, and human relations management theory. These two theories have

the following subthemes:

1. Human resource management as it relates to human relations (Armstrong,

2012; Bringselius, 2014; Chow, 2014; Guest, 2011; Jimoh & Danlami,

2011; Kim, Wright, & Su, 2010; Mahoney-Phillips & Adams, 2010;

Makadok & Coff, 2009; Pritchard, 2010; Schuler, Jackson, & Tarique,

2011).

2. Continuous commitment to developing and improving human

relationships (Boichuk & Menguc, 2013; Jaros, 2012; Liu, Ghauri, &

Sinkovics, 2010).

3. Governance forms as to management (Bass & Bass, 2009; Ericson &

Haggerty, 1999; Griffin, 2013; Huczynski, 2012; Watson, 2013).

The strategy management theory, culture conflict theory, and biochemical theory under

criminology theory are suitable for road safety. The descriptions of the identified

theories for the study follow.

Management Theory

The managing of road systems requires attracting, training, and retaining

competent employees in the appropriate profession. Among other incentives providing

an effective working environment, attractive and competitive reward employee packages

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are necessary to attract and retain competent employees. Organizations in TOTS should

plan, implement, and coordinate opportunity for strategic employee leadership training

and promotion programs (Easterby-Smith, Thorpe, & Jackson, 2012; Johannsen, Leist, &

Zellner, 2011; Kristine, 2013; Lohrmann & Reichert, 2013; Seddon, Calvert, & Yang,

2010; Smart, Hannay, Sonia, & Earl, 2013; Thriscutt, 2010d; Trkman, 2010; Vom

Brocke, Simons, & Cleven, 2011; Vom Brocke & Sinnl, 2011). The analysis of

management theory as being appropriate to RMS focuses on the classical management

theory, scientific management theory, and the human relations management theory. An

analysis of each theory follows below. The purpose of the analysis is to present the intent

and the criticisms of each theory.

Classical and scientific management theories. Fayol theorized that

management is a process of planning, organizing, and managing that is executable by the

top, middle, and low management (as cited in Wren, 2011). Top management is

responsible for organizing and managing middle management for coordinating, and low

management must ensure the completion of all jobs (Rodrigues, 2001; Wren, 2011).

Taylor theorized that improving labor productivity is possible through the division of

labor by breaking down production tasks to the smallest units called piecework attached

with incentive pay (as cited in Bonet & Sauquet, 2010; as cited in Jensen, 2010; as cited

in Wren, 2011).

RMS and road safety are multidisciplinary subjects that bring together (a)

physical planning engineers, (b) architects, (c) civil engineers, (d) water engineers, (e)

city council administrators, (f) revenue collectors, (g) traffic police constables, (h) law

enforcement and transport regulatory agencies professionals, and (i) ultimate road users
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(Mahmud et al., 2012; Meyer, Amekudzi, & O'Har, 2010; Santosa, 2011). Such a diverse

group makes a sizable employment base, which requires formal knowledge of

organizational management. Employee-to-employee, employee-to-organization, and

organization-to-organization relationships emerge and require planning, managing, and

coordinating.

The classical and scientific management theories relate to the study due to the

existence of employees in the TOTS, RMS, and road safety organizations. Attention to

employee interpersonal skills, motivation, and general well-being is vital to the shaping

of organizational performance attributable to the long-term success of the business. For

instance, drivers as employees could be self-employed; employment with a car could be a

fringe benefit for the employee and a professional driver in a governmental department or

private corporate business.

Researchers who have criticized classical and scientific management theories

have claimed that no attention was devoted to employee interpersonal skills, motivation,

and general well-being. The participants’ sample of the classical management theory

predetermined by the theorist was small, and the consequences of the scientific

management theory were dehumanizing and destruction of worker alienation and over

centralization of organizational control (Bonet & Sauquet, 2010; Jensen, 2010; Wren,

2011). The criticism of the classical and scientific management led to the human

relations management theory.

Human relations management theory. Human relationships, such as attitude,

behavior, and interpersonal skills, influence the management of companies. The

conditions of work and incidences of breakdown and fatigue affect human relationships.
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Maslow (1970) theorized that the human behavior was organized in hierarchical levels of

needs portrayed at basic, belonging, esteem, and self-actualization (as cited in Ericson &

Haggerty, 1999). The critics of the Maslow theory asserted that human needs do not

always follow a defined pattern (Ericson & Haggerty, 1999). The differing levels of

development in society have a bearing on hierarchical human needs and prioritization of

needs by individuals. For example, the priority of human needs in road safety for the

vehicle owner, a driver, and an enforcement official are different.

The role of human relations in management continues to evolve. Mayo (as cited

in Wren, 2011) theorized that employee motivation, employee care, and leadership style

could improve productivity, supervision, and quality of products. In an urban transport

environment, professional drivers, road construction professionals, and leaders of traffic

enforcement and regulatory agencies need to exercise appropriate leadership. To

engender able leadership, the leaders should understand the relevance of (a) gender and

culture, (b) diversity of leadership in a changing world, (c) engaging employees within

leadership ethics, and (d) keeping with values of the business culture (Abrhiem, 2012;

Ayman & Korabik, 2010; Den Hartog & Belschak, 2012; Eagly & Chin, 2010).

Leaders of companies align different employee rewarding systems for employee

motivation. The working conditions and the company leaders’ response to incidences of

breakdown and accidents affect employee attitude towards work and the organization

(Kim et al., 2010). Good employee rewarding systems, working conditions, and response

to incidences are incentives to attract and retain good employees.

The criticisms of the Mayo management theory allude to equating humans to

machines (Wren, 2011). However, people are human beings with social needs and do not
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perform as machines. Human beings are creative with different production rates. Four

strategies to improve production rates resulted in the emerging of strategy management

theories (a) employee motivation, (b) efficient use of tools, (c) technology, and (d)

methods.

Strategic Management Theory

The strategic management theory hinges upon design, planning, and positioning

schools of approach of strategy. Strategic management is the knowledge of the corporate

identity, position, and dynamics of the business in order to use the available resources

and capabilities of the organization within its industrial setting for competitive advantage

(Hong-Wei & John, 2013; Wilson, 2012). Strategic management is concerned with how

people, operations, technology, and marketing are aligned for competitive advantage

(Griffin & Moorhead, 2012).

The Porter position theory, the Mintzberg and Hunsicker design theory, and

Hamel and Prahalad planning theory are relevant to road management and road safety.

The TOTS, RMS, and road safety leaders should know how the employees and customers

should perceive the organization by designing and planning strategy to achieve company

position. In the light of providing TOTS, involving public-private partnerships, and

overcoming barriers to safe road transport in the transport sector use of strategic

management is appropriate to RMS and road safety (Lichtenthaler, Ernst, & Conley,

2011; Ryals & Davies, 2013).

The criticism of strategic management is the failure of organizational leaders to

understand internal capabilities, the conflict between top management values and

organizational values, and the ethical issues associated with strategy formulation and
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implementation (Ahenkora & Peasah, 2011; Griffin & Moorhead, 2012). The ethical

misconduct in issuance of driver licenses and transport service operator licenses, traffic

enforcement, and regulating transit fares relates to strategic formulation and

implementation of urban transport management. The self-paid bonuses to boarding and

tax collection lead to an increase of ethical misconduct within the urban transportation

business industry.

Criminology Theory

The discussion of criminology theory revolves around the psychological

modeling, culture conflict, and biochemical theories of criminology (Cowell, Lattimore,

& Krebs, 2010; Thrasher, Glueck, & Glueck, 1951; Williams & McShane, 1994; Yeh,

2010). People commit crime when the benefits outweigh the costs in the absence of

effective punishments (Cullen & Agnew 2011). The criminology theory was used to

explore the ethical issues that may emerge within the TOTS, road safety, and RMS.

The psychological modeling theory of criminology relates to sensitization in order

to deter people from committing a crime and the treatment and rehabilitation of traffic

law offenders. The right driving training and proper vehicle inspection for mechanical

condition for road worthiness are necessary to deter and minimize the occurrence of road

crashes (MOWT, 2011). Even with good driving training and proper checking of vehicle

mechanical condition, road crashes still occur due to poorly maintained roads, poor

eyesight, and abusive use of drugs (Ackaah, & Adonteng, 2011). The individuals

involved in traffic crashes and who are implicated to be in the wrong become traffic

offenders. The traffic offenders need rehabilitation and retraining in driving.

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The culture conflict theory is associated with them against us scenario. The

enforcing of traffic laws, driving training regulations, and vehicle operation regulations

by enforcement teams is a strain for noncompliant drivers and vehicle owners. The

noncompliant drivers and vehicle owners cannot obtain money and social status due to

traffic laws and regulations strain. Under these conditions, the drivers and vehicle

owners respond to this strain by committing a crime. The culture conflict is in road

safety enforcement between the enforcement teams and transportation operatives.

The biochemical theory pertains to the use and abuse of alcohol and drugs

(Williams & McShane, 1994). The long haul truck drivers, bus drivers, and special hire

drivers consume substances to keep them from sleeping when driving. The drivers

consume more alcohol than is permissible for safe driving. The traffic offenders conduct

regular checks on intake of alcohol and drugs. Mainly, the three identified criminology

theories are relative to the road safety (Hoffman & Akers, 2000; Meneses & Akers,

2011).

The management, strategy, and criminology theories interweave with road

management system and road safety because all deal with people, technology, and

process. The topics of planning, implementation, and securing of political support, as

well as funding for road maintenance, rehabilitation, and construction, are within the

conceptual framework identified for the study. Further topics of vehicle operation costs,

travelling time, retaining of road workers, and ethical issues under road management

systems are in the conceptual framework of the study (Hensher & Chung, 2011;

Luyimbazi, 2007; McPherson & Bennett, 2005; Misra et al., 2003; Popovic, Vasic,

Lazovic, & Grbovic, 2012; Thriscutt, 2010a).

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Definition of Terms

The Road Management System (RMS) is predominant in the highway

construction industry with terms that may not be familiar to the business management

audience. Additionally, RMS is a computerized tool and model used in the management,

planning and managing of road maintenance, rehabilitation, and reconstruction. The

terms efficient RMS and effective RMS stem from the business management arena that

require defining. The purpose of the following 13 definitions of operational terms is to

ensure consistency and understanding of terms and definitions used.

Effectiveness: The measure to which the reduced frequency for sections of the

road to maintain, rehabilitate, and reconstruct, reducing vehicle operation costs, traffic

accidents, traffic congestion, and passenger travel time (Hensher & Chung, 2011; Misra

et al., 2003).

Efficiency: The securing of the political leadership and existing road institutions’

commitment, choosing of the appropriate planning, programming, processing of the data

collected, and reporting to decision makers to fund the maintenance, rehabilitation, and

reconstruction of the roads (Hensher & Chung, 2011, Misra et al., 2003).

Human capital: The individual’s competence as encapsulated by formal (e.g.,

degree courses) and informal (e.g., learning on the job) education (Szerb et al., 2007).

Road infrastructure: Road infrastructure consists of facilities and equipment,

including the network, parking spaces, stopping places, draining system, bridges, and

footpaths (Peden et al., 2004).

Roadside furniture: The functional objects by the side of the road, such as

lampposts, telegraph poles, and road signs (Peden et al., 2004).

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Road traffic accident: A collision involving at least one vehicle in motion on a

public or private road resulting in at least one person being injured or killed is a road

traffic accident (Peden et al., 2004).

Road traffic crash: A collision or incident that may or may not lead to injury,

occurring on a public road, and involving at least one moving vehicle is a road traffic

crash (Peden et al., 2004).

Road traffic fatality: A death occurring within 30 days of the road traffic crash is

a road traffic fatality (Peden et al., 2004).

Road traffic injury: A fatal or nonfatal injury incurring because of road traffic

crash is a road traffic injury (Peden et al., 2004).

Road user: A person using any part of the road system as a nonmotorized or

motorized transport user is a road user (Peden et al., 2004).

Social capital: An individual’s position in a social network of relationships and

the resources embedded in, available through, or derived from these networks is

considered social capital (Apaliyah et al., 2012; Bilhuber et al., 2012; Espedal et al.,

2013; Gutiérrez et al., 2011; McCallum & O'Connell, 2009; Van De Valk & Constas,

2011).

Traffic management: Traffic management involves the planning, coordinating,

controlling and organizing of traffic to achieve efficiency and effectiveness of the

existing road capacity (Peden et al., 2004).

Vulnerable road users: Road users most at risk in traffic, such as pedestrians,

cyclists, motorcyclists, horse riders, and public transport passengers are regarded as

vulnerable road users. Children, older people, and disabled people may also be included
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in this category (Department for Transport U.K., 2007; Ministry of Works, Housing &

Communications [MOWHC], 2004; Peden et al., 2004).

Assumptions, Limitations, and Delimitations

The purpose of this section is to discuss the assumptions, limitations, and

delimitations made in narrowing the research topic. Flick (2014), Lindlof and Taylor

(2011), Rubin and Rubin (2011), Seidman (2012), Silverman (2011), and Silverman

(2013) advised that researchers should establish the assumptions, limitations, and

delimitations of the study. The assumptions, limitations, and delimitations section are a

checklist to guide the research project.

Assumptions

I assumed that a need exists to improve the road safety status that affects the gross

national income. A road safety disparity is present between the current standard and

desired standard, or between Uganda’s standards and international standards (Department

for Transport U.K., 2007; MOWHC, 2004). The Highway Code for Uganda is similar to

that of the United Kingdom. The road safety disparity attributed to a lack of information

in the urban transport business and management is reversible. A further assumption is

that not all drivers in Kampala have sufficient training and have difficulty in

understanding road signs and markings (Akanbi, Charles-Owaba, & Oluleye, 2009;

Hammer, Pratt, & Ross, 2014).

Limitations

The study limitations are the nature of the qualitative research data. These data

are prone to varying interpretations by different readers. Because qualitative research is

interpretative in nature, it is subject to potential researcher bias during analysis of the

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findings; not all people are equally articulate and perceptive (Lindlof & Taylor, 2011;

Rubin & Rubin, 2011; Seidman, 2012; Silverman, 2011, 2013).

Delimitations

A delimitation of this study included a sample. The sample was comprised of

road users within Kampala, the capital of Uganda, with transportation organizations and

related governmental departments. The volunteer participants had to be working in the

Kampala central business district (KCBD), even though persons residing outside the

central business district were eligible to participate in the study. Restricting the study

participants to those residing and working within KCBD was a delimitation. The sample

participants for the study did not include other regions of the country (Bryman, 2012).

Significance of the Study

The significance of the study is that the relationship of business management and

the highway construction industry and positive social change is described. The road

safety standards will improve when the recommendations of the study are implemented;

importation of new cars and spare parts will follow internationally acceptable business

management models. The literature review and topics for future research explores

contributions to business practices.

Contribution to Business Practice

The literature review gaps include the following 10 themes:

1. Roadside bombs due to terrorism.

2. Street demonstrations.

3. Persons with mental disorders.

4. Open-air street markets.

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5. Drying of cereal foodstuffs on the road.

6. Straying domestic animals.

7. Foot hawkers.

8. Street football.

9. Garbage dumped in the streets.

10. Vandalizing and destroying of road signs.

The gaps identified in the literature review are the issues that leaders of the traditional

RMS seek to correct to enhance road safety. It is significant for RMS leadership to

correct the shortfalls to achieve desirable road safety.

Roadside bombs due to terrorism. Terrorists use radio signals to denote

impoverished explosive devices (IEDs) as roadside bombs (Gilmore, 2008). Upon

explosion, the roadside bombs damage the road pavement and / or bridge structure.

Roads and bridges are investments with an expected rate of return as well as a

performance period (Bivens, 2012; Inderst, 2009; United States Department of the

Treasury, 2012). The damage to the transport infrastructure, prior to the end of the

performance period, is a loss to the national income (Bivens, 2012; Inderst, 2009; United

States Department of the Treasury, 2012). Efforts made to protect and prevent terrorism

attacks upon transport infrastructure increases the costs of roads and bridges related to

maintenance, rehabilitation, and construction.

Street demonstrations. Street demonstrations involving burning tires and

erection of barricades disrupt normal road traffic operations. Nonpeaceful demonstrators

not only disrupt traffic, but also destroy vehicles, property, and road furniture. The costs

incurred by security companies to protect people and property from nonpeaceful

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demonstrators, as well as the replacement and repair of private and public property, are

high. The enforcement equipment and remuneration of the security companies associated

with the government departments, and other costs, come from the national income.

Persons with mental disorders. Persons mentally and behaviorally challenged

resort to the streets for habitation and survival. These people search for food in garbage

heaps and do not follow traffic signs while using the road. The actions of persons with

mental challenges are traffic safety hazards.

Stray domestic animals. Domesticated animals, such as dogs, cats, cows, goats,

and fowls, stray into streets interrupting traffic flow, occasionally causing a traffic

accident. The damage to an automobile from a big domestic animal such as a cow is

substantial. The costs of repairs to the damaged vehicle and investigations into the

roaming domestic animals have an impact on the individual and the national budget.

Open-air street markets. It is common that the street corners change into open-

air markets in the twilight hours of the day. The street markets reduce the available

traveled traffic surface area to road users, thereby creating a traffic jam, traffic

congestion, and occasional traffic crashes. These street corner markets are a source of

garbage on the street or side drains thereby clogging them.

Foot hawkers. The foot hawkers prefer to sell their merchandise at junctions

identified by traffic jams. The foot hawkers will move in between or along slow moving

vehicles conducting business transactions with drivers. A business transaction is a

distraction to the driver and becomes a road safety hazard.

Street football. Sections of nonbusy streets turn into playgrounds for children in

residential neighborhoods. The common game in these streets is street football. The
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street footballers enjoy the game without consideration that the playground is in the

street. The section of street turned into a gaming playground is a traffic safety hazard to

street footballers and motorists.

Drying of cereal foodstuffs on the road. People using roads as drying grounds

for foodstuffs appear to be unaware of road safety. The exhibition of ignorance of road

safety is common during inclement weather conditions. Young family members will run

to the road to prevent the foodstuff from the coming rain downpour, without taking notice

of motorized traffic. The act is a road safety hazard.

Garbage dumped in the streets. The dumping of garbage in the road is from

either street corner markets or residents and businesses without garbage bins. Garbage

dumped in the roads impacts road users in two ways. The garbage heap blocks the road,

and foul air from rotting activity is a pollutant to the environment. This garbage heap

attracts scavengers such as straying domestic animals and the homeless.

Vandalizing and destroying of road signs. Road signs, and road furniture are

prone to destruction by vandals. Vandalizing and destroying road signs contributes

negatively to road safety. For example, if the road signs for a one-way road are missing

due to vandalization, users will commit a traffic offense of contraflow. The missing road

sign and contraflow driving behavior are traffic hazards.

The identification of such information missing in the encountered literature

review reduces the gaps on the RMS and road safety. Including such information in the

study would inform the expected audience, who would benefit and use it. There is a lack

of education and awareness about road safety. There is also a lack of analysis for

business models in TOTS within the road transport subsector as envisaged in the problem
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statement in the study location. The intent of the research study is to reduce the gaps, as

well as propose strategies to the RMS leadership and management. The leadership and

decision-making discussion in political and business management terms follows.

Political leadership. Political leadership and decision making by political

entrepreneurs encourage foot hawkers and open-air street markets, as well as allow pedal

cyclists and motorcyclists to operate in street sections of fast lanes. Mixing slow moving

and fast moving traffic render the streets unsafe (Kinzenbaw, 2008). The populace

involved in such unsafe ventures and activities appear not to consider human well-being

and human development. Able, knowledgeable, and appropriate leadership is a requisite

to address political leadership (Hodges, Ferreira, & Israel, 2012; Lichtenstein et al., 2006;

Raza & Standing, 2011).

Decision making. Political leadership and political entrepreneurs make business

management decisions without consideration for road safety. The efficiency and

effectiveness of business leaders’ decision making are influenced by the management of

information overload, shareholder pressure, and business time cycle (Nguyen &

Schüßler, 2013; Reimers, 2014). TOTS, as a developing small business enterprise, is

continuously making business decisions about (a) car fleets; (b) allocation of routes; (c)

drivers’ acquiring, training, and retaining; and (d) steep business competition. The

decision-making process, in such circumstances, requires more human capital than social

capital. Proper human resources are a necessity to deal with the increasing information

overload, several available suppliers, and the changing marketplace terrain (Da Felice, &

Martucci, 2012; Amu et al., 2012; Nguyen & Schüßler, 2013; Reimers, 2014; Szerb et al.,

2007).
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Implications for Social Change

The different societal difficulties linked to road accidents are social, economic,

and environmental concerns (Peden et al., 2004). .The social difficulties have lead to a

loss of people who would be resourceful to society as (a) financial supporters in the

family, (b) resourceful employees, (c) social change agents in the community, and (d)

traffic offenders who are confined to a prison cell. The loss of a breadwinner, resourceful

employee, and social change agent in the community are consequences of traffic

fatalities. The isolation and confinement of individuals to prison cells because of traffic

offenses take from society breadwinners, resourceful employees, and change agents

within the time they are away serving the sentence. The social problems can be

overcome when there is improvement in transport subsector business and management

that prevent and minimize road accidents. The economic aspects related to traffic crashes

include the following five themes:

• Loss of goods, revenue, and assets;

• Trigger of insurance compensation procedures;

• More constraints to the over-stretched health services and police traffic

departments;

• Cost of clearing of the accident salvage from the accident scene; and

• Families’ financial constraints for paying police bonds, medical bills,

court bonds, and court fines.

The existing insurance organizations offer basic insurance services, such as motor third

party insurance policy and comprehensive insurance policy services. In Uganda,

occasionally when a traffic accident occurs, the community rushes to the accident scene
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to take the property, goods, and personal belongings of the victims instead of providing

first aid and safety. The communities may apply the law incorrectly by beating the

assumed traffic offender, confiscating the transit vehicle, or burning the vehicle. Traffic

crash victims require both medical attention and security services in the form of secure

protection and law and order by police. Frequent and multiple occurrences of traffic

crashes increase constraints on both health facilities and the police force.

The environmental aspects of traffic accidents partially address the following

three themes: (a) oil products spillage leading to land degradation and contamination of

water sources; (b) noise nuisance due to accident impact, maintenance, and repair of the

salvage at poorly managed workshops; and (c) landfill effect of the accident salvage. The

vehicles on the roads use fossil products such as petrol, diesel, engine oil, and brake and

clutch fluids that spill on the scene of the accident upon the collision impact. The fossil

products enter into the surrounding road surface, as well as land and water supplies. The

people living within the proximity of the collision impact site who use the water may

suffer from illness. The noise coming from the crash impact, maintenance, and repair of

the salvage at makeshift workshops is a nuisance. The metal cut-offs, wielding fire drop

offs, filler, and paint remains, as well as irreparable parts, go to the landfill. The wastes

from the workshops do not decompose and are harmful to human life, leading to land

degradation and contamination. Family members are hurt by the steel metal cut-offs

while working on the land and get poor crop yields due to high metal concentration

affecting soil composition and fertility.

Furthermore, the resources used in the manufacturing, repairing, and recycling of

vehicle parts are depleting. Road accidents are preventable. Road accidents attributed to
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(a) human error, (b) insufficient driver training, and (c) poorly maintained cars are

unsustainable, because raw materials required for vehicle production, and replacing spare

parts are exhaustible (Asbridge, Brubacher, & Chan, 2013; Gjerde, Christophersen,

Normann, & Moerland, 2013; Nordfjaern, Joergensen, & Rundmo, 2012; Pearce, 2012;

Senge, Smith, Kruschwitz, Laur, & Schley, 2008; Zimmerman, Mzige, Kibatala, Museru,

& Guerrero, 2012).

The intent of this research study was to identify business management strategies

that, through the implementation of the identified business management strategies, road

accidents might reduce by 50% on average by 2020. Improvement in human well-being

and human development and an increase in GDP is possible. The business community

would have an added investment portfolio within the study area to combat road safety

concerns. Capital investment is feasible for (a) car seat belts, (b) driver reflective jackets,

(c) radar photo camera equipment, (d) infant car seats, (e) traffic lights at junctions, (f)

retro-reflective paint and equipment for road markings, (g) crash barriers, and (h) closed

circuit television (CCTV) cameras.

The two construction projects, a helmet factory and toll roads, are a response and

remedy to the road safety aspect of the study, especially for motorcycle riders and ease of

traffic congestion on the Entebbe-Kampala road. Entebbe has the international airport,

and Kampala is the national capital of Uganda that are essential business hubs in Uganda.

Ease of traffic congestion shall lead to an increase in capital investments thereby creating

employment opportunities for family members as a social change implication.

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A Review of the Professional and Academic Literature

The purpose of the qualitative, descriptive case study was to enable TOTS

managers to understand and identify changes in transport regulations that might

contribute to (a) decreasing road accidents; (b) traffic jams; (c) increasing the GDP; (d)

improving road safety for business storeowners and customers and employees’ mobility;

and (e) improving social, economic, and environmental influences.

A literature review is an exploration of the conceptual foundation of the study.

The goal of the exploration was to address (a) transport regulations, (b) gaps in the

existing literature, (c) modes of road transport, (d) the carbon footprint due to automobile

exhaust fumes, (e) sustainability, (f) leadership, (g) decision making, and (h) barriers to

safe road transportation. The terms considered applied to RMS and can only provide a

partial view of the applicable interdisciplinary literature.

A search for peer-reviewed journal articles, dissertations, and research documents

commenced with Walden online library Internet search engines ABI/INFORM Global,

Academic Search Premier/Complete, Business Source Premier/Complete, Emerald,

LexisNexis, and ProQuest. The review began in the online library collection using

primary search terms. Search terms included road accidents, traffic fatalities, urban

transport management, business management, strategy management, business

management theories, and road management systems. The minor search terms were

efficiency, effectiveness, leadership development, and roads in Uganda. The research

also included books purchased for doctorate of business administration academic courses.

The search resulted in over 339 sources. A search of physical and electronic

resources at the search libraries of Google Scholar, Yahoo Scholar, and other global
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Internet search engines yielded additional sources for a complete exploration of relevant

sources. An exhaustive attempt to cite both historical and current sources resulted in 339

references. Of the 339 sources, 284 have publication dates from the year 2010 and are in

the literature review. The percentage of peer-reviewed resources of the total references is

92% (see Table 2).

Table 2

Title Searches, Articles, Research Documents, and Journals Researched Pre-2010

Category Scholarly Empirical Scholarly reviewed Founding Total

books research & articles in journal and theorists
dissertations periodicals
Road Management System 2 0 5 0 7
General 1 0 2 0 3
Traffic composition 0 1 1 0 2
Road safety 2 0 3 0 5
Driver training 0 0 1 0 1
Traffic enforcement 0 0 4 0 4
Change management 0 0 0 0 0
Business context 0 0 0 0 0
Non-business 0 0 0 0 0
Leadership 1 0 4 0 5
Public-private partnerships 0 0 3 0 3
Decision-making 0 0 1 0 1
Criminology theory 1 0 3 0 4
Strategic management 0 0 2 0 2
Sustainability 1 0 2 0 3
Management theory 1 0 2 0 3
Research Methods 3 0 2 0 5
Descriptive case study 1 0 1 0 2
Traffic fatalities 0 1 4 0 5
Totals 13 2 40 0 55

Access and review of resources on the theorists identified for management theory,

strategic management, and criminology theory was also conducted. The sources

addressed the research methodology and designed the theorists used to derive the theory.

The information was vital in understanding the theories chosen for this study.
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Table 3 consists of 284 articles on the search themes after 2010. The contents are similar

to Table 2 for literature review consistency. Details of the discussions of each section

follow Table 3.

Table 3

Title Searches, Articles, Research Documents, and Journals Researched from 2010

Category Scholarly Empirical Scholarly reviewed Founding Total

books research & articles in journal and theorists
dissertations periodicals
Road management system 6 0 18 0 24
General 3 0 14 0 17
Traffic composition 0 0 10 0 10
Road Safety 2 0 29 0 31
Driver training 0 0 11 0 11
Traffic enforcement 0 0 8 0 8
Change management 0 0 11 0 11
Business context 0 0 26 0 26
Non-business 0 0 2 0 2
Leadership 6 1 26 0 33
Public-private partnerships 1 0 10 0 11
Decision-making 0 0 10 0 10
Criminology theory 0 0 6 0 6
Strategic management 0 0 9 0 9
Sustainability 0 1 18 0 19
Management theory 4 0 4 0 8
Research Methods 11 0 8 0 19
Descriptive case study 4 0 9 0 13
Traffic fatalities 1 0 15 0 16
Totals 38 2 244 0 284

Similar to the pre-2010 sources, the literature review sources from 2010 were outside the

geographic study area. This observation is partially due to the low coverage of the

subject and to the association of scholarly writers with internationally recognized

journals.

The themes gleaned from the literature review are (a) driver training, (b) functions

of the companies in the study area, (c) leadership, (d) modes of transportation, (e) origin

of roads, (f) public-private partnerships (PPPs), (g) road infrastructure, (h) road
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management systems, (i) road safety, (j) strategy, (k) sustainability, (l) traffic

composition, and (m) traffic enforcement. The driver training, road safety, traffic

composition, and traffic enforcement are interconnected. Similarly, functions of the

companies in the study area, leadership, and public-private partnerships complement each

other. The study of each theme is under the relevant heading in the content from peer-

reviewed journals heading.

Applied Business Problem Statement

RMS is under road infrastructure and highway construction that presents a

business problem of efficiency and effectiveness, road accidents, and traffic congestion

(Adler et al., 2012; Huggins, 2012; Pollitt, 2009; Witte, Wiegmans, van Oort, & Spit,

2014). The business themes of efficiency and effectiveness, leadership and decision-

making, capital investment considerations and strategies, sustainability, and change

management emerged (Bamberg, Fujii, Friman, & Gärling, 2011; Barr, Shaw, Coles, &

Prillwitz, 2010; Hodges et al., 2012; Holden & Linnerud, 2011; Lichtenstein et al., 2006;

Prillwitz & Barr, 2011; Raza, & Standing, 2011; Xenias & Whitmarsh, 2013). Therefore,

the business management strategy to improve business profitability for storeowners,

TOTS operatives and to reduce GDP loss due to road accidents is an applied business

problem statement.

Management Theories Relevant to the Research Study

Leadership, strategic planning, and change management theories are relevant and

necessary in addressing the research study problem as well as the literature review gaps

identified. The erosion of road asset value is due to a lack of strategic management

research in road construction and supportive political and institutional frameworks (Lillis
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& Sweeney, 2013, Sarpong, Maclean, & Davies, 2013). Officials of China are building

new cities, resulting in the creation of rural and urban migration as a means to have well-

planned cities. A replication strategic planning with modifications in the study area to

improve urban shacks would be a feasible alternative. Housing projects supplement

financing of transportation infrastructure systems (Burchell, Crosby, & Russo, 2011;

Kiggundu, 2009; Lucian, 2012).

Comparisons with Previous Research and Findings

Kiggundu and Mukiibi (2012) attributed inadequate parking space, dilapidated

and neglected road network, lagging public transport, and inadequate local funding to

traffic congestion within Kampala. Recommendations are to use overhead or

underground parking as well as improved public transport services to de-congest the city.

To achieve the de-congesting of the city with traffic, the private and public developers

should invest in constructing car parking facilities and bus terminals.

Kobusingye, Guwatudde, and Lett (2001) considered traffic accidents as a major

killer along with others such as malaria, tuberculosis, and human immune virus/acquired

immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS). The goal of the study was to show that the

leading causes of fatalities and disabilities in the city were due to road traffic. The study

findings contrast with a similar study conducted in the United States in a similar setting,

in which traffic crashes and fatalities were due to speeding on rural interstate roads

(Friedman, Hedeker, & Richter, 2009). The particular contrast is attributable to the

different geographical locations and level of growth in the two countries. Differences

and contrasts in transportation are due to current policies, behavioral orientation of

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citizens, and sustainability (Bamberg et al., 2011; Barr et al., 2010; Holden & Linnerud,

2011; Prillwitz & Barr, 2011; Xenias & Whitmarsh, 2013).

Mutto, Kobusingye and Lett (2002) evaluated the effect of an overpass on

pedestrian injuries in the study area to ascertain the perceptions of the participants. The

concern was that traffic accidents continued to occur at the overpass area notwithstanding

the existence of an overpass as a safety provision. The goal of the study was to show that

male participants had a mindset of being brave and strong enough to walk through traffic

as compared to the female participants. The safety issue was not paramount to the men.

Benmaamar et al. (2002) conducted a study on TOTS of the public transport

particularly minibuses within the study area and other two locations in the east and west

of Uganda. The purpose of the study was to show that cars are more than eight years old

without proper routine maintenance and with drivers possessing insufficient training

skills. Benmaamar et al. recommended a review of the vehicle importation policy and

adoption of private-public partnerships in TOTS.

The Benmaamar et al. (2002) study recommendations provided the foundation for

this current study. The current study builds upon the identified gap in the literature as

lack of strategy management review. The strategy management analysis on the routine

maintenance of cars, driver training under the road safety and car importation policy

within TOTS is lacking.

Innovation and technology in a road traffic management and enforcement has

progressed over time. Dual application of manual and technology-aided enforcement is a

common practice in the developed world. Chen and Warburton (2006) and

representatives of Department for Transport U.K. (2007a) explained that photo radar
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cameras and CCTV cameras are necessary for the enforcement of traffic laws and

regulations. In the proposed study area, use of technology-aided enforcement is at leisure

pace. Chen and Warburton demonstrated that the use of technology-aided enforcement

reaped financial benefits.

Rationale of the Conceptual Framework for Improved Business Practice

The intent of the proposed study was to address the phenomenon of increasing

road accidents and traffic jams leading to the loss of GDP (Dragu, Roman, & Roman,

2013; Kiyaga et al., 2013; Prasad & Shekhar, 2010; Worku, 2013; WHO, 2013). The

design of previous studies conducted in the study area was on a theoretical framework to

establish institutional and infrastructure solutions. The frameworks among others

included (a) injury patterns, (b) effect of greenhouse gases emissions, and (c)

recommendations for reform on urban transport (Benmaamar et al., 2002; Bi, Zhang,

Wang, Liu, & Wu, 2011; Glaeser & Kahn, 2010; Kobusingye et al., 2001; Kudryavtsev,

Nilssen, Lund, Grjibovski, & Ytterstad, 2013; Kulak, Graves, & Chatterton, 2013;

Mashayekh et al. 2012; Sovacool & Brown, 2010; Strohbach, Arnold, & Haase, 2012;

Tiwari, 2012;). The design of the case study research was to describe the growing

phenomenon of road accidents, traffic jams, and trends of urban transport regulation

contributing to the loss in GDP in Uganda.

The conceptual framework calls for improved business practice to alleviate the

phenomenon of increasing road accidents and traffic jams. Analysis of the following

improved practices would serve this effort (a) chain supply management, (b) chain value

management, and (c) Porter’s (2008) forces tailored to Ugandan business matrix. The

leaders of governmental and nongovernmental organizations involved in the road

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transport subsector are adapting a corporate stance and should embrace improved

business practices for day-to-day planning, programming, and operations in the

subsector. The Uganda National Roads Fund (UNRF) and the Uganda National Roads

Authority (UNRA) are now in existence to function as SMEs.

Representatives of the Uganda National Roads Fund [UNRF] (2010a) published

that road; railway, air, and inland water are the current modes of transport in Uganda,

with the road mode of transport being principal. The government policy is to improve

transport services that shall be safe, effective, and efficient for agricultural and industrial

production. The safe and efficient transport services would improve trade and tourism,

social, and administrative services to the populace.

Potential Themes of Qualitative Study

Various potential themes for a qualitative study emerge from the literature review.

Considered themes for the study design are

• Leadership

• Decision making

• Efficiency and effectiveness

• Road accidents

• Safety information and knowledge

• Gross domestic product (GDP)

• Positive social change

• Driver training and licensing

• Importation of vehicle policy

• Public and private partnerships in the transportation sector

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The other themes emerging and supporting the identified research study themes are

sustainability, change management, organizational development, and business strategy

management.

Content from Peer-reviewed Journals

The discussions under the content peer-reviewed journal section are under 14

subheadings. The subheadings include:

1. Driver training.

2. Functions of the companies in the study area.

3. Leadership.

4. Modes of transportation.

5. Origin of roads.

6. Public-private partnerships (PPPs).

7. Road infrastructure.

8. Road management systems.

9. Road safety.

10. Strategy.

11. Sustainability

12. Traffic composition.

13. Traffic enforcement.

14. Themes to inform the research project.

Focus of the discussion is on the research problem statement. The subheadings

discussion details follow below.

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Driver training. Road safety, driver training, and vehicle handling are

inseparable. Driving is a skill dependent on

• Knowledge and practice of the driver (Walker, Stanton, Kazi, Salmon, &

Jenkins, 2009; Wang, Zhang, & Salvendy, 2010)

• The situation on the road (Salmon, Stanton, & Young, 2012)

• Driver’s various information process and decision-making (Wang et al.,

2011)

• Driver training how to respond to hazards (Crundall, Andrews, Van Loon,

& Chapman, 2010)

• Driver’s performance at junctions, flashing lights, rail level crossings

(Lenne et al., 2011)

• The driver's approach to safety (Wang, Zhang, Guo, Bubb, & Ikeuchi,

2011)

• The driver's validation of hazards (Underwood, Crundall, & Chapman,

2011)

• Young and inexperienced drivers on-road driving (Isler, Starkey, &

Sheppard, 2011)

As a skill, it is prone to abuse by (a) attitude, (b) peer pressure, (c) speeding, (d)

competition, (e) aggressive driving, and (f) religious beliefs (Asbridge et al., 2013; De

Winter & Dodou, 2010; Gjerde et al., 2013; Hammer et al., 2014; Lheureux, 2012; Li,

Simons-Morton, & Hingson, 2013; Nordfjaern et al., 2012; Pitt, 2008; Tronsmoen, 2010;

Zimmerman et al., 2012). Road rage is an example of abuse of driver training, is an

exhibition of impatience, and disregard on the part of offending drivers about traffic laws
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and other road users (Asbridge & Butters, 2013; Cavacuiti et al., 2013; Mir, Khan,

Ahmed, & Razzak, 2012; Nabatilan, Aghazadeh, Nimbarte, Harvey, & Chowdhury,

2012). Organizational leaders in the transportation subsector cannot afford to overlook

driver training. Driver training provides information and skills to the driver regarding

how to control the car under different weather conditions and road surface texture.

Furthermore, it provides understanding and correct interpretation of road markings and

road signs. In addition, drivers’ exposure to the importance of regular and routine

mechanical checks on a car before commencing a journey and necessary steps of how to

plan an itinerary and right time to travel.

Functions of the participating organizations. The eight organizations identified

for what and how the phenomenon of increasing road accidents within the RMS with a

focus on road safety are below. The eight organizations comprise governmental

ministries in the government of Uganda and nongovernmental organizations. The

following identified organizations are interrelated to RMS and road safety:

1. Ministry of Education and Sports (MOE&S).

2. Ministry of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development (MFP&ED).

3. Ministry of Health (MOH).

4. Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

5. Ministry of Works and Transport (MOWT).

6. Multiplex Uganda Limited.

7. Uganda Bus Operators Association (UBOA).

8. Uganda Taxi Operators and Drivers Association (UTODA).

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The functions for the eight organizations are diverse. A description of the

functions is only to those about the study. A description of the functions of each

participating organization follows in alphabetical order.

The goal of the Ministry of Education and Sports (MOE&S) is to ensure universal

and equitable access to quality education to all children. Leaders of the ministry ensure

equal access at all levels of education by gender, district, and the special needs persons

(MOE&S, 2011). The MOE&S is relevant to driver training as a vocation.

The Ministry of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development (MFP&ED) has

the responsibility of planning and designing strategies that enable rapid economic growth

and transformation. Leaders of the ministry mobilize internal and external resources, as

well as monitor and account for the resources (MFP&ED, 2014). The objective of the

Ministry of Health (MOH) is to evaluate and monitor the entire health sector performance

in the country (MOH, 2011).

The goals of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) are (a) to keep the peace, law,

and order and (b) to ensure safe custody, humane treatment, and rehabilitation of

offenders. The ministry is the home of Uganda Police and Uganda Prisons (MIA, 2011).

Leaders of the Ministry of Works and Transport (MOWT) are responsible for planning,

developing, and maintaining an efficient and effective (a) transport infrastructure and (b)

transport service by road, rail, water, and air (MOWT, 2011a). The leaders of Multiplex

Uganda Limited are in charge of managing street parking within Kampala, Uganda

(Hakiza & Basheka, 2012).

The design of the UBOA is to bring bus operators together who are working

within and outside Kampala (Benmaamar et al., 2002). The objectives of the UTODA
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included (a) uniting taxi operators, drivers, and vehicle owners; (b) extending taxi

services to the public in an organized manner; (c) providing welfare department for

drivers; and (d) controlling traffic in Kampala (UTODA, 2009).

Leadership. The leadership literature reviews involved business peer-reviewed

articles and books, with complexity leadership in complicated adaptive systems. The

following summaries include Lichtenstein et al. (2006) and Raza and Standing (2011),

Hodges et al. (2012). The articles intend to prescribe what organizational leaders should

do in order to be successful long-term. Paramount to this result is for leaders to be

adaptive and flexible and to create opportunities for conversation.

Lichtenstein et al. (2006) asserted that a complex leadership should emerge to

lead complexity adaptive systems based on the notion that “leadership is an emergent

event, the outcome of relational interaction among agents. In this view, leadership is

more than a skill, an exchange or a symbol. Leadership emerges through dynamic

relations. Systemic change needs collaborating of different stakeholders on the three

realms of conceptual, relational, and action-driven (Hodges et at., 2012, Raza &

Standing, 2011).

A deliberate will by the stakeholders should be present to formulate ideas that will

guide them in a healthy relationship while producing a collective action-driven

implementation. The lack of information on how to reduce road fatalities entails a

number of stakeholders that should be brought together to understand the problem and

brainstorm solutions. Collaboration of stakeholders is possible on the conceptual,

relational, and action-driven realms that relate to the managerial levels of strategic
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guidelines, organizational practices, and organizational outcomes. The leaders are to

understand that leadership is

• Complex

• Distributed within the organization

• Subject to the concepts of learning organization and complex theories

• To embrace the leadership loci and mechanism

• To use applications of measurement and understanding leadership

(Bolden, 2011; Dayton, 2011; Hernandez, Eberly, Avolio, & Johnson,

2011; Morrison, 2010; Shondrick, Dinh, & Lord, 2010)

Modes of transport. Road users prefer different modes of transport at different

times. The determinants for these preferences are (a) cost, (b) safety, (c) travel time, (d)

comfort, and (e) convenience (Gonzales, Geroliminis, Cassidy, & Daganzo, 2010; Guell,

Panter, & Ogilvie, 2013; Heesch, Sahlqvist, & Garrard, 2012; Páez & Whalen, 2010;

Young & Caisey, 2010). The existent modes of transport in Uganda are road, railway,

air, and water. The land surface modes of transport, such as road and railway, are

predominant. Air transport is mainly international out of Entebbe while water transport is

inland across rivers, lakes with regional ferry service between Mwanza in Tanzania,

Kisumu in Kenya, and Portbell and Jinja ports in Uganda on Lake Victoria.

Road transport is on foot, bicycles, motorcycles, cars, mini buses, buses, and long

haul articulated trucks. Representatives of the Uganda National Roads Fund [UNRF]

(2010b) published that residents of greater Kampala area use bicycles, motorcycles, taxis

or matatus, and buses to travel. The taxis are multi-occupancy with a seating capacity of
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up to 14 passengers, although bigger ones could have a 25-seating capacity. About 8,500

taxis existed in Uganda (UNRF, 2010b).

Representatives of the UNRF (2010b) asserted that the matatus have allocated

routes with intermediate alighting and boarding points defined by the user. Designated

car parks exist for matatus’ drivers to commence and terminate their journeys on the

particular routes. The intermediate alighting and boarding points by the user are a traffic

safety hazard, without specific boarding and alighting points from the matatus along the

route.

Origin of roads. Bellis (2007) suggested that the origin of roads date back to

4000 B.C. with stone-paved roads at Ur in present day Iraq. Representatives of

Highways Agency U.K. (2010) alluded that the origin of roads dates back to the Stone

Age. The construction of roads was in the gravel, then stones as the underlying base. In

the 16th century, construction of roads was self-draining with a raised center. In the 19th

century, a Scottish McAdam launched the use of bitumen or tarred roads that are in use to

the present day as all weather or season roads.

The basis of road construction was on (a) esthetic, (b) engineering, and (c)

cultural routes (Marriot & Bryan, 1999). The design of road construction was to provide

rural farmers access to local, national, and international markets. Uses of roads continued

to evolve and included the desire to communicate (mail delivery services) and access raw

materials upon discovery of mines (Calmette & Kilkenny, 2012). Ancient Romans also

used roads for military exploits and conquests.

The identification of roads in geographic locations is by global coordinates,

latitudes or longitudes, and technological advancements of satellite navigation systems

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using Google earth, geographic information positioning (GIP) and global positioning

system (GPS) (Barrero, Toral, Vargas, Cortes, & Milla, 2010; Gerla & Kleinrock, 2011;

Zeng, 2010). Names or numbers as a convention differentiate and identify roads from

each other. Properties along particular roads in urban centers, in the study area, are

allocated address numbers. The technology developments make it easy for global

citizens to travel around the world.

Public-private partnerships. Public-private partnerships’ literature sources

include scholarly articles. The sources are in regard to the funding of transport

infrastructure development, advanced traveler information systems (ATIS), social

marketing, and the funding of vehicle fleet acquisition and maintenance. The following

summaries below include Blanc-Brude, Goldsmith, and Välilä (2009), Burchell et al.

(2011), Christie, Sleney, Ahmed, & Knight, 2012, Kiggundu (2009), Lawther (2005), and

Lucian (2012).

Christie et al. (2012) demonstrated that engaging the community in road safety

agenda plays a vital role in achieving the objectives of road safety team in the community

of the U.K. city council. The objectives of the road safety team were to use different

sections of the community to develop and advance safety knowledge. For example,

school-age children, their parents, school crossing patrol service individuals, and leaders

of the road safety education, training, and publicity group (ETP) use the social marketing

strategy to affect the performance of different sections of the public.

Kiggundu (2009) analyzed in a parallel approach the financing of transport

infrastructure development as well as the acquisition of new and maintenance of vehicle

fleets in the city of Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. Kiggundu demonstrated that the public
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transport systems in Kuala Lumpur under the private sector required the input of the

public sector from the Federal Government of Malaysia. The situation required

regulating the issuance of operating licenses, control of fares, mitigation, and

ramifications for volatile market conditions and inflation. Furthermore, the construction

of toll rails and roads was possible due to public and private partnerships. The thrust of

the public and private partnerships was toward improving road safety (Blanc-Brude et al.,

2009; Delmon, 2011; Engel, Fischer, & Galetovic, 2013; Forrer, Kee, Newcomer, &

Boyer, 2010; Hill, 2011; Hodge & Greve, 2010; Mouraviev & Kakabadse, 2012; Mu,

Jong, & Koppenjan, 2011; Poulton & Macartney, 2012).

Lawther (2005) asserted that the construction of new roads increases road injuries

and fatalities, whereas an increase of traveler information, reduces road injuries and

fatalities. Lawther discussed and defined public, private partnerships (PPPs) as “an

arrangement of roles … [between] two or more public and private entities … combines

complementary resources to achieve … one or more common objectives” (p. 1120).

Leaders of the public and private entities agree on the traveler information data collection

and means of dissemination to the public. Despite PPPs being alternatives for investment

and fighting enemies of road safety, there are obstacles to overcome (Liu & Wilkinson,

2011). In the study area, frequency modulation (FM) radios provide the public with

traffic updates at peak hours as a voluntary service.

Road infrastructure. Development of the road infrastructure plays a pivotal role

to the country’s growth and GDP (Gollin & Rogerson, 2010). A comparison of well-

developed road infrastructure in countries of India, China, Brazil, and the United States

led to this observation. However, this was not entirely accurate since leaders of well-
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developed countries, like the United States, did not depict the same result. The

explanation for this observation is in other well-developed core infrastructure facilities

and service-based businesses (Sharma & Vohra, 2009).

Road infrastructure in developing countries, such as Uganda, dates to the colonial

time and is no longer able to accommodate the current traffic composition and volumes

(Transport Research Laboratory, 1991). The roads are narrow with bordering properties

close in proximity, and no room is available for expansion. In order to preserve the

buildings along the streets in the study area, the narrow streets now allow only one-way

access (UNRF, 2010b).

The changing of city streets to one-way access is a good approach, in addition to

using multi-occupancy vehicles such as bus rapid transit (BRT) system that Uganda

government officials plan to introduce in Kampala by 2014. However, Lu, Chen, Pernia,

and Lu (2012) and Retting, Persaud, Gardener, and Lord (2001) advised that the safety

performances of making such changes require careful evaluation. In addition, Foster and

Briceño-Garmendia (2010), Hensher and Chung (2011), Neeley and Richardson (2009)

advocated for the formulation of regulations and effective enforcement for incorporation

into road infrastructure features.

Road management systems. The five RMS scholars included in this literature

review are Hensher and Chung (2011), Misra et al. (2003), Thriscutt (2010), Luyimbazi

(2007), and McPherson and Bennett (2005). The choice of these scholars was due to

their experience, contributions, and recommendations on RMS. Robinson urged the

success of RMS is in choosing the appropriate model tailored to the needs of the
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implementing agency, whereas, Misra et al. provided guidelines on how to implement

RMS.

Thriscutt (2010c) addressed the efficient and effective operations and

maintenance of RMS and Luyimbazi (2007) demonstrated that the achievement of

desired RMS objectives and goals was reduction in GDP loss is attainable. McPherson

and Bennett (2005) reiterated that the successful implementation and operation of RMS

converged on technology, people, and processes with adequate funding. In general, RMS

is evolving with challenges on acquisition and implementation costs, as well as demand

for more variables to include in the current computer software omitted in the earlier

software models.

Hensher and Chung (2011) described how previous efforts to select and

implement RMS were disappointing in many countries for the following reasons

• Lack of responsibility and resistance to change by implementers

• Cultural issues that are without management traditions

• Filling or failing to fill key positions with competent staff

Misra et al. (2003) provided guidelines to choose the appropriate RMS for local

governments in the United States. The objective of RMS is to utilize business investment

considerations, such as (a) internal rate of return (IRR), (b) net present value (NPV), and

(c) life cycle cost (LCC) to predict the appropriate time and cost when to maintain,

rehabilitate, and reconstruct the road. The themes that emerge for discussion include

leadership, decision-making, change management, efficiency and effectiveness, road

accidents, funding of roads, and the GDP.

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Efficiency and effectiveness are strategy management terms referring to the

alignment of organizational goals and objectives by using minimum resources for the

business to remain profitable (Ahenkora & Peasah, 2011; Camisón & Monfort-Mir, 2012;

Ettlie & Rosenthal, 2011). To be efficient and effective, a pragmatic approach to

innovative methods should embrace current and future industry trends (Castro, Montoro-

Sanchez, & Ortiz-De-Urbina-Criado, 2011). Efficiency is the measure of the relationship

between inputs and outputs whereas effectiveness is a measure to which business leaders

achieve goals. In RMS, efficiency is the securing of the political leadership and existing

road institutions responsibility, choosing of the appropriate planning, programming,

processing of the data collected, and reporting to decision makers to fund the

maintenance, rehabilitation, and reconstruction of the roads (Doloreux & Shearmur,

2012). Efficiency involves bridging the public policy formulation and shaping of the

public service delivery (Osborne & Brown, 2011). Conversely, effectiveness is a

measure to which reduced frequency of the sections of the road maintained, rehabilitated,

and reconstructed to reduce (a) vehicle operation costs, (b) traffic accidents and traffic

congestion, and (c) passenger travel time (Fagerberg, Mowery, & Nightingale, 2012;

Hensher, & Chung, 2011; Misra et al., 2003).

An efficient and effective RMS requires an understanding of the following (a) the

facts of life, (b) whom to pay for the road, (c) efficiency, and effectiveness in managing

roads, and (d) making things better (Rheinberger, 2011; Thriscutt, 2010a, 2010b, 2010c,

and 2010d; Yunus, Zulkifli, & Hassan, 2010). Roads are expensive to construct and

require constant and proper maintenance. The asset value estimate for road network in

Uganda is about U.S. $2.7 billion (Luyimbazi, 2007).

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Road management scholars estimated that road maintenance costs are 10% of the

vehicle operation cost (VOC), whereas road users incur 90% road transport costs

(Rheinberger, 2011; Thriscutt, 2010b). Luyimbazi (2007) analyzed and published that

the existing road maintenance status in comparison to the desired state would create the

VOC saving of U.S. $69.93 million, equivalent to 1.5% of national GDP. The shortfall

on road maintenance status exhibited as the created VOC saving transcends as an extra

cost of U.S. $251.45 per motorist annually.

The leaders of the MFP&ED pay for road construction and maintenance with the

assistance of various development partners such as the World Bank, European Union, and

Africa Development Bank through the National Road Fund. Locally, money generated

from taxes levied upon the road users in the form of vehicle operating licenses and fuel

and lubricants used to run the cars. The opinion of the practitioners of road management

is that the heavy road users should pay more and have their consent on expenditure of the

funds they pay (Thriscutt, 2010c; Yunus, & Hassan, 2010). The aid from development

partners is in grants and loans that attract substantial interest rates that are not sustainable.

The four enemies of efficient and effective RMS are (a) late, incomplete,

unreliable, and unpredictable road funding; (b) inappropriate, slow, and bureaucratic

decision delivery; (c) low-staff morale and lack of professional cultures; and (d) high

level of waste, corruption, and other losses (Thriscutt, 2010d). The delays in road

funding and decision making in the road transport sector amount to further deterioration

of a road section or bridge structure, making these unsafe for road users. Low wages and

salaries in relation to acceptable market value for professionals within the road sector
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contribute to brain drain syndrome and corruption. The condition of roads and bridges

consequently deteriorates, too.

The RMS has room for improvement, demonstrated by the newer and variant

RMS models available and road construction technology (Barrero et al., 2010;

McPherson & Bennett, 2005; Queiroz & Kerali, 2010). The development is possible

when definite funding arrangements are in place for roads, instituting a wholly managing

board with the directors answerable to the public and development partners (Dragu et at.,

2013; Kiyaga et al., 2013; Prasad & Shekhar, 2010; Thriscutt, 2010d; Worku, 2013).

Furthermore, the participation of the private sector on a competitive, efficient, and

innovative platform along the public enterprise in the transport and road transport sector

is to be encouraged (Burchell et al., 2011; Kiggundu, 2009; Lawther, 2005; Lucian,

2012). McPherson and Bennett concluded that successful RMS is a convergence of

processes, people, and technology.

In Uganda, the road management evolved from road maintenance initiatives. The

initiative is to manage roads as a real marketplace, commercial, and business entity. The

effort further stands on four-building blocks of (a) ownership, (b) financing, (c)

responsibility, and (d) management. Regarding the management, the focus of the

initiative, is to use effective systems and procedures in sound business practices and

managerial accountability (UNRF, 2010a).

The Uganda road system comprises of the following (a) national roads, (b) district

roads, (c) urban roads, and (d) community access roads. The management of roads is by

leaders of the ministry of works and transport, ministry of local government, urban

councils, and lower tier local government responsibility (UNRF, 2010b). The success of
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road management is dependent upon sound and coordinated shouldering of activities and

operations of the four identified entities managing the roads in the arterial system

(Hensher, & Chung, 2011; Misra et al., 2003).

Benmaamar et al. (2002) conducted research on transport operators, transport

services, and their impact on vehicle utilization in Uganda. Other conducted studies were

on the rapid motorization, use of overhead pedestrian bridges, and injury and fatal

patterns including road accidents (Kobusingye et al., 2001; Mutto et al., 2002; UBOS,

2010). Benmaamar et al. made recommendations for improvement of vehicle operations,

long-term policy, and institutional reforms in vehicle importation, formation of a

transport regulator, and creation of private-public partnerships, as well as, short initiatives

on vehicle financing, driver training, and road safety.

The design of the traditional RMS is to ensure the asset management of roads and

bridges monitors the quality, functional integrity, and maintenance of the structural

design (Misra et al., 2003). With the fast-paced world and sustainability information

available, the road asset stance is not sustainable. The leaders of the RMS due to

occurrences of (a) road rage, (b) street demonstrations, (c) persons with mental disorders

living in the streets, (d) street football playing grounds, (e) open-air street markets, (f)

foot hawkers, (g) roadside bomb,s and (h) terrorist activity should prepare to minimize or

deter these adverse road safety occurrences. The leaders should embrace technological

advancements in Google Earth and global positioning system (GPS) to adapt the

changing environment landscape. The RMS highway design and maintenance model III

(HDM-III) and earlier versions do not include costs related to traffic delays, congestion,
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accidents, and environmental pollution, as well as provide universal application (Barrero

et al., 2010; Hensher & Chung, 2011; Queiroz & Kerali, 2010).

Road safety. Pitt (2008) and Hammer et al. (2014) alluded that leaders of

corporations have a responsibility to enforce road safety through health and safety

policies for drivers and fleets. Leaders of many businesses opt for work-related driving

as an aspect of job performance. The argument is that organizational leaders instill a

proactive safety culture and climate in the employees, as well as fleet management

(Hauer, 2010; Larsson, Dekker, & Tingvall, 2010; Novoa et al., 2011). In Uganda, with

the advent of cellular phone, leaders of corporations using fossil fuel generators to power

tower masts pose a road safety hazard while speeding to re-fuel the generators.

Kinzenbaw (2008) suggested that slow moving farm vehicles, such as horse-

drawn carts and mopeds, are a cause to road crashes. Older, dilapidated trucks carrying

mainly charcoal at night are often the cause of night accidents on Ugandan roads.

Junctions of roads were also a cause of road injuries since motorists do not take care in

approaching and leaving these points (Kondro, 2010; Qin, Noyce, Cutler, & Khan, 2013).

Black spots on particular roads within the study area identified for improving sighting

distances and reducing accidents, especially at intersections and horizontal and vertical

curves.

The demographic trends regarding the health, age, gender, and race of road users

affect road safety. The human error element attributed to vision impairment, hearing,

hazard perception, and dementia in older drivers contributes to road fatalities (Munala &

Maina, 2010; Nagata, Takamori, Berg, & Hasselberg, 2012). Madeley (2004) asserted,
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“poor roads, bald tires, overloaded and poorly maintained vehicles are responsible” (p.

32) for the road deaths in developing countries.

The behavioral attitude demonstrated by these identified actions further proves a

lack of basic and general knowledge on how to reduce road fatalities in developing

countries. Overloaded and poorly maintained vehicles on bald tires are prone to tire

bursting, which results in road accidents, traffic injuries, and fatalities. Insufficient

parking facilities and poor traffic management undermine road safety (Osoba, 2012).

Strategy. The research literature sources for strategy, like leadership, are

associated with redistribution of wealth, social networks, social capital, empowerment of

leaders, and sustainable development. The following summaries include King (2008),

Meznar, Chrisman, and Carroll (1990), Kopits (2004), Herman, Ameratunga, and Jackson

(2012), Manna, Marco, Khalil, and Meier (2011), Marshall, and Garrick (2011),

Mohammadi (2013), Molina‐Morales, and Martínez‐Fernández (2010), and Nauman,

Mansur Khan, and Ehsan (2010). The articles are essential in guiding organizational

leaders strategically to develop progressively in using enterprise strategy, social

networks, social capital, redistribution of wealth with benefits of road safety, and control

of economic loss through fatalities for future success.

King (2008) stated that an index of sustainable economic welfare should be

“consideration of income distribution, natural resource depletion, environmental damage,

and unpaid work in the household” (p. 30). The goal of sustainable economic welfare

index is to encourage leaders of corporate firms and countries across the globe to measure

up as positive publicity enhances profitability and sustainability (Manna et al., 2011).

Road accidents that result in traffic injuries and fatalities deny households and
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communities of financial supporters and aggravate the worst economic situation of

developing countries like Uganda. The challenge to stakeholders is to develop a new

spirited and disciplined effort toward comprehensive economics of sustainability.

Officials of rich and poor countries should work together by using the informative

human development index (HDI), human wellbeing index (HWI) and child poverty rates.

Such efforts will evaluate the impact of policies and practices designed to increase human

development (HD) and human wellbeing (HW) while reducing and reversing

unsupportable environmental consequences of the current economic activities. Human

development and wellbeing have roots in social networks and lifestyle trends (Marshall &

Garrick, 2011; Molina‐Morales & Martínez‐Fernández, 2010). The actions are

imperative because children between the ages of five to 14 are grossly affected by road

safety related injuries and fatalities. Furthermore, the wreckage from road accidents goes

to landfill and causes further damage through land degradation (Hermanet al., 2012;

Mohammadi, 2013).

Meznar et al. (1990) developed an enterprise strategy classification upon which

organizational leaders can set themselves depending on their performances on the

parameters of differentiation, generalization, and identification. One area on which

organizational leaders distinguish and identify is leadership empowerment pattern

(Nauman et al., 2010). The factors link into the firm’s long-term survival and economic

performance. Corporate social responsibility scholarly urge that corporate risks list be

growing (Inoue, & Lee, 2011; Kang, Lee, & Huh, 2010; Orlitzky, Siegel, & Waldman,

2011; Wong, Ormiston, & Tetlock, 2011; Yang, Hong, & Modi, 2011). Kopits (2004)

analyzed the damage to property, human capital, and hospital density in order to save
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lives from injuries of road crashes and the subsequent loss to the gross domestic products

(GDPs) of countries. The purpose of Kopits’ study analysis was to provide a model of

traffic fatalities on vehicle occupants and vulnerable road users. Kopits investigated and

examined how road safety related to economic development within the environmental

Kuznets curve (EKC) framework.

As discussed under modes of transport, leaders of UNRF and Uganda National

Roads Authority (UNRA) as SMEs, and TOTS need to adapt performances that

differentiate and identify them from others for long-term survival. Officials of TOTS

especially should develop an enterprise strategy. Appropriate mission statements and

vision statements should entail upholding multi-occupancy vehicles and the safety of

venerable road users (Baldwin, Cave, & Lodge, 2011).

Sustainability. Sustainability literature sources include scholarly articles and

books with a focus on the built environment, workable partnerships and awakening of

globalization and international security for corporate social responsibility (CSR), and

sustainability development. The following summaries include Smith and Sharicz (2011),

Stephens and Graham (2010), Westley et al. (2011), Jain, An, and Tambe (2012), Smith

(2012), Pourdehnad and Smith (2012), Espinosa and Porter (2011), Mezher (2011), and

Wheeler, Colbert, and Freeman (2003).

Improving the built environment in a sustainable manner improves the human

well-being. Learning of sustainability by businesses has benefits for safety and security

in sailing through complex situations (Espinosa & Porter, 2011; Jain et al., 2012;

Pourdehnad & Smith, 2012; Smith, 2012). The benefits of sustainable built environment

with a focus on the personal, local, regional, and global incremental order produced
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network effects in (a) social, (b) economic, (c) environmental, (d) technical, and (e)

political realms (Mezher, 2011; Smith & Sharicz, 2011, Stephens & Graham, 2010;

Westley et al., 2011). The undesirable cycle of road fatalities can transform into a

positive cycle in socio-economic sustainable development.

Wheeler et al. (2003) discussed the creating of business value in the awakening of

globalization and international security, interwoven in the business ideas of corporate

social responsibility, sustainability development, and stakeholder approach to strategic

management. Wheeler et al. described the value network as aligned to three levels,

including (a) level 1 is compliance culture with minimum harm standards, (b) level 2 is

organization relationship culture, and (c) level 3 is the sustainable organizational culture

or do the maximum good. Road safety is a call for the involvement of all stakeholders at

the international, national, regional, and community levels. The involvement will include

among others, members from the media, nongovernmental interest organizations,

policymakers, and political leaders (Carroll & Shabana, 2010; Fassin, Van Rossem, &

Buelens, 2011; Hargreaves & Fink, 2012; Lizarzaburu, 2014; Pedersen & Gwozdz, 2014;

Prno, & Scott Slocombe, 2012).

The leaders of UBOA for buses, UTODA for mini buses and special taxis for hire

are to embrace corporate social responsibility (CSR) ideology to thrive. Kopits (2004)

asserted that multiple-occupancy vehicles account for fewer traffic injuries and fatalities

compared to vehicles with single occupancy. Additionally, the business models of

business-to-customer care and business-to-business interconnectedness and mutual

respect in a competitive world are instrumental in reducing road fatalities.

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The driver-to-passenger and driver-to-driver performance is key to improving

road safety. Furthermore, leaders of national organizations should reach out to

international authorities in the value based networks (VBN) spirit to improve their

experience in curbing road injuries and fatalities. Similarly, driver training should

properly align drivers’ understanding with traffic laws, to use road signs and markings

correctly at all times on all roads to reduce road fatalities.

Traffic composition. Traffic composition is essential in RMS because of its use

in estimating and projecting the number of vehicles over the designed life of the road.

The axle load of different vehicles expressed as the equivalent standard axles (ESA) is an

indicator on the required road load bearing capacity. Such a parameter is necessary for

the design of the road pavement structure. The road pavement designs should allow for

portions of the road for different loading capacities ranging from light, light heavy,

heavy, and very heavy loads. The allocation of particular sections of the road to different

traffic functionalities enhances safety (Dablanc, Giuliano, Holliday, & O’Brien, 2013;

Madeley, 2004; Pollack et al., 2012; Ramessuret al., 2010; Russo, Kay, Savolainen, &

Gates, 2014; Savolainen, Gates, & Datta, 2011; Stanojević, Jovanović, & Lajunen, 2013).

Kinzenbaw (2008) identified a group of vehicles comprised slow-moving farm

vehicles, horse drawn carts, and mopeds. The list could entail pedestrians, bicycles,

motorcycles, cars, mini buses, buses, trucks, articulated trucks, or trailers. Road safety

consideration for trains and trams is necessary because of railway level crossings with

roads. Traffic classification using speed consists of slow, fast, and very fast. The

purpose of the classification is to determine which portion of the road or road to use

according to mobility speeds of each class of traffic.

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Traffic enforcement. Traffic enforcement, which is similar to the driver training

discussed above, is necessary for safe, efficient, and effective traffic management. The

continuum of traffic enforcement activities involves conducting pedestrians through safe

crossing zones, motorists around accident scenes, routine checks on the road networks,

and stopping and/or apprehending motorists. In addition, these activities can include

recommendations for prosecution and sentence of traffic offenders. Officials from

several countries use police constables attached to the traffic department for traffic

enforcement and traffic management. In the United Kingdom, in addition to police

traffic constables, members of the Highways Agency (HA) train and deploy traffic

officers on the road networks to enhance road safety. The new officers from the HA

create safe zones at incident scenes and assist traffic crash victims (Pollitt, 2009).

Traffic enforcement makes use of social and technology development efforts to

achieve road safety objectives (Barrero et al., 2010; Dablanc et al., 2013; Pollack et al.,

2012; Russo et al., 2014; Savolainen et al., 2011; Stanojević et al., 2013). The

technology aspect compliments the human aspect in providing data on traffic offenders.

Empirical studies conducted (Akdogan, 2012; Bochner, Brian, & Walden, 2010; Phillips

& Sobol, 2012; Retting, 2010) on the discretion and decision making of traffic police

constables to stop drivers. The results showed that police constables occasionally used

racial and political sectarian aspects in executing their duties.

The preferential discretion on race of the police to stop motorists creates stigma or

stereotypes among them. The police utilize technology-aided enforcement to manage the

stigmatized and stereotypical attitude and behavior of offending motorists. The

technology-aided enforcement provides substantial evidence to traffic offenses

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committed by motorists. In Uganda, the traffic police’s discretion in stopping drivers is

upon information from Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) about the expiration date of

the vehicle road license, routine route plied by the vehicle, and the age of the vehicle.

Traffic laws and regulations are for deterrence upon offenders and road safety

(Ying, Wu, & Chang, 2013). The traffic laws among other matters address the (a) seat

belt law, (b) speed limits, (c) driving while intoxicated, (d) penalty for traffic offenses,

and (e) acquiring of driving license. The general observation is that traffic fatalities seem

to be at a plateau despite the enforcement of traffic laws and regulations. Differing

results exist about road safety and traffic enforcement efforts in several locations

attributed to a couple of reasons. The reasons relate to the level of development and

other parallel activities taking place along the road that affect safety (Witte et al., 2014;

Ying et al., 2013).

Themes Informing the Research Project

The themes of (a) change management, (b) sustainability, (c) law and compliance,

(d) complex and learning organizations, (e) strategy management, (f) qualitative decision

making, (g) management of information technology, and (h) organizational development

inform the research project. The RMS is evolving, and existing systems are ready for

development. Change management is necessary to address the changing RMS. Road

safety involves individuals abiding and complying with traffic laws and regulations. The

TOTS need leaders aware of managing strategy, able leadership, and organizational

development.
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Transition and Summary

The existing urban transport business management related to the road

management system has not been able to prevent the phenomena of increasing road

injuries and fatalities influencing the GDP of Uganda. The identification of proper

business management analyzes is a necessity to address the problem in the TOTS to stem

the GDP loss. Various factors contribute to the loss of GDP such as road safety, poor

road infrastructure, volumes of import and export trade, and volatile markets, among

others.

The literature review included differing views about the problem. Traffic

enforcement as a measure to improve road safety is counterproductive when some

sections of the populace see it as revenue generating venture for the state. Moreover,

driver behavioral habits and attitudes are difficult to change.

Overall, the road safety measures embedded in driver training, enforcement, and

proper road infrastructure maintenance reduce traffic collisions and GDP loss. The

purpose of the following Section 2 is to restate the research study in detail, explaining the

role of researcher, and describe the geographical area of the study. In Section 2, I outline

the reliability and validity of the study, threats to validity, and data coding, organization,

and analysis of the study findings. The emphasis in Section 2 is on the research method

and design. Additionally, the analysis of research instruments is under Section 2.

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Section 2: The Project

RMS is the science of highway construction using business management

considerations, such as (a) efficiency and effectiveness, (b) internal rate of return (IRR),

(c) net present value (NPV), and (e) life cost cycle (LCC) to estimate the time and cost

for maintaining rehabilitating, and reconstructing roads. To choose and implement the

appropriate planning, programming, operations, and funding, RMS needs commitment

from political leaders and decision makers who are within and outside the business

management arena. Due to a lack of efficient and effective RMS operations in Uganda,

many traffic injuries and fatalities affect the GDP. The intent of this qualitative, case

study was to learn about participant perceptions regarding increasing road accidents and

traffic jams in Uganda. The accidents and traffic problems are instrumental in GDP

losses within the Kampala business district, the capital city of Uganda.

Purpose Statement

The purpose of this nonexperimental, qualitative, descriptive case study was to

enable TOTS managers to identify changes in transport regulations that can contribute to

decreasing (a) road accidents, (b) traffic jams, and (c) loss in GDP to improve road safety

for business storeowners and customers. Such incidents result in a loss of taxable

revenue base in companies in Kampala, Uganda; capital investments may go to other

locations in the greater lakes region of East Africa. I used mixed strategies to collect the

data: observations, interviews, archival documents, and questionnaires among individuals

from eight nongovernmental, governmental, and corporate organizations. The eight

organizations involved are

1. UBOA
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2. UTODA

3. Multiplex Uganda Limited.

4. MOH

5. MIA

6. MFP&ED

7. MOE&S

8. MOWT

The explanations on the functions of these organizations are in the literature review. The

results of this research study leads to positive social change by providing information to

Ugandan companies on how to prevent the loss of GDP by reducing road accidents, thus

saving lives and property and ensuring the delivery of safe, quality transport service to

the people. The people involved in road accidents and traffic fatalities are usually

between the ages of 15 and 54, which is considered the productive age segment. The

business fraternity will have an additional investment portfolio of road safety related

features such as traffic lights at junctions, CCTV cameras, car seat belts, and children car

seats.

Role of the Researcher

My role was to create and plan a research study, obtain institutional review and

approval, obtain permissions from the site or sites in which to conduct the research, gain

entry into the field settings selected, ensure cooperation of the respondents, interrelate

without affecting relationships with respondents, and protect the privacy of respondents

(Walden, 2011). Flick (2014), Lindlof and Taylor (2011), Rubin and Rubin (2011),

Seidman (2012), Silverman (2011), and Silverman (2013) observed that, for a qualitative
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research design, the role of the researcher as the prime data collection instrument should

be clear; the researcher must disclose is his or her personal values, assumptions, and

biases brought to the study.

Road safety procedures cannot be standardized or precisely specified in advance

of data collection in a qualitative study process. The purpose of the research study was to

examine and explore how drivers prepare for theory and practical driving lessons, obtain

driving licenses, and communicate to passengers aboard and other road users.

Furthermore, an investigation was conducted on how the business model analysis of

supply chain management, value chain management, and Porter’s (2008) five forces

within UBOA, UTODA, and Multiplex Uganda Limited can be implemented.

Participants

The purpose of the study was to understand the everyday experiences and events

of participants using a case study research design. Furthermore, the goal was to

understand and describe the perceptions and meaning attached to the experiences as

expressed by the participants (Lindlof & Taylor, 2011; Rubin & Rubin, 2011; Seidman,

2012; Silverman, 2011, 2013). The individuals from nongovernmental, governmental,

and corporate organizations involved in urban transport business, road safety, and RMS

were appropriate points of contact for acquiring volunteer participants. Officially known

contacts within urban transport business and management were vital in acquiring

volunteer participants for this research study who were familiar with road management

and road safety.

Intimate friends and family relations did not participate in the study. All

participants signed a consent form (Appendix A) prior to participating in the study. The
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venue for the interviews was at the discretion of the volunteer participant, and a

representative of the participating organization in the study signed an Informed Consent:

Permission to Use Premises (Appendix B).

Research Method and Design

The research method and design section includes a discussion of the process,

study design, population, and sampling of the study. Under method and research design,

the qualitative research method and case study design analysis follows. The population

size and sampling method discussion is included under the population and sampling.

Research Method

Qualitative studies are suitable for research on themes associated with leadership

practice, decision making, and multidimensional nature (Blake & Gutierrez, 2011;

Burgess, 2011; Bøgh Andersen, & Holm Pedersen, 2012; Denzin & Lincoln, 2011;

Lesser et al., 2010; Onwuegbuzie, & Leech, 2010; Van De Camp et al., 2004). The

phenomenon of increasing road accidents in RMS with a focus on road safety is

multidimensional in nature with themes on leadership practice and decision making.

Researchers using qualitative studies do not test hypotheses or offer new theories

(Lindlof & Taylor, 2011; Rubin & Rubin, 2011; Seidman, 2012; Silverman, 2011, 2013).

I did not test hypotheses. The purpose of qualitative research is to explain the rationale

of the specific phenomenon in its natural setting. Furthermore, the goal is to interpret,

gain insights, derive ideas, identify, verify concerns, test findings in real life settings, and

evaluate and validate the effectiveness of practices and beliefs (Allwood, 2012; Marshall

& Rossman, 2010; Neuman, 2006). In this descriptive, qualitative research, I described
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the phenomenon of increasing road accidents in Kampala affecting the Uganda national

GDP.

Research Design

The case study research design is appropriate when working or studying an

individual, group, community, or organization that illustrate the existence of a problem

and indicate how to solve it (American Psychological Association [APA], 2009; Burgess,

2011; Marshall, & Rossman, 2010; Maxwell, 2012). Case study designs are typical for

answering how or why research questions when researchers have little or no control over

the behavioral events for phenomena in real life (Yin 2011). The design of the case study

is to focus on (a) a single case or multiple cases exemplifying a trend of an existing

problem as well as (b) how to solve the problem. In this context, the critics of the case

study design affirmed that the study upon this research design does apply to other areas

of society and locations on the globe (Yin, 2011). A case study on the phenomenon of

increasing road accidents finds applications to other areas of society and locations across

the globe. Road accidents do not discriminate upon race, creed, and nationality.

Population and Sampling

A population is a group of individuals, items or objects taken for measurement.

Sampling is the technique of selecting a representative part from the group for

determining the characteristics of the whole population (Bryman, 2012). The discussion

of population and sampling in research follows below.

Population

The population for this study consisted of governmental, nongovernmental, and

corporate organizational leaders involved in the TOTS, living and working in KCBD
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with information in road management, urban transport, traffic management, business

management, and road safety. The participants came from six nongovernmental, five

governmental, and one corporate business of the following 12 organizations:

1. Uganda bus operators association (UBOA).

2. Uganda taxi operators and drivers association (UTODA).

3. Multiplex limited.

4. Ministry of health (MOH).

5. Ministry of internal affairs (MIA).

6. Ministry of finance, planning and economic development (MFP&ED).

7. Ministry of education and sports (MOE&S).

8. Ministry of works and transport (MOWT).

9. Arrive Alive.

10. Automobile Assurance Uganda.

11. Chartis Uganda Insurance Company.

12. Uganda Driver Standards Agency (UDSA).

The access to the volunteer participants was by snowball sampling. The

population provided the sample of 30 voluntary participants. The participants were

suitable to provide the needed data because of their involvement at an organizational and

individual basis in the road management and road safety activities. Walden’s DBA

Program recommended 20 voluntary participants as a sufficient number for the study.

Out of the 30 volunteers, 20 individuals participated in the data collection tools of open-

ended interview and the open-ended questionnaire while 10 exclusively participated in

the practical driving observation checklist.

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Sampling

Invitations to volunteers to participate in the study were by using snowball

sampling strategy from a group of individuals living and working in KCBD. A pilot

study was vital in testing the study data collections tools. The participants in the pilot

suggested names of potential respondents. Snowball sampling is chain sampling

(Goodman, 2011; Martinez & Kim, 2012; Paquette, Bryant, & de Wit, 2012; Vanhove,

Surmont, Van Damme, & De Ruyver, 2012). This sampling method involved confirming

one participant with abundant information about the case for study. The participant

would then tell where other qualified individuals could be located (Bryman, 2012). Road

management and traffic management are dynamic topics, adopting and adapting the

prevailing situation in the road transportation sector. In the study area, purposeful and

random samplings are not appropriate due to the sensitivity and the punitive measures

traffic offenses attract. Potential volunteer participants accessed by using snowball

sampling are more responsive when they know that a recommendation was by an

individual known and trusted by them.

The demographic questionnaire (Appendix E) was vital in excluding ineligible

voluntary participants who were under age, expecting mothers, and could not read and

write to participate in the study. The data collection tools were in English. Ineligible

individuals never participated in the study.

The volunteer sample eligible to participate in the study were knowledgeable on

(a) road management, (b) urban transport management, (c) traffic management, (d) road

safety, and (e) business management. To achieve this, departments concerned with (a)

transport licensing, (b) management of public structures, (c) funding of road construction
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and maintenance, (d) traffic enforcement, (e) driver licensing, (f) driving schools, (g)

health institutions, (h) insurance companies, and (i) road safety campaigns companies

participated in the study. My concern was for the confidentiality and anonymity of the

participants and organizations participating in the study. The following steps to protect

the participants’ rights were suggestions by Flick (2014), Lindlof and Taylor (2011),

Rubin and Rubin (2011), Seidman (2012), Silverman (2011), and Silverman (2013).

• Describe verbally and in writing a research plan and how data will be

useful, so the participant clearly understands it.

• Obtain written permission from the participant to continue with the

research.

• File a research exemption form with the Institutional Review Board.

• Inform the participant of all data collection devices and activities.

• Provide to the participant the verbatim transcriptions and written

interpretations and reports.

• Consider the participants’ rights, interests and wishes in making choices

on reporting the data.

• Allow the participant to decide on anonymity.

The identified suggestions about participant sampling and the corresponding explanations

on how to address concerns are under the section of the role of the researcher.

The purpose of the participant consent form (Appendix A) was to outline the

rights of the working relationship between the researcher and participants in the study.

The sampling of the volunteer participants occurred at the business premises of the

participating organization. The researcher obtained permission to use the business

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premises for the study from the organization through the Informed Consent: Permission

to Use Premises (Appendix B).

Ethical Research

This section has a discourse about the following five themes (a) the methods for

transferring the consent forms to and from the participants, (b) participant withdraw from

the study, (c) incentives available to participants, (d) protection of participants, and (e)

Informed Consent: Permission to Use Premises agreements. The participants received

the consent form by email and physical delivery. The participant and the participating

organization received the consent form and the Informed Consent: Permission to Use

Premises respectively by physical delivery. The purpose of the participant consent form

was to (a) present the researcher and the research study subject, (b) define the

participants’ rights including withdrawal from the study, (c) confidentiality, (d)

participants’ compensation, and (e) contact details of the researcher and the Walden

University representative (see Appendix A).

There was no incentive offered to participants as stated in the consent form (see

Appendix A). There was minimal professional risk to the participant by participating in

the study. There is protection of the identity of the participants until the end of five

years.

During data collection, I would introduce the research topic and purpose, the data

collection tools to the volunteer participant. Once the volunteer participant consented to

participate in the research study, I would proceed to present the data collection tools pack

comprising the (a) consent form, (b) open-ended interview, (c) open-ended questionnaire,
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(d) observation checklist, and (e) demographic questionnaire. The data collection would

proceed after the volunteer participant duly filled, completed, and signed a consent form.

Data Collection

Six types of data collection tools may be used in qualitative research method and

case study design (a) archived documents, (b) open-ended interviews, (c) observations,

and (d) questionnaires (Gearity, 2011; Street & Ward, 2012; Yin, 2009). In this research

study, documents, archival records, participant observation, open-ended questionnaire,

and open-ended interviews were the data collection instruments used. Case studies, when

used in research for theory building, are a frequent overlap of data collection with data

analysis (Welch, Piekkari, Plakoyiannaki, & Paavilainen-mäntymäki, 2011). The

discussion of instruments, data collection technique, and data organization technique

follows.

Instruments

Interviews, observations, questionnaires, and archival documents were considered

instruments for data collection (Welch et al., 2011). The instruments for data collection

were (a) clear and short notes for later use, (b) collected and created tabular materials, (c)

case study documents, and (d) initial open-ended answers narratives to the study

questions proposed by participants (Yin, 2009). Data collection was by five procedures:

(a) opened-ended interviews, (b) questionnaires, (c) observation checklists, (d) archival

records, and (e) demographic questionnaires.

Open-ended interview. The use of open-ended interview instrument was in a

face-to-face interview with the volunteer participant. The data collected by the open-
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ended interview instrument was from 20 participants who volunteered from each

organization identified for the study. The 12 participating organizations were:

1. Uganda bus operators association (UBOA).

2. Uganda taxi operators and drivers association (UTODA).

3. Multiplex limited.

4. Ministry of health (MOH).

5. Ministry of internal affairs (MIA).

6. Ministry of finance, planning and economic development (MFP&ED).

7. Ministry of education and sports (MOE&S).

8. Ministry of works and transport (MOWT).

9. Arrive Alive.

10. Automobile Assurance Uganda.

11. Chartis Uganda Insurance Company.

12. Uganda Driver Standards Agency (UDSA).

The open-ended interview instrument allowed for issues, claims, and concerns on

the relevant themes of the research study that each organization represents. Guba and

Lincoln (1994) proposed that interview questions on issues, claims, and concerns be

relevant and appropriate for top-level organization management participants who have

limited time. The issues considered include (a) participants not knowing what to do, (b)

claims to be what they regard as right, and (c) concerns being what they acknowledge is

wrong. The study used one-interview question (Appendix C).

The open-ended interview was in English. The official language in Uganda, for

official government communication, legal transactions, and commercial business is

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English. Official publication, print and digital media, and educational instruction in

Uganda were available in English. The readability grade level of this open-ended

interview was 12.

The concepts measured by this tool under the conceptual framework of the study

were (a) management, (b) strategy, and (c) criminology. The interview question required

the participants to give reasons for the increasing traffic jams and traffic crashes in

KCBD, and how these influences business management. Under management, it is the

follow of traffic and road safety information, managing of car fleets in public and private,

drivers, and passengers at boarding and alighting points. On the strategy, it is on driving

discipline, motivation of enforcement teams, and the goal driven efforts or campaigns to

reduce identified vices and crimes in RMS and road safety. Under criminology, it is the

theft of cars, motorcycles, traffic crimes, and corruption compromising the enforcement

of traffic laws.

Questionnaire. The volunteer participant completed this data collection

instrument in the presence of the researcher. The open-ended questionnaire was in

English since this is the official language of education in Uganda. The coding and dating

of participants’ responses for purposes of identification and data analysis was a daily

activity during data collection, to ensure protection of the participants against any

organizational and institutional reprisals. The completing of the questionnaire opened

with a short explanation script for the participant prior to answering the questionnaire

(Appendix D).

The intent of 20 question open-ended questionnaire (Appendix D), with randomly

arranged items, was to understand research study themes of road accidents, sustainability,
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leadership and decision-making, as well as barriers to achieving safe transportation.

Questions focused on availability and dissemination of road safety information; causes of

road accidents, three-bottom-line of corporate social responsibility, corrective measures

upon convicted traffic offenders, and possible recommendations to improve road safety,

and RMS were in the tool. This instrument was the thrust of the study conceptual

frameworks. The design of this data collection tool was to capture relevant themes under

the management theories of classical and scientific as well as the human relations suitable

for RMS. To achieve road safety features, applying the concepts advanced by the

strategy theory should be a deliberate attempt by the officials of road management system

and urban transportation management. The themes of road accidents and corrective

measures for traffic offenses are under the theories of the culture conflict and

biochemical theories of criminology theory.

Observation checklist. Data collection under observation could be covert or

overt with researchers acting as (a) full participant, (b) participant observer, and (c) full

observer (Bernard & Bernard, 2012). Bernard & Bernard believed that the participant

observation, as a data collection instrument, is an excellent associate for archival

research. Collection of data was possible by utilizing a 41-point observation checklist

(Appendix E).

This instrument measured the study concepts addressed by the strategy and

culture conflict theories. The goal of the observation checklist was to explore the driver

training, relationship of the driver with car occupants and other road users on the road,

car park on public service vehicles (PSVs), special cabs for hire, and private cars of 10-

volunteer participants. The purpose of the observation checklist was to focus on the use
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of car controls, adoption of the correct speed, car positioning on the road, an appropriate

reaction to road signs and markings, connection with occupants and other road users, and

tire tread condition. The readability grade level of this observation checklist is 9.5.

Observations occurred for both private and public transport and daily activities at

clock tower roundabout on Entebbe road and the Wandegeya cross-junction on Bombo

road. Furthermore, analysis of the archival documents of Uganda government policy

papers such as (a) road safety, (b) Traffic & Road Safety Act of 1998, (c) Traffic & Road

safety (Driving Schools and Driving Instructors), and (d) the Highway Code. The study

proposed to produce an analysis matrix of the archival records based on (a) date of

publication, (b) records content, (c) availability of the document in the public domain,

and (d) proposed revision if necessary.

This instrument measured the ideas under the strategy and culture conflict

theories. Under strategy theory, the strategy would be intentional and purposeful driver

training to produce drivers that shall uphold road safety of other road users. Do road

users demonstrate and display emotional intelligence and maturity to counteract the

propositions of the culture conflict within the criminology theory?

Documents. Data collection from documents followed the criteria of (a) date of

data publication, (b) application of the document information, (c) achieved data, (d)

missing data, and (e) desired development data. The documents included the Traffic and

Road Safety Act of 1971, revised in 1998, the Uganda Highway Code, the Traffic &

Road Safety (Driving Schools and Driving Instructors) Regulations 2010. Christie et al.

(2012) advanced road safety education among a dissident community at a City Council in
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U. K. by the community in road safety agenda. The research study proposed to examine

the access and availability of road safety documents in the public domain.

This instrument measured the ideas of the strategy theory under the conceptual

framework of the study. Government policy papers list the identified concerns,

intervention plan, monitoring and evaluation procedures during implementation, and the

expected outcomes. The earmarked documents for the study are for the development of

road infrastructure, road safety, driver training, and vehicle licensing.

Archival documents. This instrument measured the ideas under the management

theory, culture conflict and biochemical theories of criminology. Archival records data

collection was from the vehicle licensing board, Uganda revenue authority, driver-

licensing agency, and record of traffic casualties at health centers and institutions. The

goal of this effort was to understand if there is (a) consistency among different agencies

on records keeping on the same subject, (b) appreciating of the numbers and trends on

motorization, (c) isolating and recognizing traffic crash casualties by type and individuals

involved, and (d) other modes of transport. The 12 archival records encountered in the

study are:

1. An evaluation study report on Road Safety Management – Capacity

Review in Uganda conducted by Consia Consultants of Denmark.

2. Record of vehicles licensed by the Transport Licensing Board.

3. Annual report of 2009 and 2010 by the National Road Safety Council.

4. Police annual road accidents records for Kampala City from 2007 to 2010.
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5. The performance statement one-year road plan & expenditure programme

2010/11 and 2011/12 of the Uganda National Road Fund – Financing

Road Maintenance (Uganda National Road Fund [UNRF], 2011).

6. Record of vehicles registered by Uganda Revenue Authority.

7. National Development Plan (2010/11 – 2014/15) of the Ministry of

Finance, Planning, & Economic Development.

8. Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis – Reducing the Carbon Footprint from

Transportation in Growing Cities: Application of City Planning

Approaches in Kampala City, Uganda by Paul Isolo Mukwaya.

9. Road Safety Policy – Reducing Accidents by Design Draft by Ministry of

Works and Transport (MOWT).

10. Highway Code for Uganda.

11. Traffic & Road Safety Act (CAP.361).

12. Traffic & Road Safety (Driving Schools and Driving Instructors)

Regulations 2010.

The purpose of collecting data from the 12 archival records was to examine, the

access and availability of these archival records to the public domain. Collecting data on

aforementioned archival records was vital because the RMS is integral to three commons.

The three commons include roads, bridges, and health facilities, which draw several

meanings, interpretations, and intentions by users.

Demographic questionnaire. The demographic data collection collected the

following (a) age, (b) gender, (c) level of education achieved, (d) ethnicity, (e) religion,

and (f) vehicle ownership about the participant. Some of the causes of traffic accidents
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are due to bad mechanical condition of the vehicle, condition of the road, and human

error. Human error further subdivisions are (a) behavioral attitudes, (b) religious beliefs,

(c) speeding, (d) emotional intelligence, and (e) general maturity. The purpose of

demographics questionnaire was to inform the research study on type and personal

characteristics of road users in different sections of the public. The demographic

questionnaire tool measured the ideas in the conceptual framework of understanding the

propositions of human relational theory and the culture conflict and biochemical theories

of criminology.

The coding and the scores the concepts measured by particular instrument were

pursuant to meanings drawn from themes discussed in the literature review as well as

perceptions and understanding of the road users. The research method is a qualitative

and as such, there are no calculated scores to attach meanings of the concepts measured.

A descriptive case study that interprets gained insights derives concepts identify and

verify concerns, test findings, validates and evaluates the practical ideas of practices and

beliefs of participants identified by the study.

I designed the study with data collection instruments of records and archival as a

means to triangulate and validate data collected by open-ended interview and open-ended

questionnaire. Using a pilot study was vital in testing the data collection instrument for

accuracy, data collected, and relevancy by practicing experts on the research study topic,

academia, and road safety in the study area. The study ensured that participants were

from both governmental and nongovernmental agencies.

I explained to the volunteer participants how to the complete the data collection

instruments. The researcher completed the face-to-face interview tool by making notes in
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the field notebook and audio recording on a smart pen. The other two instruments,

namely, the open-ended questionnaire and the demographic questionnaire had spaces

within the instrument to fill and complete by the volunteer participant. There was a script

at the top of the instrument and an account in the consent form describing how to fill and

complete the data collection instrument.

The raw data will be available by request from the researcher. The data in the

appendices and tables formatted to the requirements of the final paper, as such, it is not

raw per se. The raw data is under lock with access to it only by the researcher.

RMS and road safety have several variables classified into transit and road

infrastructure. The transit is the vehicles along with goods and services provided by

individuals and organizations. The transit operates on the road infrastructure governed

by laws, regulations, specifications, and bylaws during construction, rehabilitation,

maintenance, and operation. A case study design with a descriptive approach and

qualitative method in nature is without predetermined variables. The themes encountered

in the literature review as well as perceptions, meanings, and interpretations participants

attach to aspects of road safety as the transit ply the road infrastructure is the descriptive

report of the study findings, recommendations, and conclusions.

A research study with the snowball sampling, the foreknowledge of the caliber of

volunteer participants, and working experience in the construction industry by the

researcher, and the recommendations coming from the pilot study made it possible to

select credible volunteer participants to participate in the study. The data collected by the

records and archival data instruments was for triangulation and validation of the data

collected by the open-ended interview and the open-ended questionnaire. The overlap of
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data collection and data analysis provided an opportunity to check and re-check the data

obtained for consistency, accuracy, and correctness. The archival data collection was

from different departments of the organizations identified for the study, which was in

itself a check on the data kept by different organizations on the same variables.

The research study used self-designed data collection instruments after

Institutional Review Board, and the Walden College of Management and Technology

checked them and approved the researcher to use these data collection instruments for the

study. I did not use standardized research instruments in the study. Question 18 in the

open-ended questionnaire and the observation checklist of the self-designed research

instruments had some modifications following the recommendations of the participants of

the pilot study (Appendix D & Appendix E).

The research study used self-designed research instruments. There was no need

to obtain instrument or copy permission. In that respect, there is no permission or

purchase receipt included in the Appendices.

Data Collection Technique

The data collection technique involved five types of data collection instruments,

which are (a) observations, (b) interviews, (c) archival documents, (d) questionnaires, and

(e) demographic questionnaires. The data collection procedures of observations and

documents were for triangulation and validation of the open-ended interview and open-

ended questionnaire data collection procedures of the study. Data collected using an

interview instrument was for 20 voluntary participants. The research study followed the

overlap of data collection with data analysis (Welch et al., 2011). The data collection,

coding of data, chronological arrangement of data, and rechecking participants’ responses

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to open-ended interviews, questionnaires, participant observations, archival records, and

documents were simultaneous and continuous during the data collection process.

In order to collect the data, I went to the venues and premises ready with data

collections tools I had agreed upon with the volunteer participant. I used a field notebook

and an audio recording device to collect data. The participants filled and completed their

responses in the spaces provided on open-ended questionnaire and demographic

questionnaire. The filling and completing of the open-ended questionnaire and the

demographic questionnaire was in the presence of the researcher.

The conducting of the pilot study prior to data collection for the study tested the

data collection instruments for accuracy, the type of data collected, and relevancy of the

study by practicing professionals, academia, and road safety experts in the study area. I

worked in the road construction industry in the study area, and I know practicing

professionals, universities offering related courses related to the research study topic and

road safety experts. The contacting of the pilot study participants was by email,

telephone, and physically. I introduced the research study topic, design, and the data

collection tools to the pilot study participants. After the pilot study, I made changes to

the wording of question 18 of the open-ended questionnaire to avoid the identified

ambiguity by the pilot study participants. Furthermore, I made revisions and

modifications to the practical driving observation checklist with a holistic approach

compatible to the details of the practical driving test.

Data Organization Techniques

The data organization used a matrix in Excel Spreadsheets detailing (a) research

question or interview question, (b) data collection tool, (c) data yield features, (d) data
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source, and (e) data analysis at the end of each day during data collection. Each data

collection tool had a separate Excel Spreadsheet for easy identification and referencing of

the source of data. I downloaded the recorded audio data to a computer with the help of

appropriate smart pen software. Coding of the downloaded content enabled isolating the

source of data. Along with downloading of audio recorded data, a verbatim transcribed

was made the same day.

Casey, and Houghton (2010), Flick (2014), Lindlof and Taylor (2011), Rubin and

Rubin (2011), Seidman (2012), Silverman (2011), and Silverman (2013) juxtaposed data

collection and data analysis as a simultaneous process in qualitative research. Such a

consideration involves categorizing things, persons, events, and properties by features

that distinguish them. During the data analysis procedure, coding of the data used

different classifications to identify and describe patterns and themes from the perspective

of the participants. The attempt to understand and explain these patterns and themes was

desirable.

Data Analysis Technique

During data analysis, the data was organized and methodologically reviewed and

coded. A record of significant thoughts of the participants was chronological. On a daily

basis at the end of data collection each day, the transcribing of recorded interviews and

the researcher’s recorded observations verbatim continuously occurred. Review of the

open-ended interviews, participants’ questionnaire responses, researcher’s observations,

and archival data entries occurred each day. Table 4 is a list of each research interview

question, data collection instrument, and the data point yields. The matrix was useful in

the organization and initial analysis of the data collected.

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Table 4

List of Research Questions, Data Collection Tools, and Data Point Yields

Research interview question Data collection tool Data point yields

RQ 1: Why are road accidents and Interview and open-ended Interview, open-ended
traffic jams increasing within the questionnaire questionnaire – questions
Kampala business district? 4 to 16
RQ 2: To what extent do driver Interview, open-ended questionnaire, Interview, observation,
training and issuance of driver licenses archival records, documents, and archival records,
affect road safety? observation documents, and open-
ended questionnaire –
questions 14 to 15
RQ 3: To what extent does the age of Interview, open-ended questionnaire, Interview, observation,
the vehicles and the issuance of archival records, documents, and archival records,
vehicle operating license affect urban observation documents, and open-
transport business and management? ended questionnaire –
question 19
RQ 4: What are the necessary urban Interview, open-ended questionnaire, Interview, open-ended
transport business and management archival records, documents, and questionnaire – question
needs to improve the increasing road observation 18, archival records,
accidents and traffic jams? documents, and
observation
RQ 5: To what extent do the traffic Open-ended questionnaire, archival Interview, open-ended
offense punitive measures improve records, and observation questionnaire – questions
driver training programs and attitudes? 8, 9,10, 15 & 20, archival
records, and observation

RQ 6: How do the traffic enforcement Open-ended questionnaire, archival Open-ended

efforts improve road safety? records, and observation questionnaire – questions
20, archival records, and
RQ 7: How can the road safety Archival records, documents, and observation
Open-ended
features and road signs be improved observation questionnaire – questions
and protected to serve the designed 1 to 3 & 13, archival
objective? records, documents, and
observation
RQ 8: What help do the existing Interview, open-ended questionnaire, Interview, open-ended
business organizations involved in archival records, documents, and questionnaire – questions
transport operations and transport observation 18 & 19, archival records,
services require improving and observation
institutional capacity?
RQ 9: How can the road safety Interview, open-ended questionnaire, Interview, open-ended
information be availed to all road archival records, documents, and questionnaire – questions
users? observation 1, 3 & 20, public records,
and observation

The computer program QSR NVivo 9 and Excel Spreadsheets were vital in

qualitative data analysis Flick (2014), Lindlof and Taylor (2011), Rubin and Rubin

(2011), Seidman (2012), Silverman (2011), Silverman (2013). Additionally, the smart
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pen as an audio recording device with in-built features of verbatim transcribing of

recorded data was handy. The Excel Spreadsheets were the initial stop for transferring

and analyzing the data from the data collection tools. These Excel Spreadsheets come

with in-built data sorting mechanism helping to sort data according to the codes such as

sort the data with words traffic crashes or traffic jams.

The QSR NVivo 9 qualitative analysis software was a vital tool in analyzing the

data collected by the data collection instruments. The software allows the importation of

data sources of audio and video, pictures, word processing documents, Excel

Spreadsheets, databases, and portal document formats. The program allows the coding of

the materials create data collection sources into nodes and allows the creation of nodes

folders. It allows forward and backward check of coded data and classification of the

nodes. It was possible with QSR NVivo 9 to input the researcher’s insights and ideas.

In QSR NVivo 9, there is querying of the coding system. The program allows the

display of the analysis results in charts. Furthermore, with QSR NVivo 9 data, review

reports building and monitoring the progress of the project is possible.

The coding system pursuant to the themes of the literature review of (a) driver

training, (b) leadership, (c) modes of transport, (d) road infrastructure, (e) road

management systems, (f) road safety, (g) strategy, (h) traffic composition, and (i) traffic

enforcement. Furthermore, the coding system included the following themes that were

pertinent to the study

• Traffic crashes

• Traffic jams

• Road accidents
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• Driver’s license

• Vehicle licensing

• Traffic offenders

• Transport operators

• Transport service regulator

• Organization institutional capacity

• Corporate business enterprise

• Road safety information

• Consumption of transport services

The QSR NVivo 9 program the coding querying together with classification made it

possible to analyze the data collected under the identified text codes.

The research study was in a natural setting in Kampala, the capital of Uganda.

Therefore, the presentation of results is in a descriptive, narrative form report. Robust

descriptions are the vehicle for communicating a holistic picture of the RMS with a focus

on road safety experiences of road users in Kampala. The final research study is the

researchers’ presentations of the participants’ experiences and the meanings attached to

the study subject of road management, traffic management, business management, and

road safety. Such actions allow the intended audience to experience the difficulties

encountered and provide a lens through which they can consider road users’ challenges in

Uganda.

The conceptual framework of the study was upon the Classical and Scientific

management theory, the Human Relations management theory, the Psychological

modeling, the Culture Conflict and biochemical theories of criminology. The measure of
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the concept of the Classical and Scientific management theory is the theme text codes of

(a) driver training, (b) road infrastructure, (c) road management systems, and (d) traffic

composition as these are about planning, organizing, and controlling. The theme text

codes of (a) leadership, (b) transport operators, and (c) consumption of the transport

service relate to the Human Relations management theory as these are about (a) attitude,

(b) behavior, and (c) interpersonal skills. The strategy management theory relates to the

topic text codes of (a) organizational, institutional capacity, (b) corporate business

enterprise, (c) road safety information, (d) traffic jams, and (e) strategy. The topic text

codes of (a) traffic enforcement, (b) transport service regulator, (c) driver’s license, (d)

vehicle licensing relate to the Culture Conflict of the criminology theory. The theme text

codes of (a) traffic offenders, (b) road accidents, and (c) traffic crashes relate and

measure concepts of the Psychological modeling theory and the Biochemical theory of

criminology.

Reliability and Validity

Reliability is the repeatability of the instrument measurement, measured by (a)

test and retest, and (b) internal consistency. Validity is the power of proportions,

inferences, and conclusions reached by the study. These are the general validity types (a)

conclusion validity, (b) internal validity, (c) construct validity, and (d) external validity as

identified by Cook and Campbell (1979).

Reliability

These are the six approaches to attain internal validity suggested by Flick (2014),

Lindlof and Taylor (2011), Rubin and Rubin (2011), Seidman (2012), Silverman (2011),

Silverman (2013):
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1. Triangulation of data: Data collection was through four methods (a)

interviews, (b) participant observation, (c) archival records and (d)

documents.

2. Codification checking: The continuous checking of the coding of

emerging themes served as a check throughout the analysis process. Close

interaction with participants given understanding of the context to grasp

the participant’s reality and meanings for interpretations. Such insight

ensured the truth-value of the data.

3. Repeated observations at the study area: Continuous observations of

similar cases occurred in the study area throughout the data collection

period.

4. Research audit: The road safety-practicing professional and doctoral

graduate served as study auditors.

5. Participatory research: The researcher got involved in all phases of the

study, from the design of the project, checking interpretations and

conclusions.

6. Clarification of research bias: Clarification of researcher bias is a

meticulous analysis in this study project under the subheading Role of the

Researcher.

Validity

The details for validity and generalizability for anyone interested in the study is

available with the consent of the researcher and Walden University (Lindlof & Taylor,

2011; Rubin & Rubin, 2011; Seidman, 2012; Silverman, 2011, 2013). A concern of the
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study is the repeatability elsewhere in Uganda and the world, having the same

development level as Uganda. The measurement instrument, using an interview and an

open-ended questionnaire, developed for this study is available upon request for

individuals interested in conducting a similar study. The study objective was to employ

three techniques to ensure reliability. First, the researcher provided the overall focus of

the study, researcher’s role, participants’ positions, basis for selection of participants, and

the context for data collection. Second, the explanations on the utilization of

triangulation or various methods in validating the data collection clarified. Such

confirmation will strengthen the reliability and internal validity (Lindlof & Taylor, 2011;

Rubin & Rubin, 2011; Seidman, 2012; Silverman, 2011, 2013). Finally, the researcher

addressed the details on data collection and analysis strategies of the research methods

and research design employed in this study. All phases of this study were subject to

scrutiny by Walden University research reviewer experienced in qualitative research

methods.

Transition and Summary

The study location area was in a natural setting of Kampala, the capital of

Uganda. The purpose of this study was to provide TOTS managers with information for

identifying changes in transport regulations that could contribute to (a) decreasing road

accidents, (b) traffic jams, (c) contributing to the loss in GDP, (d) to improve road safety

for business storeowners and customers, employer and employees’ mobility; and (e) to

improve, social, economic, and environmental influences. The research topic was road

management system and road safety in Uganda for improving business-operating

environments. Included in this section was a discussion regarding (a) the role of the
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researcher as prime data collection tool, (b) designing and planning of the study, (c)

obtaining the institutional review board approval, and (d) exhibiting acceptable

professional and interpersonal relationships with the study participants.

The research method and design was a descriptive qualitative and case study

respectively. The population consisted of administrative leaders from 12 governmental,

non-governmental, and corporate organizations. The snowball sample size of 30

participants was of individuals intimately involved in road management and road safety.

The data collection techniques for the research included (a) interviews, (b)

documents, (c) observations, and (d) archival records. The corresponding data collection

instruments consisted of (a) open-ended interview, (b) an open-ended questionnaire, (c)

an observation checklist, (d) a demographic questionnaire, and (e) reviews of archival

documents and audio-visual records. Categorizing persons, events, and properties were

instrumental in coding the data collected.

The data analysis occurred simultaneously and continuously with data collection

using the computer software QRS NVivo 9 and Excel Spreadsheet program. Reliability

and validity, or the repeatability and power of the proportions, inferences, and

conclusions of the research study should ensure generalizability and external validity for

the study. Section 3 contains a presentation of results using a robust descriptive,

narrative form report. Rich descriptions of the participants’ responses and understanding

were the vehicle for communicating a holistic picture of the experiences of business

storeowners and customers, employees’ mobility concerning TOTS, traffic accidents,

traffic jams, and congestion in KCBD.

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Section 3: Application to Professional Practice and Implications for Change

In this section, I present the study purpose statement, the research question, and

the conceptual framework. The descriptive presentation of the study findings includes

the investigation, understanding, and the interpretation of the study research of the

phenomenon of increasing road accident and traffic congestion affects. RMS and road

safety are dynamic research topics that are evolving, adopting and adapting to the current

business environment.

Overview of Study

The purpose of this qualitative case study was to enable TOTS managers to

understand the phenomenon of increasing road accidents and traffic jams and its impact

business storeowners and customers, employers and employee’s safe mobility, and on

GDP within the Kampala business district area in Uganda. In the research questions, I

sought to answer what, why, and how the phenomenon features identified by the problem

statement and purpose statement of the study hinder national development and have

adverse social, economic, and environmental influences. Traffic jams and congestion

affect the day-to-day operations of informal and formal businesses in different

geographical locations. Employers lose person-hours for commuting employees.

The status of Kampala as a crossroads of the trans-Africa highways running in the

North-South and East-West directions across the African continent is under threat due to

traffic jams. Business enterprises of capital investments prefer other locations in the

great lakes region of East Africa to Kampala because of traffic congestion. Previous

empirical studies in the study location area of Kampala are on the theoretical frameworks

of injury patterns, use of pedestrian overhead bridges, and carbon footprint of

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automobiles upon the air quality. I sought to explore the involvement of effective

business practice to reduce traffic congestion, invest in public-private partnerships of

road construction, and provide information to the business owners about the impact of

traffic accidents on businesses. Addressing the purpose for the study was not possible

without the willing support of the identified organizations’ leaders.

A sample of volunteer organizations, N = 12, from governmental,

nongovernmental, and corporate organizations participated in the study. Out of N = 12, n

= 5 were governmental organizations, n = 6 were nongovernmental organizations, and n

= 1 was a corporate organization. The 12 participating organizations were

1. UBOA

2. UTODA

3. Multiplex Uganda limited.

4. MOH

5. MIA

6. MFP&ED

7. MOE&S

8. MOWT

9. Arrive Alive.

10. Automobile Assurance Uganda.

11. Chartis Uganda Insurance Company.

12. UDSA

The data collection instruments were an (a) open-ended interview, (b) open-ended

questionnaire, (c) demographical questionnaire, (d) observation checklist, and (e) archival
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records. I gave the data collection instrument to volunteer participants selected by

snowball sampling who were willing to participate in the study. The participants filled

out the participation consent form prior to participating in the research study. There were

two sets of participants. The first set of volunteer participants, N = 20, participated in the

(a) open-ended interview, (b) open-ended questionnaire, and (c) demographical

questionnaire. Out of the sample N = 20, n = 16 were male, and n = 4 were female. The

subsample n = 7 of participants were from nongovernment organizations, n = 12 were

from governmental organizations, and n = 1 was from the corporate organization. The

ages of the participants were between 29 years and 68 years. The participants’ highest

level of education was (a) n = 1 with Uganda certificate of education, (b) n = 1 with

Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education, (c) n = 2 with a college diploma, (d) n = 7

with a university graduate degree; (e) n = 2 with postgraduate degree, and (f) n = 7 with a

master’s degree. This first set of participants involved in these data collection

instruments declined involvement in the observation checklist instrument due to the

allocation of cars for transport with authorized drivers. Table 5 shows the number of

volunteer participants from the participating organizations that participated in the

interview and questionnaire data collection tool.

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Table 5

Open-Ended Interview and Open-Ended Questionnaire Participants

Participating organization Number of volunteers

Uganda Bus Operators Association (UBOA) 1

Uganda Taxi Operators and Drivers Association (UTODA) 1
Multiplex Uganda Limited 1
Ministry of Health (MOH) 2
Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) 4
Ministry of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development (MFP&ED) 1
Ministry of Education and Sports (MOE&S) 1
Ministry of Works and Transport (MOWT) 5
Automobile Association of Uganda (AAU) Kampala 1
Arrive Alive Uganda 1
Chartis Uganda Insurance Company 1
Uganda Driving Standards Agency (UDSA) 1
Total 20

The second set of volunteer participants with a sample of N = 10 participated in

the observation checklist instrument. Readily available drivers of the participating

organizations participated in the observation checklist instrument. Two of the

participants were learner drivers under a driving school instructor. There was a 2-day

location observation of traffic during peak hours, in the morning from 8:00 am to 9:00 am

and evening from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm, at the Clock Tower roundabout on Entebbe road,

the cross junction at Wandegeya on Bombo road. Table 6 shows the number of volunteer

participants from the participating organizations who participated in the observation

checklist data collection tool.

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Table 6

Observation Checklist of Participants

Participating organization Number of volunteers

Uganda Bus Operators Association (UBOA) 0

Uganda Taxi Operators and Drivers Association (UTODA) 1
Multiplex Uganda Limited 1
Ministry of Health (MOH) 2
Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) 1
Ministry of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development (MFP&ED) 1
Ministry of Education and Sports (MOE&S) 0
Ministry of Works and Transport (MOWT) 2
Automobile Association of Uganda (AAU) Kampala 1
Arrive Alive Uganda 0
Chartis Uganda Insurance Company 0
Uganda Driving Standards Agency (UDSA) 1
Total 10

The review of archival records was on the following:

1. Books with road safety information obtained from commercial bookshops.

2. An evaluation study report on Road Safety Management – Capacity

Review in Uganda conducted by Consia Consultants of Denmark.

3. Record of vehicles licensed by the Transport Licensing Board.

4. Annual report of 2009 and 2010 by the National Road Safety Council.

5. Police annual road accidents records for Kampala from 2007 to 2010.

6. The performance statement one-year road plan & expenditure programme

2010/11 and 2011/12 of the Uganda National Road Fund – Financing

Road Maintenance (UNRF, 2010c).

7. Record of vehicles registered by Uganda Revenue Authority.

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8. National Development Plan (2010/11 – 2014/15) of the Ministry of

Finance, Planning, & Economic Development.

9. Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis – Reducing the Carbon Footprint from

Transportation in Growing Cities: Application of City Planning

Approaches in Kampala, Uganda by Paul Isolo Mukwaya.

10. Road Safety Policy – Reducing Accidents by Design Draft by MOWT.

The books with road safety information included the following: (a) Highway

Code, (b) Traffic & Road Safety Act (CAP.361), and (c) Traffic & Road Safety (Driving

Schools and Driving Instructors) Regulations 2010. This data collection instrument of

archival documents provided the triangulation of the data collected by the other three

instruments of (a) open-ended interview, (b) open-ended questionnaire, and (c)

observation checklist.

The reviewed documents depicted the fact that Uganda has existing road safety

statutes and regulations acceptable to international standards. This aspect erases the

study assumption that there is a disparity of Uganda road safety regulations with

international standards. These reviewed documents provide (a) on one part an inventory

of the existing governmental documents concerned with activities of vehicles and road

accidents and (b) on the other part a thick descriptive, narrative, and analytical report

form on the technical and managerial gaps in the road safety features, transport regulator,

traffic management, road infrastructure structural deficiencies, and meager funding

budgets. The element of business management is lacking, and it is what this study

highlights.
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Purpose Statement

The purpose of the qualitative descriptive case study design was to enable TOTS

managers to understand the (a) phenomenon of increasing (b) road accidents, (c) traffic

jams, and (e) the phenomenon’s impact upon business storeowners and customers,

employer and employee’s safe mobility; and (f) on GDP within the Kampala business

district area in Uganda. The targeted population consisted of governmental,

nongovernmental, and corporate organizations involved in TOTS within the Kampala

business district area in Uganda. The population was appropriate because Kampala

business district had the majority of the state-owned enterprises, governmental and

nongovernmental head offices, and with over 50% of the vehicle population in Uganda.

Furthermore, the sample in the target population was top managers for nongovernmental

and corporate organizations of SMEs and government officials of governmental

ministries and departmental heads. Top managers of small, medium enterprises (SMEs)

and officials of governmental ministries and departmental heads were appropriate

because these formulate, and plan the overall enterprise strategy, and oversee daily

activities of the departments respectively.

The implication for positive social change includes decrease in the loss of GDP

by reducing the increasing road accidents to save lives, protect property, and ensure safe

transport service delivery to the people. Traffic fatalities deprive families, society, and

community of members in the productive age segment from 15 to 54 years (Ackaah &

Adonteng, 2011; Dandona, Anil Kumar, Ameratunga, & Dandona, 2011; Desapriya et al.,

2011; Eze, Kipsaina, & Ozanne-Smith, 2013; Hyder et al., 2012; Nordfjærn, Jørgensen,
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& Rundmo, 2011; Peden et al., 2004; Sukhai et al., 2011; Yannis et al., 2011; Yannis,

Papadimitriou, Dupont, & Martensen, 2010; Ziraba, Kyobutungi, & Zulu, 2011).

Research Question

The study sought to answer the research question of what strategies should

managers of RMS use to design transportation regulations to improve road safety for

business, storeowners, customers, employers, and employees’ mobility in Kampala’s

business district. The research question was further developed into interview questions

distributed into the data collection instruments of (a) interview (Appendix C), (b) open-

ended questionnaire (Appendix D), and (c) observation checklist (Appendix E). The

following were the research interview questions:

1. Why are road accidents and traffic jams increasing within the Kampala

business district?

2. To what extent do driver training and issuance of driver licenses affect

road safety?

3. To what extent does the age of the vehicles and the issuance of vehicle

operating license affect urban transport business and management?

4. What are the necessary urban transport business and management needs to

improve the increasing road accidents and traffic jams?

5. To what extent do the traffic offense punitive measures improve driver

training programs and attitudes?

6. How do the traffic enforcement efforts improve road safety?

7. How can the road safety features and road signs be improved and

protected to serve the designed objective?

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8. What help do the existing business organizations involved in transport

operations and transport services require improving institutional capacity?

9. How can the road safety information be availed to all road users?

A Brief Summary of the Findings

I present a brief summary of the study findings collected by the five data

collection tools of (a) open-ended interview, (b) open-ended questionnaire, (c) archival

records, (d) observation, and (e) documents. I present the study findings under the

corresponding research interview questions. I present similar findings collected by

different data collection tools together. The study findings revealed the following:

Open-ended interview, open-ended questionnaire, and archival records. The

following are the brief findings of the foregoing three data collections tools:

1. Poorly maintained transit vehicles and road infrastructure.

2. Lack of standardized syllabi for driving schools.

3. Lack of proper urban transport management system.

4. Disparity exists in road infrastructure, the human population, and

automobile growing numbers.

5. Weak enforcement of traffic laws.

6. Lack of political support in the road safety implementation.

Open-ended interview and observation. Under traffic laws and regulations, as

well as Highway Code, the enforcement is lagging due to capacity building without

supportive leadership and political will. Kampala business district signage is insufficient

on vertical road signs and horizontal road markings hampering the Highway Code
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application and interpretation. The two documents, the Highway Code and the Traffic &

Road Safety Act (CAP. 361) are in short supply within the public domain.

Observation. The road infrastructure characterized with potholes, the traveled

way being at the same level with roadside curbs and traffic islands. The surface and

subsoil drainage system is old susceptible to damage and/or blockage. The transit in

public urban transport, to a substantial degree comprises individual owners, having

vehicles more than eight years old with poor maintenance regime. The side street

parking bays reduces the available traveled road surface area. The city does not have

sufficient walkways for pedestrians, dedicated riding lanes for pedal cyclists.

Each driving school operates and runs driver training syllabus, without equipment

and facilities for the driver training who are to operate, light heavy goods vehicles

(LHGV), buses, and heavy goods vehicles (HGV). The practical training facilities and

equipment are not purpose-made for driver training. The motorcycle rider training

schools are non-existent. The motorcycle riders locally known in Uganda as boda bodas

do not get any rider training. The existing UTODA and UBOA are transit associations

without proper organizational management structure to oversee the acquisition and

management of vehicle fleets and spare parts, as well as, employees.

Open-ended interview and open-ended questionnaire. The operations and

services of Uganda’s urban transportation system for public transport are by the private

sector on preferred routes determined by the location of transportation service providers’

residences within Kampala area. There are no allotted route numbers as well as vehicle

numbers to run on particular routes. The transport operators and transport services

provision is on a haphazard management system that is only profit driven.

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Documents. I obtained the following findings using the documents data

collection tool (a) the Uganda traffic laws and regulations and Highway Code, (b) records

of driving and riding licenses (c) records of motor vehicles and motorcycles registered in

Uganda, (d) records of road traffic crashes, and (e) record of vehicles licensed for public

transport service. There is a significant disparity in numbers between the record of

vehicles and motorcycles registered and the record of driving and riding licenses. Over

60% of the study participants acknowledged seeing the Uganda Highway Code and the

traffic laws and regulations documents for the first time.

Presentation of the Findings

The presentation of findings of the research study is in accordance with the nine-

interview questions as collected by the five data collection instruments of (a) open-ended

interview, (b) open-ended questionnaire, (c) observation checklist, (d) archival records,

and (e) the demographical questionnaire below. The findings are from the data collected

and analyzed by Excel spreadsheets and QRS NVivo 9 data analysis software. The

findings presentation and discussion is pursuant to the literature review, research design,

and method and conceptual framework of effective business practice proposed for the

study.

Research Interview Question 1

1. Why are road accidents and traffic jams increasing within the Kampala business

district?

The presentation of findings under this research interview question is under the

themes of road accidents and traffic jams. The casual-effect of road accidents and traffic

jams is partially bi-directional. Road accidents cause traffic jams, though, it is not
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necessarily true that traffic jams cause road accidents. The insufficiently trained,

impatient, and emotionally immature drivers could cause road accidents in traffic jams.

Road accidents. The findings on road accidents are from the data collection

instruments of (a) archival records, (b) open-ended interview, (c) open-ended

questionnaire, and (d) observations.

Archival records. Table 7 is a presentation of the frequencies of accidents and

vehicle types involved within Kampala. There are a high number of minor and serious

road accidents in comparison to fatal accidents. The accidents occur at peak hours during

the day, over the weekend, and at festive seasons of religious celebrations as well as

during national public holidays. The pedestrians are the principal victims of road

accidents, followed by passengers, motorcyclists, and drivers. Among the pedestrians,

the schoolchildren are a substantial number.

Table 7

Nature of Accidents and Vehicles Involved for Kampala between 2007 and 2010

Nature of accidents Vehicle type involved

Year Fatal Serious Minor Motor vehicle Motorcycle Pedal cycle
2007 322 3,862 6,423 11,948 2,928 597
2008 555 4,350 7,116 15,618 3,430 632
2009 531 4,585 6,983 15,306 3,827 553
2010 697 4,975 6,480 15,793 3,898 488
Note: Source: Uganda Police – Ministry of Internal Affairs

Open-ended interview, open-ended questionnaire, and archival records. The

causes of accidents within Kampala central business district are (a) untrained motor

vehicle drivers and motorcycle riders, (b) old poorly maintained transit vehicles, (c)

misunderstanding and misinterpretation of the road signs that are inadequate, (d) poor

personal morals of road users, and (e) poor lagging traffic enforcement and

implementation regime. A substantial number of automobile drivers and motorcycle

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riders have forged driving and riding licenses. Table 8 is a record of motorcycles

registered in Uganda and the number of valid riding permits in 2010. Out of the total of

the number of motorcycles registered, about 30% of this total number was equivalent to

valid riding licenses in 2010.

Table 8

Summary of Motorcycles and Valid Riding Permits 2010

Year Total of motorcycles Total of valid permits

2010 104,075 33,239
Note: Source: Uganda Revenue Authority – Ministry of Finance Planning and Economic Development and
Face Technologies – Ministry of Works and Transport

The motorcycle riders do not have full safety riding gear such as (a) helmets, (b)

gloves, (c) water and wind proof jackets, (d) sheen guards, and (e) safety shoes. The

transit vehicles on the roads are hoary without proper functioning breaking system and

malfunctioning car breaking lights (taillights) and signal lights. The loading of transit

vehicles and motorcycles is in excess and dangerous to vehicle occupants and other road

users. Consequently, the dangerous loading often renders the driver and rider to a non-

comfortable sitting position to reach vehicle controls and operation.

Observation. The existing road signs are (a) few, (b) in different colors, (c)

different lettering fonts, (d) in a state of disrepair, and (e) vandalized. The sighting of

some road signs is poorly due to the location. Some road sign locations have obstructions

of (a) other signs, (b) overgrown vegetation, and (c) obstructed by electric pole, telephone

pole, streetlamp, building, or fence. The digital and electrical road signs and signal lights

at roundabouts and junctions are occasionally off and/or malfunctioning due to unstable

power supply. These deficiencies about road signs substantially contribute to the

misunderstanding and misinterpretation of traffic signs to road users.

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A good number of the motorcycle riders, matatu drivers, and pedestrians exhibit

poor human morals in the course of using the road. It is a common sight to see car

drivers, motorcycle riders, and pedestrians busy on hand-held cellular phones while

crossing the road at junctions during peak hours. Motorcycle riders ride in the opposite

direction (a) against oncoming traffic on one-way roads, (b) pass over traffic islands, (c)

ride on while traffic signal lights are red, and (e) cross over the central median on dual

carriageway roads into approaching traffic.

Open-ended interview. The enforcement of traffic laws and regulations is

lagging. The reasons are various that include (a) understaffing of the workforce, (b) poor

remunerations packages of workforce, (c) corruption, (d) lack of political will and

support, and (e) lenient legal sentences against traffic offenders. Lack of stopping and

reprimanding motorcycle riders who have excess and dangerous loading, riding on while

the traffic signal lights are red in front of traffic constables demonstrates the lapse in the

enforcement of traffic laws undermining road safety.

Traffic jams. The presentation of findings of traffic jams is from the data

collection instrument of (a) open-ended interview, (b) open-ended questionnaire, and (c)

archival records.

Open-ended interview and the open-ended questionnaire. The human

population growth, the increased number of vehicles, in addition to the narrow roads,

without the appropriate and properly planned road maintenance, construction, and

reconstruction schedules are the factors contributing to traffic jams within the central

business district of Kampala. As it is true for road accidents, the improper use of the road

by careless road users such as untrained car drivers and motorcycle riders contribute to
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traffic jam. It is common to see in Kampala central business district more traffic lanes of

live vehicles in practice than the designated lanes marked out on the road. The

explanation for this phenomena is because road users are impatient displaying lack of

emotional intelligence and do not understand road markings while using the road with

other road users (Crundall et al., 2010; De Winter & Dodou, 2010; Lenne et al., 2011,

Tronsmoen, 2010; Wang et al., 2010; Underwood et al., 2011).

Archival records. Table 9 is a record of vehicles involved in road accidents at the

national level and Kampala. Summing up the national values and Kampala values in

Table 9, Kampala accounts for 58% of the national total over the period between 2009

and 2010. The value account for Kampala is more than half of traffic crashes out of the

national numbers.

Table 9

Vehicles Involved in Accidents for National and Kampala between 2009 and 2010

National Kampala
Year Motor vehicle Motorcycle Pedal cycle Motor vehicle Motorcycle Pedal cycle
2009 24,391 7,575 1,965 15,306 3,827 553
2010 24,528 8,078 1,806 15,793 3,898 488
Total 48,919 15,653 3,771 31,099 7,725 1,041
Note: Source: National Road Safety Council – Ministry of Works & Transport and Uganda Police –
Ministry of Internal Affairs

Conclusion. Road accidents and traffic significantly affect business and business

management within Kampala central business district. The annual record on loss of

human life and the destruction of cars represent the magnitude of the problem. The

preference for other locations within the region by regional and global investors sighting

the loss of person-hours, high-vehicle operational costs, and increased travel time

attributed to traffic jam allude to this effect upon business. In the same vein, skilled labor
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and entrepreneurship are lost due to serious and fatal road accidents. Furthermore, minor

and serious road accidents increase medical expenses, with social impact of traumatized

victims affecting normal business management of employing organizations. These

occurrences result into high-insurance premiums attributed to high frequency of return of

travel insurable risks and diminished state revenues due to loss of a taxable base of

individuals and business organizations. The business organizations’ owners and

managers in the health services and funeral services in the private sector are registering

high turnover with increased road accidents. Complete eradication of road accidents is

not possible; however, the Uganda case has room for improvement to acceptable limits in

relation to the current number road accidents occurrence. Administrators of major

international cities have applied means of introducing a levy of city congestion fee to

motorists to limit the transit jams in combination with subway railway system and

efficient government subsidized city rapid bus transit service.

Research Interview Question 2

2. To what extent do driver training and issuance of driver licenses affect road

safety?

Driver training and issuance of driver licenses are vital road safety aspects in

keeping Kampala roads safe. The following issues stipulate the essential elements

requirements in driver training and issuance of driving licenses (a) the training materials,

(b) driving instructors, (c) facilities, and equipment of the training schools, (d) the theory

and practical testing centers, and (e) the driving license-issuing agency. The essential

elements needed for the driver training only available in short supply for the public

domain, are (a) Traffic & Road Safety (Driving Schools and Driving Instructors)
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Regulations 2010, (b) Traffic & Road Safety Act 1998 (CAP. 361), and (c) the Highway

Code. The presentation of findings is under the themes of driving training and issuing of

driver’s license.

Driver training. The findings presented under the theme of driver training under

this research interview question are from the data collection tool of (a) open-ended

interview, (b) open-ended questionnaire, and (c) observation checklist.

Open-ended interview and open-ended questionnaire. The existing driving

schools are operating as business entities without adequate enforcement by regulatory

agencies’ managers. The driving schools do not have a standard driver-training

curriculum. The driving training schools use different training materials and non-

complaint vehicles for the purpose of driver training. The driver training is inadequate

without proper training facilities for both theory and practical lessons. The emphasis is

on practical lessons in non-purpose made driver-training cars with little effort allowed to

train drivers for (a) buses, (b) light heavy goods vehicles, and (c) heavy goods vehicles.

The driver training instills and imparts theory and practical driving knowledge and skills

to the learner driver. When the learner does not acquire sufficient driving skills during

the driver training, it affects road safety on the Kampala roads. The driver training

schools operate under the auspice of the Ministry of Works and Transport without regular

inspection and supervision to assure compliance with the stipulated standards of

vocational education institutions under the Ministry of Education and Sports.

Observation checklist. Among participants in the practical driving checklist, 90%

demonstrated non-compliance with the Highway Code by not keeping in the right lane

while approaching junctions including roundabouts. The same percentage of the

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participants did not demonstrate the correct use and sequence of the mirror-signal-

maneuver, and rule of thumb to keep three seconds following distance to another car or

the motorist in the back car able to see tires on the road of the car ahead. Eighty percent

of the observation checklist participants saw the Highway Code for the first time in their

driving career. All the observation checklist participants showed weak anticipation of

hazards while approaching stationary cars, passing obstructions, and while overtaking.

The participants did not show readiness to come to a complete stop behind the hazard

point on the approach.

Issuance of driver’s license. The findings to the issuance of driver’s license

under this research sub-question are from the data collection instrument of (a) archival

records, (b) open-ended interview, (c) open-ended questionnaire, and (d) observations.

Archival records and open-ended questionnaire. There was a conversion from

paper permits to sealed paper permits with enhanced security features. This change of

issuing driver’s and riders’ licenses reduced the forging of driver’s license. Table 10 is a

record of learners’ permits, converting paper permits to sealed paper driving permits and

extension of driving permits. Issuance of a driving license or riding license is to a driver

or rider who has successfully completed the theory and practical driving tests at the

Uganda Police testing centers. As it is with the curriculum for the driver training, the

practical driving test is not standardized as stipulated in Article 41 of the Traffic and

Road Safety Act 1998 (CAP. 361). The conducting of the test is variable dependent on

attitudes and requirements of the examiner towards the learner driver’s ability to comply

with non-documented demands. Respondents estimated over 50% of learner drivers’

bribe the examiners and did not take both the theory and practical driving tests. The
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learner drivers have the option to pay up the driving license fee through the driver

training school.

Table 10

Record of Converting Paper Permits and Learners Permits between 2005 and 2010

Driving permit applications

Conversions of
Year paper permit Learners New permit Extension of
1 Year 3 Year permit 1 Year 3 Year Extension permit
2005 402 2,464 3,597 454 882 0 0
2006 1,058 12,375 21,078 3,446 7,695 0 30
2007 1,234 26,360 36,298 6,413 18,202 221 698
2008 987 41,384 56,889 5,051 32,856 620 2,680
2009 269 46,012 70,105 671 53,352 1,313 7,380
2010 79 17,220 75,235 294 59,485 1,788 9,985
Note: Source: Face Technologies – Ministry of Works and Transport
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Table 11 is a further record of driving permits in the exchange of foreign permits

for Uganda driving permits, renewal of permits, conversion of new permits, and

duplicates of permits, learners’ driver permit, and temporary driver permit. Foreign

nationals who would like to drive while living for a period of more than one year the

stipulations require exchanging foreign driving permits with Uganda driving permits.

Table 11

Record of Exchanging Foreign Permits, Renewals, Conversion, and Duplicate Permits

between 2005 and 2010

Driving permit applications

Conversion –
Foreign exchange Renewal of new driving
Year
of permit permit permit Duplicate
1 Year 3 Year 1 Year 3 Year 1 Year 3 Year Permit LDP TDP
2005 3 244 0 0 209 233 2 20 29
2006 6 1,038 15 214 503 1,020 132 301 274
2007 9 1,427 83 1,528 184 276 434 487 850
2008 12 2,279 152 5,305 53 380 1,313 970 1,918
2009 7 2,750 61 18,111 1 10 2,823 1,358 2,492
2010 8 2,537 47 32,095 1 0 4,048 1,454 2,820
Note: Source: Face Technologies – Ministry of Works and Transport

Note: LDP = learners driving permit; TDP = temporary driving permit

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Table 12 is a summary of driving permits on the database of the ministry of works

and transport (MOWT) issued between 2005 and 2010. There is a disparity comparing

the number of currently valid driving permits of 33,239 in Table 12 against registered

motorcycles each financial year between 2004/5 and 2008/9 in Table 13. The

explanation is that not all motorcycle riders have riding permits.

Table 12

Summary of Driving Permits between 2005 and 2010

Total of permits
Class of permit
On system Valid currently
A 41,471 33,239
B 415,533 353,885
CH 14,577 13,320
CM 91,454 80,102
DH 5,522 4,968
DL 34,087 30,873
DM 9,642 8,736
E 121 106
F 23 21
G 332 308
H 6,461 5,679
I 4 2
Note: Source: Face Technologies – Ministry of Works and Transport

Note: A = motorcycles; B = motorcars and dual-purpose motor vehicles; CH = heavy goods vehicles; CM =
medium goods motor vehicles and heavy tractors; DH = heavy omnibuses; DL = light omnibuses; DM =
medium omnibuses; E = combination of vehicles; F = pedestrian controlled vehicles; G = engineering
plant; H = tractors; I = hover vehicles.
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Table 13 is a record of vehicles registered in Uganda in the financial year from

2004/2005 to 2008/9. The record includes farm, construction, public and private

transport vehicles. The general trend is that the vehicles registered in Uganda increased

from 65,269 vehicles in the financial year 2004/5 to 148,907 vehicles in the financial year

2008/9.

Table 13

Record of Number of Vehicles Registered in Uganda between Financial Year2004/5 and

2008/9

Financial year
Vehicle type
2004/5 2005/6 2006/7 2007/8 2008/9
Cars 12,967 13,575 10,029 17,214 14,649
Minibus 147 214 169 373 383
Pickup 5,689 5,425 3,329 5,805 3,898
Van 3,546 3,116 1,811 3,948 3,716
Buses 86 86 95 300 372
Lorry 1,604 2,098 1,828 3,232 5,134
Tractor 680 257 185 355 589
Trailer 308 609 283 353 342
Tanker 35 57 45 86 123
Station wagon 4,396 5,601 4,546 9,111 12,554
Small trailer 18 54 14 65 35
Forklift 17 48 50 56 33
Earth equipment 319 190 175 352 590
Ambulance 78 15 34 33 36
Omnibus 168 18 7 25 23
Tipper 983 192 952 1,826 2,355
Loader trucks 0 0 0 0 0
Motorcycle 34,228 40,317 43,743 77,915 104,075
Total 65,269 71,872 67,295 121,049 148,907
Note: Source: Uganda Revenue Authority – Ministry of Finance Planning and Economic Development

Open-ended interview, open-ended questionnaire, and observation. The process

of driver license issuance from enrolling a learner driver in a driving school to training,

driving test, medical examination for fittest to driver, and receiving the driver license in

Uganda is lagging, porous to counterfeit duplication, and abuse. The process is

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substantially prone to unethical practices by participating parties. The traffic

enforcement lacks relevant equipment for an on-spot verification of driving licenses.

This lapse and loophole in acquiring driver’s license puts a significant number of

untrained, incompetent, and disqualified drivers on the Kampala roads rendering them

unsafe.

Conclusion. The driving training and driver license issuance are lagging and

prone to counterfeit duplication of driving permits and abuse of the driving license

acquisition process. The participating entities defy the stipulated standing orders, laws,

and regulations in non-professional and unethical practices leading to incompetent and

unqualified drivers to be on roads in Kampala. Non-complaint driving training and driver

license issuance pursuant to (a) Traffic & Road Safety (driving schools and driving

instructors) regulations 2010, (b) Traffic & Road Safety Act 1998 (CAP. 361), and (c) the

Highway Code substantially compromise road safety affecting business management.

Research Interview Question 3

3. To what extent does the age of the vehicles and the issuance of vehicle operating

license affect urban transport business and management?

The findings to this research sub-question are from the data collection instrument

of (a) documents, (b) open-ended interview, and (c) open-ended questionnaire.

Documents, open-ended interview, and open-ended questionnaire. The

stipulated requirements for registering a vehicle and issuance of the vehicle-operating

license were in the Uganda Traffic & Road Safety Act 1998 (CAP. 361). The Traffic &

Road Safety Act 1998 (CAP. 361) does not define the age limit for car registration as
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well as for issuing it with the vehicle operating license. The vehicles are registered and

licensed into two categories (a) private and (b) public use.

Vehicle licensing. The findings to this theme of vehicle licensing under the

research interview question are from the data collection instrument of (a) documents, (b)

open-ended interview, and (c) open-ended questionnaire.

Open-ended questionnaire, documents, and archival records. The

automobiles registered for private use are (a) cars, (b) station wagons, and (c)

motorcycles. The vehicles registered and licensed for public use such as (a) buses, (b)

omnibuses, (c) taxis, (d) light heavy goods vehicles, and (e) heavy goods vehicles require

additional license by the Transport Licensing Board under the Ministry of Works and

Transport. Table 14 shows the record of the class of vehicles involved in traffic crashes

across Uganda in year 2009 and 2010. The vehicles at the top of the list involved in

traffic crashes are (a) motor cars at 34.3% and (b) motorcycles at 22.9%. The

percentages highlight the lapses in the vehicle inspection, registration, licensing, and

regulations on age of the vehicles on the roads of Uganda.

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Table 14

Class of Vehicles Involved in Accidents in 2009 and 2010

2009 2010
Class of vehicle Number Percent Number Percent
Motor cars 11,634 34.3 11,818 34.3
Dual-purpose cars 1,929 5.7 1,720 5
Light omnibus 4,708 13.9 4,970 14.4
Medium omnibus 385 1.1 255 0.7
Heavy omnibus 456 1.3 505 1.5
Light goods vehicles 2,477 7.3 2,551 7.4
Medium goods vehicles 1,278 3.8 1,395 4.0
Heavy goods vehicles 438 1.3 443 1.3
Trailers & semi-trailers 646 1.9 575 1.7
Fuel truck 139 0.4 141 0.4
Engineering plant 50 0.1 46 0.1
Tractors 91 0.3 57 0.2
Motorcycles 7,575 22.3 8,078 23.5
Pedal cycles 1,965 5.8 1,806 5.3
Pedestrian controlled vehicles 160 0.5 52 0.2
Total 33,931 100 34,412 100
Note: Source: National Road Safety Council – Ministry of Works & Transport

All TOTS should comply with Part V Licenses for public service, private

omnibus and goods vehicles of the Uganda Traffic & Road Safety Act 1998 (CAP. 361).

The study participants estimated about 20% of the vehicles on the roads not made for the

function for the required transport service. The research participants cited transport

service providers preferring to obtain operating licenses by compromising licensing

officers to ignore the requirements for road worthy operating conditions of the vehicle on

the standards checklist form. In standard practice, some factory purpose made trucks for

heavy goods are converted and modified to run as buses.

Thirty percent of the study participants stated that annual vehicle inspection and

testing regime suspended by a legislative act of parliament through a general political

move was in return for political support. The legislative act enacted by parliament
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abolished annual issuing of road licenses for vehicles. Furthermore, the study

participants noted that sections of the populace that had old vehicles grounded during the

reign of Idi Amin between 1971 and 1979 had them back on the road because of the

legislative action. The main impediment to the sections of the populace to run their

vehicles on the road was accrued vehicle inspection and road license fees stipulated

previous vehicle regulations. The checking and inspection of vehicles are only once

during the initial registration of the vehicle after importation into the country. The

inspection and testing of vehicles after initial registration are the responsibility of the

traffic police force that is inadequately equipped, with limited information on the

required inspection test method, and understaffed. The inspection and testing of vehicles

are manual by inspectors with inadequate information.

Table 15 is a record of public service vehicles licensed by the Transport Licensing

Board of the Ministry of Works and Transport. The data reflect the whole country for the

financial years from 2006/2007 to 2010/2011.

Table 15

Annual Summary of Public Service Vehicle Licensed Between Financial Year 2006/2007

and 2010/2011

Private Private Boda Owner's Inland

Financial service Town motor omni Country boda transport water
year Tourist vehicle Rental taxi bus taxi vehicle vehicle
2006/2007 43 6,698 465 96 662 1 2,414 0 130
2007/2008 173 12,645 312 435 1,066 27 2,952 641 167
2008/2009 81 16,332 310 248 2,133 1 7,633 1,503 248
2009/2010 43 18,917 521 332 1,763 64 13,773 1,587 152
2010/2011 59 16,585 133 53 3,786 8 2,386 1,894 196
Note: Source: Transport Licensing Board – Ministry of Works & Transport

Conclusion. A sizeable number of vehicles operating on Kampala central

business district roads do not undergo proper inspection and checking for safety and
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mechanical condition for road worthy operation. A substantial number of the vehicles are

more than 8 years old. This situation on the quality of the transit mix undermines road

safety, quality of the air, and the general environmental ecosystem in Kampala coming

from exhaust fumes with high carbon content and oil spillages. Furthermore, in business

terms, intellectual property and patent rights infringement occurs by unauthorized

conversion of factory design made vehicles. Substantial business opportunities exist for

motor companies to supply to the Ugandan market with factory design made vehicles in

the TOTS. The required factory design made vehicle supplies to the state-owned

enterprises (SOEs), and SMEs are (a) buses, (b) sports cars, (c) taxis, (d) ambulances for

emergency response unit, (e) motorcycles, and (f) goods delivery vans.

Research Interview Question 4

4. What are the necessary urban transport business and management needs to

improve the increasing road accidents and traffic jams?

The findings to this research sub-question are from the data collection instrument

of (a) open-ended interview, and (b) open-ended questionnaire.

Open-ended interview and the open-ended questionnaire. Urban transport

business and management interconnects with other business enterprises involved in

services and goods. Kampala central business district has businesses with small-scale

economies. The central business district business enterprises are SMEs. The SMEs

duplicate the services and products within the same area leading to congestion and

crowding by customers and consumers. The urban transport business and management

need the following to ease traffic jams and reduce road crashes and accidents within

Kampala central business district:

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1. Government subsidies.

2. Proper corporate business enterprise.

3. Good roads with proper road furniture.

4. Pedestrian walkways and proper crossing points.

5. Properly trained drivers and motorcycle riders.

6. Improve and regulate driving schools.

7. Properly trained and sufficiently equipped enforcement teams.

8. Improve parking areas.

9. Political will in enforcing the traffic and road safety laws.

10. Robust and closely associated organizations involved in the issuing of

driver’s licenses and vehicle operating licenses.

11. Introduction of railway and water transport.

12. Rigorous punitive measures for traffic offenders.

13. Continuous sensitization on road safety.

Government subsidies. The urban transport business and management is in the

hands of individuals or the private sector without established organizational management

structures and proper regulatory agency to oversee the operations. The government since

the privatization of the transport state-owned enterprise in 1998 is not a pragmatic partner

in the sector (Kibikyo, 2008). The partnership offered by government is through

collection of taxes from the transport sector. The collecting of tax is by intermediaries

such as UTODA, UBOA, and oil companies at fuel filling stations’ managers. Collecting

taxes by intermediaries such as UTODA and UBOA is by vehicle drivers and vehicles

owners. The drivers hire the vehicles at a daily fee agreed upon verbally by car owner.
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The real beneficiaries of these loose ends business arrangements are the intermediaries;

that is, UTODA and UBOA, and the car drivers who under-declare actual revenues to

state and vehicle owners respectively. This current arrangement in association with weak

vehicle registration and inspection regulations promotes under declaration of the actual

numbers of vehicles in the transport sector as well as revenue collected. This unethical

business practice in the broadest terms reduces the taxable income base for the national

treasury. The requisition by transport operators and transport service entities for state

subsidy is to reduce taxes on fuel, lubricants, and waive duty on new vehicles imported

into the country. The study participants noted that the import tax and duty exemption

exists for (a) cultural and tradition leaders, (b) religious organizations, and (c) charitable

nongovernmental organizations in the country; and recommended that the tax and duty

exemption be extended to TOTS.

Create proper transport corporate business enterprise. UTODA and UBOA are

associations formed partially to collect taxes for the state and poorly manage passenger

boarding points, drivers, and vehicle owners. There is substantial opposition by the two

associations, UTODA and UBOA, to the prospect of coming together to create a proper

corporate business enterprise. The two associations comprise drivers, taxi owners, and

bus owners. The vehicle owners should have one or more vehicles to be a member in the

association. The membership is in the form of an entrance fee between 40,000 and

50,000 Uganda shillings to the association and a daily payment of a fee equivalent to

journey transport fee of a passenger per loading at officially designated boarding and

alighting points. Formidable barriers of entry do not exist to deter new entrants to the

association.
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Good roads and proper road infrastructure. Privately owned land dispersed

around Kampala hinders proper physical planning and road schema of the city area.

Kampala (a) roads, (b) road signs, (c) road markings, and (d) crash barriers are in a state

of disrepair and insufficient. The deep and wide roadside drains and drainage are often

open, with manhole covers missing. Substantial roads do not have designated pedestrian

walkways, cyclist lanes, and bus lanes. The situation is dire for night driving due to poor

lighting, malfunctioning electrical and digital road signs, non-retro-reflective road signs,

and poorly constructed junctions. During the wet season, major junctions including

roundabouts flood hampering normal traffic flow on the city roads.

Pedestrian walkways and proper crossing points. Kampala streets, avenues, and

roads limit proper crossing points, pedestrian walkways, and subways. Pedestrians as

road users are in substantial numbers during peak hours at major crossing points.

Pedestrians as venerable road users have challenges to cross the roads, streets, and

avenues at junctions including roundabouts due to lack of proper pedestrian crossing

points. Motorists seldom stop at the few existing unprotected zebra crossings. These

crossing points are often the scenes of road accidents.

Properly trained drivers and motorcycle riders. A substantial number of drivers

and motorcycle riders do not have proper and enough driving and riding training skills.

The number of vehicles and motorcycles is growing every day on the city roads. The car

drivers and motorcycle riders display low emotional intelligence to other road users, as

well as, disrespect existing traffic signals, road signs, and road markings. The vehicles

are closely stacked together in traffic jams making it impossible to see tires on the road

for the vehicle in the front. Motorists prefer to swivel around stationary obstacles or
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vehicles brought to a sudden halt, occasionally into approaching traffic as the roads are

single carriageways. In Table 16, I present a record of the causes of road accidents.

Careless driving and dangerous driving are at the top of the causes of road accidents.

Table 16

Causes of Accidents in 2009 and 2010

2009 2010
Cause of accident Number Percent Number Percent
Careless driving 9,112 40.1 9,316 41.4
Reckless / dangerous driving 6,948 30.6 6,579 29.3
Over speeding 973 4.3 839 3.7
Overloading / dangerous loading 202 0.9 240 1.1
Under influence of drinks / drugs 249 1.1 194 0.9
Careless pedestrian 889 3.9 881 3.9
Passenger falls from vehicle 228 1.0 238 1.1
Vehicle mechanical defects 738 3.3 720 3.2
Dazzled by lights of another car 85 0.4 114 0.5
Obstacle on carriageway 96 0.4 76 0.3
Unknown cause (hit & run) 2,057 9.1 2,129 9.5
Other causes 1,122 4.9 1,135 5.1
Total 22,699 100 22,461 100
Note: Source: National Road Safety Council – Ministry of Works & Transport

Improve and regulate driving school. All the driving schools are operating as

business profit-driven entities, not in accordance with Traffic & Road Safety (Driving

Schools and Driving Instructors) Regulations 2010. The study participants mentioned

that the proprietors and managers of driving schools as well as driving instructors do not

have the necessary professional training and technical knowledge to operator driving

schools. The quality of the premises, equipment, teaching materials, and the vehicles

used for training do not meet the required statutory instruments 2010 No. 29 of the

Traffic & Road Safety (Driving Schools and Driving Instructors) Regulations 2010.

Properly trained and sufficiently equipped enforcement teams. Forty-five

percent of the participants believed that traffic enforcement teams are corrupt, poorly
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trained and equipped to execute their duties. Associated with the corruption idea, the

traffic department within the Uganda police force is attractive and preferred by new

police constables and officers. Consequently, traffic enforcement deployment constitutes

officers with inadequate equipment, information, training, and qualification for the tasks

of traffic enforcement. The traffic enforcement tools and equipment for on spot

verification and validation of the vehicle registration license and driver’s license is either

lacking or lagging. Occasionally, a possible source of misunderstanding and

misinterpretation of traffic signals and signs by new motorists or visitors familiar with

electrical or digital road signs, at some locations, is the manual signals by traffic police at

junctions and roundabouts contradict the electrical digital signals in Kampala leading to

traffic crashes and accidents.

Improve parking areas. The existing parking areas for taxis, buses, official

designated car parks; and car parking bays along the streets, roads, and avenues are

inadequate with increasing numbers of vehicles. The official car parks, and bus parks for

public transport do not have enough space to accommodate all the vehicles currently

operating within and without Kampala. There is competition for parking space by

motorists and building developers. The building developers use the available road

surface area marked for parking as stockpile area for building materials. Some of the cars

parking bays along avenues and streets with foreign diplomatic missions and government

buildings are not available to the public owing to car bomb threats by terrorists’

organizations. The road maintenance, construction, and re-construction projects on the

damaged road surface at car parking slots are made with laxity without due consideration

for time, cost, and resources constraints leading to a reduction in available car parking
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areas. Small-scale investors operate car parks with limited parking area charging high

parking fees.

Political will in enforcing the traffic and road safety laws. There is a lack of

leadership responsiveness and political will to enforce traffic and road safety laws against

traffic crime offenders. The opposing sides in the political divide aligned along

corresponding political base support undermine the enforcement of traffic laws amongst

motorists. The officials of the Kampala City Council Authority with the incumbent

ruling government on one hand and the opposition, on the other hand, do not agree on to

handle the traffic challenge from motorcycle riders locally known as boda bodas. There

is political rhetoric to handle motorcycle traffic offenders with precaution. Several

political camps within the City of Kampala consider rigorous use of traffic law

implementation and action against motorists as political persecution and intimidation.

The study participants suggested that the implementation and enforcement of traffic laws

not be consistent across the board in Kampala. Politicians, high-ranking government

officials, and military officials break traffic laws at will without fear of punishment.

Robust and closely associated organizations involved in the issuing of driver’s

licenses and vehicle operating licenses. The process of acquiring a driver’s license and

vehicle operating license is porous and open to abuse by eligible applicants. There are

four organizations involved in the process. For example, in the process of applying for

driver’s license there are (a) driving schools, (b) Uganda police traffic testing centers, (c)

Uganda Revenue Authority, and (d) Uganda Driver’s License Agency. These are

autonomous or semi-autonomous entities without an established supervisory role over the

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driver training process. The successful link among these agencies is the processing of the

relevant paperwork from officials of one institution to another.

In some instances, the learner driver entrusts the entire process of acquiring the

driving license with a driving school. During the process of acquiring the driving license,

there is the physical attendance of the learner driver for (a) examination of the eyes by the

doctor, (b) theory driving test, and (c) practical driving test. The non-physical attendance

by the learner driver at eyesight testing center by a doctor and taking the practical driving

test at the testing center renders the process porous and not robust.

Introduction of robust railway and water transport. Kampala is along the

Uganda railway from Mombasa on the Indian Ocean West coast in Kenya to Kilembe in

South West Uganda. Kampala railway station is at the city center along Jinja road and

other two railway stations on the outskirts at Namanve and Nalukolongo. The physical

location of Kampala is to the northwest shore of Lake Victoria with Nakivubo channel

dividing the city into general along the west-east direction.

In Table 13, I present the record of inland water vehicles licensed by the

Transport Licensing Board. Passenger train service and water transport are viable

alternatives to ease traffic congestion and road accidents. Residents at Ggaba beach in

Makidye division can travel to Luzira in Nakawa division by water on Lake Victoria.

Similarly, Entebbe residents who do not have any business in Kampala central district

can travel by water to the destinations.

Rigorous punitive measures for traffic offenders. Research participants urged

that traffic offenses not be criminal cases; as such, traffic offenses do not require strong

punitive measures. Articles from105 to 111 of Part IV – Driving Permits of the Uganda
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Traffic & Road Safety Act 1998 (CAP. 361) with deterrent measures against traffic

offenders were dormant until 2009. In accordance with the above deterrent measures, a

driver or rider who causes death or bodily injury is liable to upon conviction a fine,

imprisonment, and cancelation of the driving permit. There is no cancelation record of

driving permits in Table 8 and Table 9. Very few traffic offenders appear to receive just

prosecution in court. Furthermore, still very few traffic offenders get prison service

sentences for the traffic offenses. As a result, Uganda prisons service does not have

corrective program relating to traffic laws, regulations and enforcement for traffic

offenders.

Continuous sensitization on road safety. The residents of Kampala get

information about road safety through (a) print and digital media, (b) road signs, (c) road

safety campaigns and rallies, (d) workshops, conferences, and seminars, and (e) road

safety outreaches to places of worship and employee workplace. The road safety

information reaches few people by (a) print media, (b) workshops, (c) seminars, (c)

television, (c) campaigns, (d) rallies, and (d) outreaches to place of worship and

employee workplace. Uganda has several broadcasting and telecommunication services

with good television and radio signal reception around Kampala as well as 45 telephone

lines per 100 persons (MFP&ED, 2011). There are 260 radio stations licensed with 192

operational as well as 50 television stations licensed with 39 operational. More people

are reachable by SMS and FM radios, readily available on cellular hand phones. The

above-mentioned means of communication are available to use in regular sensitization of

the populace on road safety programs and campaigns.

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Conclusion. There are tangible and valid numerous development needs for the

transport business and management within Kampala. The required transport management

needs are (a) institutional capacity building, (b) improved road management system, (c)

good and supportive political will for traffic law implementation and enforcement across

the board, and (d) continuous general public road safety sensitization putting to

maximum use of the available means of communication. The necessary urban transport

business and management changes are needed to improve the increasing numbers of road

accidents and traffic jams that reduce the profits of businesses and storeowners.

Research Interview Question 5

5. To what extent do the traffic offense punitive measures improve driver training

programs and attitudes?

The findings to this research sub-question are from the data collection instrument

of (a) open-ended interview, (b) documents, and (c) open-ended questionnaire.

Open-ended interview, documents, and open-ended questionnaire. Articles

105 to 111 of Part IV – Driving Permits of the Uganda Traffic & Road Safety Act 1998

(CAP. 361) stipulating traffic offenses, were inactive until 2009. The drivers and driver

training schools did not understand the gravity and magnitude of punitive action against

traffic offenses. The partial ignorance about the stern punitive measures stipulated in the

Uganda Traffic & Road Safety Act 1998 (CAP 361) created laxity and deterioration in

the driver training programs as well as poor attitudes towards road safety by road users.

The motorized road users are inconsiderate towards the non-motorized road users. The

existing road maintenance, construction, re-construction, and rehabilitation programs do

not have enough funding leading to inadequate consideration for road safety features for
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non-motorized road users. The ignorance about punitive measures applicable to traffic

offenses and driver training regulations is evident in driver training schools to the extent

that car drivers and motorcycle riders are not aware of the possible harsh punitive

measures for committed traffic offenses.

Traffic offenders. Very few traffic offenders appear in court. If the offenders

appear in court, they do not receive the right and just prosecution. In practice, the court

sentences delivered against traffic offenders do not have sufficient corrective measures.

Moreover, if the traffic offenders receive prison sentences, the Uganda prisons service

does not have a corrective and rehabilitation program on driving and vehicle regulations.

Conclusion. The punitive measures against traffic offenders are weak and

ineffective. This situation leads to lack of emphases in driver training programs. The

driving schools and corresponding driving instructors have a task to prove their worthy to

society for poorly trained drivers they produce onto the roads. The full use of the traffic

law against traffic offenders is required in the development of driving programs and

attitudes.

Research Interview Question 6

6. How do the traffic enforcement efforts improve road safety?

The findings to this research sub-question are from the data collection instrument

of (a) open-ended interview and (b) open-ended questionnaire.

Open-ended interview and the open-ended questionnaire. Road safety effort

is a constitutional call to every citizen of Uganda. All citizens are to act dutifully while

using the road. Individuals and organizations’ leaders have misconceptions that the
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enforcement of traffic and road safety is the sole responsibility of the police.

Sensitization of the populace about this fact is necessary.

Traffic enforcement. There is more to do with the traffic enforcement efforts to

relieve the prevailing situation of road safety. Participants cited the use of CCTV

cameras when Uganda hosted the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting

(CHOGM) in 2007 as a partial remedy to the traffic enforcement shortfalls. Participants

observed there were smooth traffic flow and travel time greatly reduced for commuters.

The public outcry is that the traffic police constables corrupt tendencies

overshadow the road safety element they are to enforce. The study participants pointed

out that, traffic police constables receive money from motorists with (a) bald tires, (b)

careless and reckless drivers, (c) dangerous loaded vehicles, (d) incompetent and

disqualified drivers, and (e) vehicles with expired road operating licenses. Traffic crime

culprits in these circumstances do not face the full force of the law that would have been

a deterrent.

Few of the traffic offenders brought to the traffic court for a fair hearing receive

just and punitive judgment. Very few or none receive a prison sentence. There are few

driver license cancelations due to traffic offenses. Since the traffic enforcement

sentences are not punitive. As a result, these are not deterrent. These scenarios on traffic

enforcement undermine road safety.

The lack of political goodwill and support towards traffic enforcement are to

blame for the increasing rate of punishable and avoidable traffic crimes. Participants

attribute the inefficiency of traffic enforcement and intimidation of police traffic

constables to political hounding. Owing to political support bases within transport

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operations and transport services, the opposing political forces in Kampala accuse the

traffic police of insubordination to political powers as well as suppressing supporters at

different levels in Kampala Capital City Authority.

Conclusion. Individuals, organizations, politicians, and technocrats on road

safety are instrumental in the enforcement of traffic laws. The lack of traffic enforcement

with punitive measures has non-deterrent impact on offending vehicle drivers and

motorcycle riders. The lack of robust traffic law enforcement undermines the standards

of road safety. Alignment, consolidation, impartiality, and general ground on traffic

enforcement as documented in road safety literature by all stakeholders are essential to

improving road safety within Kampala.

Research Interview Question 7

7. How can the road safety features and road signs be improved and protected to

serve the designed objective?

The findings to this research sub question are from the data collection instrument

of (a) open-ended interview, (b) observation, (c) archival data, and (d) open-ended

questionnaire.

Open-ended interview, observation, archival data, and open-ended

questionnaire. A sufficient number of roads and streets in Kampala that were two-way

are now one-way that are without road signs to signify that these are now one-way. Road

markings for (a) separating lanes, (b) zebra crossing, (c) stopping area, (d) directional

arrows, (e) edge line, and (f) centerline are shading and fading off in a state of disrepair.

Safety barriers and guardrails are either vandalized or in a state of disrepair. The

roadside curbs, roundabout curbs, and separation island curbs are at the same level with
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riding a surface. Destination information signs, tourist information signs, and speed limit

signs are nonexistent.

Road safety features and road signs. The plates of road signs, safety barriers,

and guardrails disappear to local makeshift welding and fabrication workshops. The

workshops produce steel charcoal stoves and steel boxes for schools. The off-cuts and

scrap from these fabrications go to the steel mills that use scrap as their basic raw

material. The national demand for steel products is between 60,000 to 80,000 metric tons

per annum compared to the current production of 7,000 metric tons per annum without a

reliable source of raw material continue to be a threat to road safety furniture (MFP&ED,

2011).

The road sign poles disappear to the building industry in the slums emerging

around the city. These poles find use in erecting (a) makeshift garages, (b) metal

workshops, (c) fuel filling stations, and (d) permanent buildings for structural strength

and drainage purposes. These four types of building structures erected in slums emerging

around Kampala do not have necessary building approvals from the planning department

of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA).

Lack of proper routines and periodic maintenance of road safety features

contribute to deteriorating levels of road safety. The study participants believed that

rigorous enforcement of road safety and traffic laws is self-financing as demonstrated in

current express penalty scheme used by the Uganda police force. Participants estimated

that the state loses between 500 and 800 billion Uganda shillings in revenue collection

due to traffic accidents. There is a public call to reinvest revenues from traffic crimes to

improving road safety features.

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Conclusion. The damage and vandalizing of road safety features stem from (a)

road users, (b) inclement weather conditions, and (c) local innovators in the metal

welding and fabrication industry. Proper anti-theft, prevention against vandalizing, and

sensitization program to protect road signposts and road markings are important to

improving and protecting road safety features. Routine and periodic general maintenance

of road safety features are essential to improving and protecting road signs.

Research Interview Question 8

8. What help do the existing business organizations involved in transport operations

and transport services improving institutional capacity?

The help the existing business organizations’ leaders involved in transport

operations and transport services need to develop institutional capacity is the basis of the

feedback of different stakeholders about the transport services in Kampala central

business district. The stakeholders are individuals within and without the transport

industry. The findings are from the data collection instruments of (a) open-ended

interview and (b) the open-ended questionnaire.

Improvement in business organization institutional capacity. The feedback

from the following stakeholders help to understand the required improvement in

institutional capacity of existing business organizations involved in transport operations

and transport services (a) transport operators, (b) customers and consumers of the

services, (c) policy formulators, implementers, and (d) regulators of the transport service.

The transport sector evolved from state owned public transport enterprise to the

privatized transport without government subsidies to unregulated highly competitive

omnibus transport business (Mukwaya, 2011). The existing transport operators and
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transport services business managers are without proper supply chain management, fleet

management, customer care, and add value management. The TOTS business is a child

of informal entrepreneurship prevalent in Uganda (Amu et al., 2012; Da Felice &

Martucci, 2012; Szerb, et al., 2007). Formal entrepreneurship and organizational

management are required for institutional capacity building and managerial equipping to

increase the existing companies in TOTS. The informal entrepreneurs are the business

managers themselves. The information of management as regards (a) people

(organizational behavior), (b) resources (understanding of investment choices and

financial statements), (b) environment (market place trends and preferences of the

consumers), and (d) change (environment, legislative, business, and customer base) is

lacking with the prevalent informal entrepreneurship.

Transport operators. Transport operators are entrepreneurs with a driver of high

profits as the motivating factor. They are reluctant to merge with other entrepreneurs to

create proper vibrant transport corporate enterprises. The information and advantages of

corporate mergers and acquisitions lack the informal entrepreneurs in the transport sector.

There is high competition among transport operators depicted as aggressive driving and

over speeding, leading to car crashes and road accidents. Mergers in addition,

acquisitions, reduce competition as well as increase the vehicle fleets.

Customers and consumers of the transport services. Customers and consumers

cite overcharging and poor quality service of transport operators in the TOTS. The

alignment of customer care and consumption patterns is not in the TOTS business

mission and vision statements. The informal entrepreneurs do not have mission and

vision statements. The major driver is high profits on the capital invested. The vehicles
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used in the transportation of people are not design made, for example, omnibuses locally

known as matatus receive modifications to have additional seating capacity different

from the factory made seating capacity. The matatus are not fitted with functional

seatbelts due to modifications in seating capacity. A vehicle with a seating capacity of 10

modified to have 14 seats. These locally made modifications reduce the normal sitting

space substantially resulting in the discomfort of passengers. The untidiness of the car

interior and the behavior of drivers contribute to discomfort of passengers.

The goods delivery vans and trucks are without pallets for easy loading and off-

loading, secure tying straps and covering tarpaulins. Customers sustain substantial in-

transit damages without appropriate mode of transport for goods. Transportation

businesses have scanty information on supply chain management, fleet management, and

customer care undermining the comfort and satisfaction of the customers and consumers.

Policy developers, formulators, and implementers. Since the enacting of

transport sector’s privatization or liberalization policy in 1998, without proper regulatory

regime, the transport sector is operating on market place self-regulation policy.

Participant’s urge, the formulation and implementation of the liberalization policy was in

haste. In Uganda, the defunct (a) Peoples Transport, (b) Uganda Transport Company,

and (c) Uganda Cooperative Transport Union were non-profit making state owned

enterprises (SOEs) at the time of liberalization. The lack of making profits by SOEs was

due to dilapidated vehicle fleets and non-motivated managerial teams following reign of

terror of Idi Amin and the civil war in the country. Furthermore, the default in paying

back standing orders of the national debt to global financial institutions such as World

Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) worsened the survival of existing
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SOEs in the transport sector. The officials of international financial institutions

considered the defunct SOEs in the transport sector a liability and reason for defaulting

by loan recipient countries like Uganda. Consequently, the officials of international

financial institutions recommended to incumbent loan recipient governments at the time

to formulate and implement policies on privatization and liberalization of non-profit-

making SOEs including those in the transport sector for the case of Uganda.

Following privatization and liberalization of the transport sector, indeed, the

primary private operators had huge margins, and the business was profitable. The

privatization of the transport sector opened up the TOTS thereby bringing high

competition that reduced profits and returns on investment significantly. Policy

formulation, processing, and implementation strategies support the development in the

institution capacity of TOTS.

Transport services regulators. The existing TOTS business does not have a

significant regulator. The key components of the TOTS, such as

• Driver training

• Driver licensing

• Driver remunerations

• Driver discipline and dismissal

• Inspection and testing of vehicle mechanical condition

• Vehicle operating license

• Standard driving school curriculum,

• Transport services regulations

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The lack of standardized regulations and standard regulators affect the institutional

capacity of TOTS. The regulator is necessary for providing technical guidelines on

TOTS investment for mergers and acquisitions, un-necessary competition on fair trading

good practice.

Conclusion. The existing business organizations involved in TOTS are thriving

on informal business management models without a regulator. The TOTS associations

such as UTODA and UBOA bringing together matatu owners and bus owners

respectively as well as drivers that do not have corporate enterprise management

structures. Policy makers need making policies that will stimulate and increase capital

investment, profit, quality service and business growth. A need for improvement in

institutional capacity building for proper business management, traffic management,

vehicle fleet management, human resource management, and strategy management.

Research Interview Question 9

9. How can the road safety information be availed to all road users?

The study participants indicated that road safety information is available from (a)

books, (b) through digital and print media, (c) driving schools, and (d) word of mouth.

The content of the road safety materials and the interest of the road users to have the

information are in need of proper alignment.

Road safety information available to road users. I present the findings on road

safety information available to road users were from the data collection instrument of

open-ended questionnaire.

Open-ended questionnaire. Having knowledge and information is power.

Kampala road users could be recipients of proper, timely data and information on road
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safety from 10 sources. The first four sources are similar to international standards.

Road users in Kampala get information about road safety through the following:

1. The Highway Code

2. Traffic & Road Safety Act (CAP. 361)

3. Driver training schools

4. Theory and practical driving test centers

5. Print and digital media

6. Vertical and horizontal road signs

7. Road safety campaigns and marathon rallies

8. Workshops, conferences, and seminars

9. Road safety outreaches to places of worship and workplace

10. Police traffic officers

The research participants were quick to add that road users lack road discipline

and are not familiar with the availability of road safety programs through the existing

information outlets. To improve the dissemination of the road safety information and

knowledge, the government officials through the line Ministry of Works and Transport

should give special priority to road safety campaigns as the Ministry of Health has made

on the following health campaigns:

1. Eradication of polio among children under 5 years

2. Human immune virus / acquired immune deficiency syndrome

(HIV/AIDS) awareness

3. Outbreak of Marburg

4. Outbreak of Ebola
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5. Outbreak of chlorella

Fatal road accidents account for more deaths in Uganda annually in comparison to

five diseases. A rigorous well-coordinated information dissemination effort is a pre-

requisite in availing road safety information to all road users.

Conclusion. The existing road safety information and knowledge outlets are

adequate but not put to optimum use to help road users. The emphasis for dissemination

of road safety information is towards automobile drivers and motorcycle riders. The

pedestrians and passengers are at the bottom of the priority list of road users with the

current road safety information dissemination methods. The general populace does not

receive the desired attention as the existing information outlets benefit only those who

can afford them. Study participants believed that road safety information was not a

priority for information outlets such as newspapers, radio, and television. Indeed, more

energy is required to increase the availability of road safety information to all road users.

Residents in the Kampala central business district are regular road users as (a)

pedestrians, (b) passengers, (c) vehicle drivers, (d) horse riders, (e) driving herds of

cattle, and (f) motorcycle riders as such it is crucial that they receive necessary road

safety information. Well thought out road safety slogans that are eye catching and

captivating, for example, road accidents kill more than Ebola, Marburg, and human

immune virus / acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) combined, could raise

awareness of all road users.

Applications to Professional Practice

Application of the study’s findings to professional practice is based on the intent

of the study problem statement, purpose statement, a conceptual framework, the research
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question, and the study findings. This study depicts the fact that there is much to apply to

business professional practice. The specific business problem is that the administrators

within Uganda’s TOTS and the National Road Safety Council need information to design

transportation regulations for improving (a) road safety for business, (b) storeowners, (c)

customers, (d) employers, and (e) employees’ mobility, and (f) to obtain business

managers’ feedback on transportation regulations for their road management system in

Kampala’s business district. The purpose of the study was to identify changes in

transport regulations that could contribute to decreasing road accidents, traffic jams,

contributing to the loss in GDP, to improve customers, storeowners, and employees’

mobility and safety, to improve business, social, economic, and environmental

influences. Furthermore, from the study findings, I make recommendations for action to

reduce road accidents thereby improving profitability for businesses. Application of the

recommendations for action will save life and property consequently improving revenue

collection.

The research findings present data and information useful in

• Strategic management

• Organizational behavior

• Analysis on stakeholder’s identification and their values

• General forces

• Porters forces

• Detailed value chain

• Detailed strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT)

• Strengths, capabilities, opportunities, and threats (SCOT)

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• Life cycle assessment

• The fitness landscape

• Sustainable value structure of RMS and road safety in Kampala applicable

to business professional practice

Kampala has a population of 2.7 million people and 225,000 vehicles. The phenomenon

of increasing road accidents in RMS and road safety brings together various professionals

including (a) engineers, (b) surveyors, (c) business owners, (d) lawyers, (e) police

constables, (f) prison wardens, (g) accountants, (h) doctors and medical staff, (i) insurers,

and (j) all road users. The RMS and road safety as a convergence of people, technology,

and processes bring together the three common infrastructure elements of roads, bridges,

and hospitals.

Stakeholder Identification and Value Analysis

On stakeholder identification and their values, the phenomenon of increasing road

accidents in RMS and road safety is a convergence of (a) bankers, (b) vehicle owners, (c)

drivers, (d) insurers, (e) politicians, (d) engineers, (f) police constables, (g) doctors and

medical staff, (h) lawyers, and (i) prison wardens. The RMS and road safety stakeholders

are people in the (a) construction, (b) engineering, (c) supply chain, (d) spare parts

stockholders, (e) passengers, and (f) all road users. Stakeholders’ identification and the

value categorization are under enterprise strategy classification and organizational culture

structure in accordance to Meznar et al. (1990) and Wheeler et al. (2003) respectively.

Meznar et al.’s (1990) enterprise strategy classification depends on performance

parameters of differentiation, generalization, and identification. Wheeler et al. (2003)

organizational culture framework is in the business ideas of corporate social

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responsibility, sustainability development, and stakeholder approach to strategic

management. The data on stakeholder identification and value stemmed from the

voluntary participants and organizations in the study. The stakeholders’ identification

and value in the RMS and road safety are at the level 1 of categorization, which aligns to

a culture of compliance with minimum harm standards of performance parameters and

business value concepts.

General Forces Analysis

Kampala is the capital of Uganda located in Central Uganda, East Africa, and

great lakes region in sub-Saharan Africa. The General forces are on the general area of

Kampala under the categories of economics, demographic (social and culture),

government (legal and military), physical environment, and technology. Uganda is a land

locked country that depends on the neighboring countries of Tanzania and Kenya for

international trade transactions. The Ugandan economy is a rural economy and to a

substantial extent reflects agricultural products of coffee, tea, and tobacco. The officials

of the ministry of energy and natural resources in Uganda discovered deposits of natural

gas and petroleum oil that is now at the exploitation stage. The global economic

meltdown affected Uganda’s economy reducing the amount of foreign exchange, high

inflation, and weakening Ugandan shillings against various foreign currencies. With

increasing road accidents and traffic jams, and poor road safety standards on Kampala

roads, Uganda was not an attractive destination for capital investments.

Demographically, Uganda is a developing country with many cultures and ethnic

groups that are friendly, approachable, and receptive with a younger population. The

unskilled labor is available while the economy requires skilled labor. The labor force
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comprises 48% of youths who are between 18 years and 30 years of age, and 81% are

residing in the rural areas (MFP&ED, 2011). Socially, Uganda society values both the

nuclear family and extended family relations. From the study findings, socially, road

accidents and road crashes fatalities affect family relationships.

Uganda is a turbulent country on governance, legal, and military matters. The

country had the reign of terror under Idi Amin between 1971 and 1979. From 1980 to

1986, the rule of law was non-existent with a civil war in Buganda region where Kampala

is located. The country is at war in Democrat Republic of Congo, Central African

Republic, and Somalia under the auspices of African Union. Pockets of resistance by

armed gangs remain along the periphery boarders with the Democrat Republic of Congo

and Southern Sudan.

The three branches of government, the executive, legislature, and judiciary, are

existent. The legislature and judiciary do not exercise independence in carrying out

duties. Uganda is a signatory to United Nations and some international standards and

codes. The ratifying and domesticating of the international standards and codes is

pending (MFP&ED, 2010). The research findings depict lagging in the enforcement of

traffic laws and regulations, weak or non-existent transportation regulator due to lack of

leadership support and political will.

The incumbent government of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) is in

power since January 26, 1986. There are regular polls and elections for president,

members of parliament, district leaders, and district women representatives after 5 years.

There are pockets of violence and tensions during election campaigns and declaration of

polling results. The antagonistic rhetoric on motorcycle riders locally known as boda
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bodas by the two political opponents holding political offices within Kampala

undermines road safety.

On the physical environment, Uganda is within the tropics, with a good climate

throughout the year. Uganda has hot and wet seasons twice a year. The terrain is rolling

with mountain rangers of Mt. Elgon in the East, Mt. Mufumbira in the South, and Mt.

Rwenzori in the South West. The country has water bodies that include River Nile

flowing in the northward direction, Lake Victoria in the South, Lake George, Lake

Edward, and Lake Albert in the West, and Lake Kyoga in the center. Because of the

excellent climatic conditions and vegetation that is evergreen throughout the year, the

former prime minister of Britain Winston Churchill called Uganda the Pearl of Africa.

Uganda on the technology aspect is a developing country consuming

technological innovations of the developed and industrious countries. There are 39

operating television stations; 192 frequency modulation radios are operating, and there

are 45 telephone lines per 100 people (MFP&ED, 2011). The consumption of electric

power is low, further affected by power blackouts. The research findings reveal no use of

radar and CCTV in traffic enforcement along physical presence of police constables on

the road. The general forces threats are more than the opportunities affecting Uganda as

an attractive destination for capital investments. The matters at stake are reversible as the

national development plan vision is to transform the Uganda society from a peasant to a

modern and prosperous country within 30 years (MFP&ED, 2010).

Porters Five Forces Industry Analysis

The five forces of industry are (a) barriers to entry, (b) competitive rivalry, (c)

available substitutes, (d) bargaining power of suppliers, and (e) bargaining powers of
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buyers (Dasgupta, Gupta, & Sahay, 2011; Mahsud, Yukl, & Prussia, 2011). Porter’s five

forces of industry are on the TOTS. The TOTS constitutes (a) UTODA, (b) UBOA, (c)

boda bodas, (d) train, (e) pedal cyclists, and (f) pedestrians. The threat of new entrants

into the TOTS is high as it is cheap to acquire a matatu or boda bodas for commuting

from one point to another in Kampala. There are no economies of scale as the ownership

of transit vehicles is by specific individuals, reducing the profit margins of the business.

The competitive rivalry is intense, depicted as aggressive driving and riding by drivers

and riders respectively. There are available substitutes leading to saturation of the

market. With many transit vehicles in the transportation matrix and available substitutes,

the power of suppliers is weak, cutting into the quality of spare parts, fuel, and lubricants.

The spare parts with stockholders are used parts locally known as second hand parts.

Fuel and lubricants supply is from unreliable sources. The power of buyers for the

transport service is strong who are sensitive to price and able to substitute.

The high threat of new entrants and high competitive rivalry reduces the profits of

TOTS, thereby creating volatility. The weak bargaining power of suppliers undermines

the high bargaining power of buyers. There is a high threat of substitution in TOTS.

During a gridlock due to traffic jams, a pedestrian is faster than a transit vehicle in

Kampala. Motorcycle riders are a preference to matatus in traffic jams to attend business

appointments.

Detailed Value Chain Analysis

Road management system (RMS) and road safety add value to the goods and

services through the operations of TOTS. TOTS have strengths, weaknesses,

opportunities, and threats (SWOT), as well as, skills, capabilities, opportunities, and
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threats (SCOT) enabling its entrenchment in the transportation sector in Uganda. There

are different stakeholders involved in RMS and road safety with stakeholder value.

Porter (2008) in addressing competitive strategic management lists primary strategic

values and secondary strategic values. The strategic management values are (a) inbound

logistics, (b) operations, (c) outbound logistics, (d) marketing and sales, and (e) service,

which receive support by (a) firm infrastructure, (b) human resource management, (c)

technology development, and (d) procurement. Transportation is the bedrock of inbound

logistics and outbound logistics. The SWOT and SCOT analyzes details on TOTS

emanating from this study’s findings are:

Strengths

• Available vehicle fleets

• Available drivers

• Great experience in transportation

Weaknesses

• Weak vehicles more than 8 years old

• Lack of able leadership

• Informal management

• Insufficient driver training

• Lack of deterrent punishment of traffic offenses

• Lack of transport regulator

Opportunities

• Increasing urban population

• Discovery of natural gas and oil

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• Formation of the Common market for Eastern and Southern Africa

Threats

• Available substitution

• Increasing accidents and traffic jams

• Poor road infrastructure

• Transfer of capital investments

• Deeply entrenched corruption

• Legal suits of intellectual rights and patent rights

The weaknesses are more than the strengths while the opportunities are less than threats.

From the SWOT / SCOT analysis, the leaders of the TOTS should adopt the business

management, strategy management, and change management theory concepts to change

the current trajectory. The identified opportunities provide a solid foundation for TOTS

to survive and thrive upon applying good business professional practices.

Life Cycle Assessment

The life cycle of road infrastructure and transit vehicles, has materials that are

exhaustible, can be re-cycled, and with impact to the environment. The road

infrastructure materials are (a) lateritic gravel, (b) lime, (c) cement, (d) water, (e) granite

stone, (f) steel, (g) copper, (h) rubber, and (i) hydrocarbons (fuel and bituminous

products). The transit vehicle materials are (a) steel, (b) rubber, (c) paint, (d) form, (e)

leather, and (f) iron. The transit consumes fuel, oils, and lubricants to ply the roads. The

damage to the road infrastructure, buildings, and vehicles in traffic crashes directly and

indirectly affects the sources of the raw materials for the making of road and vehicles.
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Fitness Landscape Analysis

A RMS with focus on road safety regulations is a complex system operating in a

changing environment. The TOTS has evolved over time in Uganda. TOTS evolution is

from state owned enterprise (SOE) to a privately run system with self-regulation. TOTS

comprises (a) private cars, (b) taxis, (c) matatus, (d) boda bodas, (e) peddle cycles, (f)

motorcycles, (g) animal pulled carts, (h) buses, and (i) pedestrians. Each of these TOTS

division leaders seeks to gain preference by consumers with common deterrent to

operations or extinction by road accidents and road crashes. The road accidents and road

crashes to TOTS represent the valleys in the fitness landscape analysis In this valley on

the landscape analysis, the motorist, cyclist, pedestrian, and the transit vehicle perish.

Sustainable Value Framework Analysis

The phenomenon of increasing accidents and traffic jams within the RMS and

road safety has internal and external, present and future-sustainable values that are of

concern to organizations’ leaders at the national and international level. The activities of

RMS and road safety are disruptive, using technology and leaving a carbon footprint. In

addition, the activities pollute the environment, consume raw materials, and produce

waste. Moreover, the activities draw the attention of civil society; need transparency, and

connection with stakeholders. Finally, the activities affect climate change, deplete

resources, and define poverty lines (Pearce, 2012; Senge et al. 2008). Leaders and

stakeholders are concerned with the RMS and road safety need to innovate and reposition

efforts in a legitimate, reputable manner by reducing cost and risks to having a

sustainable growth trajectory.

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The foregoing business management analyses on the study findings are applicable

to the professional practice of business as outlined in the conceptual framework of the

study based on (a) management theory, (b) human relations management theory, (c)

strategy management theory, (d) culture conflict theory, and (e) biochemical theory

(criminology theory). The analyzes bring to surface the business practice themes of (a)

organizational behavior, (b) change management, (c) strategy management, (d)

sustainability, and (e) leadership.

Organizational Behavior

Organizational behavior has roots in a person’s personality type, aspirations and

values of founding individuals and legacy and reputation of the business (Griffin 2013;

Griffin & Moorhead 2012). In accordance with the concepts of the human relations

management theory, organizations managers involved in RMS and road safety are to

review the employees’ reward and incentives policy for catalyzing efficacious changes

stemming from implementing strategies.

Change

The findings and applicability to business professional practice analyzes isolate

what should change in road management system, road safety concerning driver training

schools, license of vehicles, and enforcement of traffic laws and regulations. The

sluggish, long gestation period of pre-contract and post-contract in RMS must change.

Adherence to road maintenance and project deliverables schedules is preferable to the

status quos. Standardization of driving schools instructing curriculum and real

implementation of the traffic laws and vehicle licensing regulations are desired changes.
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Strategy

The formulated strategy policy should support corporate social responsibility,

sustainable organizations, and attract all stakeholders including board of directors, the

management team, employees, suppliers, and consumers. It is impossible with the advent

of the information technology and global virtual networks for country leaders or company

officials to act in absolute secrecy. It is crucial in this information technology age to act

in transparency taking on broad stakeholder view in the business process.

Sustainability

The elements of triple-bottom-line of sustainability, social, economic, and

environmental are under the heading of Implications for Social Change. The RMS and

road safety stakeholders take away from the study is that the activities affect climate

change, deplete resources, and draw poverty lines whenever a road accident or traffic

crash occurs. The use of existing resources by the current generation should take into

consideration for future generations, which is responsive performance and use of

resources.

Leadership

To be successful, organizations require leaders who are visionary, inspirational,

and success driven to address competition, mediocrity, to a reputable, successful state.

Required able leadership must deal with the following issues coming from the study:

1. Transforming the existing informal management of TOTS business to a

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2. Averting the possible legal lawsuits against infringement of intellectual

and patent rights by converting the purpose of vehicles from the factory

made design.

3. Understanding the existing business opportunities to supply vehicles for

properly factory made purposes as (a) ambulances, (b) passenger and

goods vehicles, (c) road construction plant and equipment, and (d) road

side breakdown recovery vehicles to the Uganda motor business.

4. Requiring expertise in the monitoring and evaluation of roads within the

city for timely intervention on maintenance, rehabilitation, and

construction by country leaders or company officials in a properly

established road management system.

5. Addressing the role of public. private partnerships in the tram or train and

water transport on Lake Victoria within larger Kampala extra metropolitan

and the surrounding towns.

6. Overseeing the reforms and improvements in traffic laws enforcement and

implementation by SOEs.

7. Reducing and controlling corruption and vice across the organizations and

stakeholders.

Implications for Social Change

Road accidents and road crashes affect (a) human life, (b) movable and in-

movable assets, and (c) business management. Vehicles and motorcycles in TOTS in

Uganda acquired by business loans from financial institutions require collateral security.

The frequently used and acceptable collateral security is a land title. Occasionally,
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financial institutions include photographs of developments made on the land as additional

collateral security items. Frequently used method of paying back the loan for transit

vehicles, and motorcycles are on monthly installments mainly coming from revenues

from using the vehicle or motorcycle in the transportation service. The occurrence of a

road accident or road crash has a ripple effect in the social, economic, and environmental

aspects of society.

Social Change

The children of drivers have little time with the fathers as the nature of the driving

work takes them away from home as early as 5:30 am in the morning to 9:00 pm in the

evening. Children grow up without proper parental love, care, and relationship with their

fathers. The father is away from home for long hours during the course of the day doing

the driving work to make enough money to cover (a) the payback in monthly installments

of the business loan, (b) fuel to run the car, (c) routine maintenance costs, and (d) upkeep

of the family. There are anxiety and stress of other family members during the course of

the day for the safe return of the in-transit family members, especially drivers and riders.

In the event that a traffic accident or traffic crash occurs, it could mean

• Failure in honoring payback of business loan or hire purchase of the

monthly payment installments

• Loss of employment if the vehicle or motorcycle is beyond repair

• Loss of land title and developments on the land offered as collaterals to

the lending financial institution

• Loss of life
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The officials of financial institutions accept land titles and developments on the

land as few motorists take out insurance policies as a buffer for the unforeseen

occurrences and anticipated risks. The loss of life creates orphans, loss of productive

citizens, employable base of drivers, and reductions in transport service to the populace.

On the traffic accident or traffic crash scene, occasionally public practice mob justice by

beating the driver or rider and burning the transit vehicle or motorcycle. Consequently,

families of motorist involved in traffic crashes and traffic accidents survive without

shelter and land upon which they depend for food production. The family members of

the hospitalized victims of traffic accidents or traffic crashes must often stay beside the

hospital bed nursing and attending to a family member for a prolonged time. Therefore,

the family members of the traffic offenders undergo stress of legal and prosecution

procedures in the courts of law and rehabilitation centers. The settling of traffic offenses

involves money-changing hands with economic implications.

Economically

There is a monetary value attached to human life, movable and in-movable assets,

and business assets involved in traffic accidents and traffic crashes. In accordance with

the Traffic & Road Safety Act (CAP. 361), traffic offenses carry a fine between 5

currency points and 90 currency points. A currency point is equivalent to Uganda

shillings (UGX) 20,000. Considering a fine of 5 currency points similar to Uganda

shillings (UGX) 100,000, this is a substantial amount in comparison to average driver’s

earnings per month in Uganda.

The society with family members committing traffic offenses incurs financial

expenses to support either the offender or the victim. Purchasing insurance policies for
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life, travel, medical, and the vehicle is unfamiliar to Ugandans. The economic ripple

implication to social change exacerbates as there are school dropouts of children, and

selling of more land, probably including that of extended family members to settle traffic

related offenses. The expenses include (a) compensation of victims, (b) hospital bills, (c)

legal fees, (d) police bonds and sureties, (e) car breakdown services, and (f) repair and

garage costs of the vehicle.

If the traffic crash or accident involved a goods vehicle supplying a particular

area, society would not receive the service for a time. Incurring extra costs is foreseeable

by supplies and consumers, in time and financial terms, to receive the same service away

from the original service point close to both. If it is a fuel truck or an explosive truck, the

economic implication to social change in society is of variety effects. Whatever vehicle

is involved in a traffic crash or traffic accidents, the members of society will be affected

through reductions in the availability of, and/or increases in the cost of, goods and

services. These goods and services include but not limited to (a) postal services, (b)

water and sewerage services, (c) ambulance services, (d) collection of garbage, (e) fuel in

its various forms, (f) foods and beverages, and (g) passenger transportation services.

Among the effects, there is damage to (a) farmland, (b) road infrastructure, (c) buildings,

(d) human life, and (e) the environment.

Environmentally

There is damage to the environment whenever a traffic crash or traffic accident

occurs. The environmental damage is in the form of (a) sound, (b) dust, (c) exhaust

fumes, (d) petroleum products spillage, (e) destruction of flora and fauna, and (f) loss of

exhaustible minerals involved in the production of the transit and infrastructure products.
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Excessive noise from traffic collision involving vehicles and stationary obstacles, beyond

standard decibels (dB) specified by the World Health Organization (WHO), could lead to

(a) partial or total deafness in humans and (b) more accidents in homesteads living along

streets, avenues, and highways. The source of dust from colliding objects in the traffic

collision and exhaust fumes coming from fires of incomplete combustion of

hydrocarbons can affect personal health. Incomplete combustion of hydrocarbons

produces carbon mono-oxide, which is poisonous and has a greenhouse effect on the

environment.

The traffic crash wreckage abandoned at the scene for a prolonged period could

be a breeding place for pests and mosquitoes that affect human life in different ways.

The pests such as rats and mice destroy foodstuffs as well as attract other dangerous

creatures to human life like lizards and snakes. The anopheles mosquitoes spread malaria

accountable for high infant mortality in sub-Saharan Africa including Uganda.

Road accidents and traffic crashes are unsustainable because of (a) human life

loss, (b) destruction of business assets, and (c) exhaustible natural resources used in the

production of vehicles. The current traffic fatality rate shown in Table 7 of more than

one person and more than 40 cars on average per day involved in road accidents between

2007 and 2010 in Kampala is high.

Recommendations for Action

The recommendations for action are under actions for (a) business enterprises and

individuals, (b) KCCA officials, (c) MOWT and MOE&S officials, (d) print and digital

media, (e) the politicians, and (f) the public. Road safety is the responsibility of every

citizen of Uganda as embedded in the constitution. The stakeholders in RMS and road
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safety should embrace change management to attract capital investments. The

recommendations for action are for short term and long term, and dependent on the

availability of funds.

Business Enterprises

A substantial number of business enterprises and residential areas do not have a

physical address displayed outside the business premises. The recommendation is that

business enterprises should adopt a standardized plot number in the font, size, and color

of business enterprise or residential premise display to the front of the premises seen from

25 meters. The implementation of this recommendation for action will ease location and

identification of business enterprises by especially potential international customers. The

foreign customers could be tourists upon returning to home countries would recommend

the same to other future tourists.

Kampala Capital City Authority Officials

The recommendations for action by KCCA officials are:

• Repair, re-install horizontal and vertical road signs at approaches to

junctions and roundabouts

• Sensitize the residents and visitors through road safety seminars on radio

and television talk shows to protect road signs

• Repair and re-install streetlights at approaches to junctions, roundabouts,

and public car parks

• Erect and install tourists’ information boards

• Develop a strategic policy of limiting mobility of residents in search of

services and products in a particular area of the city

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• Establish a feedback and customer care center on urban transport

management

• Establish an urban transport management regulator

The officials of KCCA are currently easing traffic congestion within Kampala by

changing two-way streets to one-way streets and providing a provision of overhead

pedestrian crossing points. KCCA efforts to keep the city clean and remove illegally

erected building structures are ongoing.

As road markings at (a) zebra crossings, (b) junctions including roundabouts,

traffic lanes, and (c) bus stops are fading and peeling. The recommendation for action is

that KCCA re-instates the road markings. The informative, prohibitive, and regulative

vertical road signs either are in a state of disrepair or completely lost. The

recommendation for action is that KCCA repair and re-installs the lost vertical road signs.

Install the one-way road signs on roads that are now made into one-way; speed limit

signs to approaches of junctions, roundabouts, schools, railway level crossing, pedestrian

crossing, and hospitals; and the road name signs. Place and locate the signs designated

for road names at the beginning, equal intervals along the street and in the end for easy

sighting and visibility by motorists.

KCCA is registering success on the keep Kampala clean campaign by using a

mega phone announcer driving around the city streets, avenues and roads. The

recommendation for action is that officials of KCCA sensitize the residents and visitors

to Kampala to respect, protect, and follow the installed vertical road signs and road

furniture. Properly installed and correctly followed road signs save lives. Traffic

controls around cities like London and Edinburgh in England and Scotland respectively,
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with narrow horse cart streets kept for heritage, have properly installed vertical road

signs. The physical planning constraints of (a) funding, (b) private land, and (c)

haphazard erection of building structures; proper traffic control is possible with

informative, regulative, and prohibitive horizontal and vertical road signs.

Work is in progress to impede the crossing over at the (a) central median along

dual carriageway roads, (b) pedestrian walkways by motorists, (c) and to develop a

proper road drainage system. In addition, the recommendation for action is that KCCA

repair and re-installs the streetlights to increase visibility for night driving. Uganda’s

location within the tropics, where there is sunshine throughout the year, and Kampala’s

geographic position at the equator, makes the lighting of the avenues, streets, and byways

by solar power feasible.

Kampala has several tourists’ attractions such as Kasubi tombs for the fallen

Buganda Kingdom Kings (Ssekabakas), fort Jesus in Nakasero erected by Capitan Lugard

for the British colonial government, and the beaches of the largest fresh water body in

Africa, Lake Victoria. Erecting of tourists’ information boards at appropriate locations,

junctions, and along roads leading to the tourists’ sites can enhance business in the

hospitality industry for local and international customers. Self-finding and accessing of

the tourist attraction site is self-rewarding as we live in the digital and cyber age of GPS.

The self-finding of tourist site shall encourage privacy and security of tourists and their

belongings in self-driven cars between the hotel and tourist attractive site.

Cities around the world are a brand name by the activities the city conducts. For

example, Oxford city in England, its brand name is in the education offered by Oxford

University. The efforts of the leaders of Oxford University to improve on the excellent
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quality of education offered continue attracting international students, producing the

political elite in the British government, and retaining world fame. Kampala is home to

Makerere University that was the best tertiary institution in the great lakes region, hosting

regional students who were the political elite in the regional governments in East and

Central Africa. The recommendation for action by KCCA is to have a strategy policy of

public and private partnerships towards developing particular interest groups to particular

locations within the city. For example, improve the beaches along the shore of Lake

Victoria for attracting, accommodating and retaining tourists, by providing shallow and

deep-water sports, beach games, and fishing there.

Ministry of Works and Transport and Ministry of Education and Sports Officials

The MOWT is responsible for planning, development, and maintenance of road

infrastructure and transport service while the MOE&S responsibility ensures accessibility

to equitable education to all children in Uganda. The recommendation for action by the

MOWT and MOE&S officials is to harmonize the planning, development, and control of

the driver training school teaching curriculum. Let the MOWT pass over overseeing and

regulating of driver instructors to driver training schools to the Uganda National

Examinations Board for testing, examining, and certifying driver instructors. In liaison,

both ministry officials should conduct road safety activities as part of extra curriculum

activities in schools at all levels. The MOE&S should include road safety in schools’

education curriculum, and the MOWT should include road safety as an integral part in

the design, development, and implementation in the road infrastructure projects. The

MOWT officials should consider providing the Highway Code and the Traffic & Road

Safety Act (CAP. 361) to schools in MOE&S.

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Furthermore, the recommendation for action to the MOWT is implementation of

the rapid bus transport (RBT) for extra metropolitan Kampala and to conduct feasibility

studies on railway, tram service, and water transport on Lake Victoria and Nakivubo

channel in collaboration with KCCA. MOWT and KCCA should conduct a feasibility

study for the construction of tunnels through the hills to connect the more than seven hills

constituting Kampala.

An additional recommendation for action is for both MOWT & MOE&S to

develop a public, private partnership (PPP) arrangement to establish a model driving

schools in different regions across the country. The model driving schools are to be in

accordance with the statutory instruments 2010 No. 29 of the Traffic & Road Safety

(Driving Schools and Driving Instructors) Regulations 2010. Establishing of model-

driving schools shall ensure and preserve the uniformity of the driving skills drivers and

riders receive across the country. Establish a feedback and customer care center on urban

transport management.

Print and Digital Media Fraternity

The recommendation for action to the media fraternity is taking up corporate

social responsibility (CSR) in giving back to community space and airtime for road safety

programs. Road accidents and road crashes do not discriminate by (a) race, (b)

profession, (c) faith, (d) business, and (e) nationality. Anyone, any business goods or

services, and family members at any time could be a victim of a road accident including

the media. As part of corporate social responsibility (CSR), the media should allow in

their budgetary allocations an item for road safety programs. In addition, to providing

real time traffic alerts during peak hours on roads and streets within Kampala, start road
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safety talk shows and telecasts programs. The recommendation for action is to

harmonize the time of broadcast and telecast across the radio and television networks

respectively in the initial days of the program.

The recommendation for action to the telephony business is to explore how to

provide road safety alerts on the SMS and through data provision service to the system

subscribers as CSR. The traffic alerts could include weather conditions, road surface

conditions, and safety. On weather conditions, the road surface is flooding, washed

away, and blocked by a fallen tree or landslide debris. The road surface conditions are

rough and irregular, potholes, wet, disturbed road signs, and slippery surface. The

security aspect is on road bombs, highway robbers, and blocking a section of road for

security reasons.

Politicians

The recommendation to politicians is to cease interfering with implementation of

traffic laws and regulations. Traffic crashes do not know political party affiliations. The

traffic enforcements need the support and political-will of political leaders to function

and secure safe traffic control within the city. Political rhetoric in support of traffic

offenders undermines road safety standards. Loss of human life in a traffic crash or

traffic accident drains political support and aspirations for political leaders. Political

leadership should use the positions of leadership to influence followers and supporters to

flow traffic regulations while using the road for the safety for all. The current trajectory

of negative implications to social change on the three-bottom-line of sustainability should

change in the upward positive direction.

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Public

The recommendation for action to the public is to get all necessary information on

road safety, know the rights and privileges of a passenger on a vehicle, travel insurance,

and compensation packages in case of involvement in a traffic accident, and right of way

at crossing points. Get a copy of the Highway Code, Traffic & Road Safety Act (CAP.

361) for yourself as a regular road user in Kampala. Always act in a safe way with other

road users and make road safety your personal priority whenever you are on the road. As

a rule of thumb, assume that not all drivers know how to drive.

In the case of traveling to the same destination, join up with others to reduce the

numbers of the vehicles on the roads and fuel costs. Plan tour itineraries, start the tour

early and travel during low peak time of the day. Utilize the available public transport

while within the urban center, park the car and walk on short journeys to reduce

motorized traffic on the roads, those with private cars.

Recommendations for Further Study

Kampala is at the cross roads of the two major African highways – the alternative

routes of the great north road and the Trans-Africa Highway. The alternative great north

road running in a South-North direction starts from Cape Town in South Africa to Cairo

in Egypt through Kampala. The option of the Trans-Africa Highway running in an East-

West direction starts from Mombasa on the western coast of the Indian Ocean to Lagos in

Nigeria on the eastern coast of the Atlantic Ocean. This planned great African road

system coupled with the discovery and exploitation of crude oil in Uganda would make

Kampala a vital city in the great lakes region of the African continent. Based on these

facts, I recommend the following topics for further study:

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1. The feasibility of a railway tram transport service within the greater

Kampala area to ease road traffic congestion

2. The development of water transport system through Nakivubo channel,

Nakivubo River, and Lake Victoria to the destinations of Jinja, Mukono,

Masaka, and Entebbe

3. Examining and addressing the role for a Private Public Partnership in the

systematic physical planning and development of the private landowners

and Kampala City Council Authority

4. Determining economies of scale on specialization of services and products

by business enterprises to particular locations within Kampala to ease

traffic congestion

5. Establishing a well-managed transport service corporate enterprise with

government subsidy to reduce traffic congestion in Kampala

Reflections

The research process offered opportunities to deal with reputable organizations

and individuals in the TOTS, business management, traffic management, and scholars

within Uganda. As a researcher, I expected the (a) Highway Code, (b) road safety rules,

(c) transportation regulations, and (d) traffic rules to be of a lower standard in comparison

to the international standards. Overall, the participants were familiar and knowledgeable

about the research topic and participating in a doctoral research was a great privilege and

value to them.

By instinct, I used my Walden University doctoral residence nametag that allowed

ease of identification and recognition to authorizing officers of participating

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organizations. Furthermore, concerning the Internet advertisement about Walden

University, a substantial number of participants seemed familiar with the University, and

it was the starting point of engagement with the participants. As a researcher, from the

onset of data collection, I made it clear to the participants that most of the talking would

come from them. Therefore, researcher bias and preconceived ideas and values did not

affect the responses of the participants.

Participants from the medical organizations were skeptical and required me to

provide the full research proposal to the institution research ethics, and the institutional

review board protesting that Walden University that approved my research proposal is a

foreign-based institution. I declined to give my approved research proposal and

explained that the research was not clinical or surgical, and I would not be in contact with

the patients. I further explained that the goal for data collection was to interview a

volunteer participant within the medical facility, who would report from the database, the

number of patients admitted to the casualty ward of the facility resulting from road

accidents within the last 5 years.

Recently auto corporations like Toyota in Japan and General Motors (GM) in the

United States recalled new cars due to potential safety issues. The study highlighted the

use of old age vehicles as one of the causes of traffic crashes due to bad and poor

mechanical condition, but new cars with factory defects are a source of road crashes and

accidents. As much as there is a lapse in enforcement of traffic regulations on Ugandan

roads, there is a parallel situation within the auto industry across the globe.

Unfortunately, of both the two scenarios, lapse in traffic regulations enforcement and

auto factory defects, have led to traffic crashes with fatal results.
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Uganda is a developing country evolving from effects of civil war and bad

governance. One major result of the civil war and governance was a lost professional

generation expertise while seeking security refuge during the reign of terror of Idi Amin

and the civil war. Over that time, Uganda was not an attractive destination for capital

market investments. The result of these combined occurrences affected all sectors of

business and livelihood in the country including the transport sector. As a result, there

was no information transfer in Uganda business based organizations to provide an

international class of good industrial practice to the upcoming generation of

professionals. This situation generated the prevalent informal management style in

TOTS, and the sluggish approach of government departments’ leaders in overseeing the

monitoring, implementation, and regulation of the transport sector.

There is a disparity between Uganda government wages and salaries scales with

international standards. The wages and salaries scales in Uganda are meager. From this

backdrop, governmental officials supervising the enforcing of traffic rules, laws, and

regulations resort to professionally unethical behaviors of corruption during execution of

work tasks. The giving and receiving of a bribe affects the giver and receiver. To the

giver, a bribe is an expense reducing profits, whereas to the receiver it is an extra income

to spend. The disparity between the salaries and wages of government officials and

returning Ugandans from abroad, who have better incomes that allow them a better

lifestyle, has caused an economic gap that breeds corruption and non-compliance to

existing laws and regulations.

With the advent of peace in the early 1990s along with the investment and growth

of the banking, hospitality, telephony, and property development industries, there has
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been a surge in the professional working class. The private sector wages, salaries, and

incentives structure in the service businesses have created quality employees, who are

results-oriented and motivated. One of the job incentives is a car or a motorcycle. To

cope with this working environment and lifestyle, Kampala residents consider possession

of a car as a necessity and not a luxury. The motorcar job incentive accounts for raising

the number of motorcycles and motor cars to enhance mobility for Kampala residents.

Partially, on the political platform, as the current Uganda government leaders are giving

back to the electorate in return for general political support, the high demand for mobility

is responsible for the laxity in (a) the enforcement of traffic laws, (b) the importation of

cars more than 8 years old, and (c) road safety regulations. The three factors challenge

the road safety resulting in the phenomenon of increasing road accidents and traffic

crashes. With the discovery of oil, the exploration process, and exploitation now in

progress, Kampala has the potential to grow to a business hub attracting more capital

market investments. To continue to be attractive to international investment, the

development of road safety and modernization of the road system to ease traffic flow

within greater Kampala area is paramount.

Because of the results of this research study, the knowledge gap between

formulation, implementation, monitoring and enforcing of laws, rules, and regulations in

the road management system has diminished. Limited follow-up on the implementation,

monitoring, and evaluation processes of well-formulated policies will fail to foster the

desired result and reforms. The road management system and road safety need

cooperation and a multidisciplinary approach to succeed.

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Summary and Study Conclusions

Summary

The human population and vehicle population in Uganda and the Kampala

business district are growing. On the same trend, the traffic crashes and traffic fatalities

are increasing. The existing traffic regulations are competitive and auger well with the

international standards. However, the implementation and enforcement are lagging. The

transportation subsector does not have a functional and responsible transport regulator.

The corruption tendencies between transport operators and traffic enforcement teams, the

lack of political will, and support for enforcement teams undermine the enforcement of

the traffic regulations.

Traffic jams in Kampala are exacerbated by the lack of reliable public transport

vendor and the growing number of people moving into the middle class known in Uganda

as the working class. A sizeable number of managers from international corporations

have opened up offices in Kampala providing competitive salaries and wages, as well as

transport benefits to prospect employees. Despite the lack of reliable public transport, the

customer care of the existing transport service providers, as exhibited by the conductors

and drivers, is below average expectations. The transport charges on public vehicles are

high, rendering road transport unaffordable and accounting for the large number of

pedestrians on the roads in Kampala during peak hours of traffic (Consia Report, 2010).

There are existing gaps in the public transport and the poor road safety standards

in Kampala, but there is a ray of hope for change and development. The existing road

signs and road markings are inadequate, lost, in a state for repair, and vandalized. The
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institutional capacities of the road management system and road safety require a major

reform, and a strategy to change the existing status quo.

Study Conclusions

The discovery of fossil oil and natural gas in Uganda within the Albertan rift

valley, and the economic policy of opening up to foreign investors by the government are

the partial attractions to international corporate business leaders opening offices in

Uganda. With closer integration of the East African Community, Kampala could expand

and develop further as a desired vital destination. Kampala has the potential to be a

destination for capital investments in the near future, as it is the intersection point of the

Great North Road from Cape Town in South Africa to Alexandria in Egypt and the Trans

African road from Lagos in Nigeria to Mombasa in Kenya.

Road accident and road crash victims are political affiliation, race, color,

nationality, age, and gender neutral. The world we live in today is a global village, where

road accidents and road crashes affect other nationalities in a host country. Traffic

collisions lead to (a) loss of human life, (b) destruction of buildings, (c) destruction of

vehicles, (d) loss of business revenues, and (e) loss of taxable revenue base for

governments due to road accidents and road crashes. A collective global support for

Uganda to reduce traffic crashes, injuries, and fatalities could cause the required road

safety improvement.

The prevailing trend of traffic crashes and road accidents in Uganda is

unacceptable but reversible. In spite of improved techniques to reduce traffic accidents,

such as well constructed road infrastructure, and good traffic management in the cities of

developed countries around the world for improving business and capital investments, the
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fact is that traffic crashes continue to occur. Therefore, the impact upon businesses,

capital investments, and safe mobility of employers and employees by road accidents and

traffic crashes shall continue to generate debate and be a major research topic for scholars

for generations to come.

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Appendix A: Consent Form

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Consent Form

You are invited to take part in a research study of Road Management System and Road

Safety in Uganda. This is an exploratory case study on urban transport management in

Kampala business district. You were chosen for the study because of your knowledge

about road management, traffic management, business management, and location of daily

life operations in Kampala business district. This form is part of a process called

“informed consent” to allow you to understand this study before deciding whether to take

part.

This study is being conducted by a researcher named Paul G. Zanule, who is a doctoral

candidate at Walden University. Your name and contact details were presented to the

researcher by [Mr., Ms, Mrs.….] because of the vast knowledge you have about the

subject.

Background Information:

The purpose of this study is to describe features and elements connected to the

phenomenon of increasing road accidents and traffic jams. The goal is to reduce the GDP

loss resulting from road injuries and fatalities among drivers in Kampala, Uganda.

Procedures:

If you agree to be in this study, you will be asked to complete the participant consent

form and choose the venue and time for the interview for confidentiality and privacy.

The study involves an interview, questionnaire, observation checklist, and demographic

questionnaire.
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• The interview is a single question requesting you to explain to the researcher

in your own words the trend of increasing road crashes and traffic jams in

Kampala business district and how these affect business management. This

explanation could take five minutes.

• The questionnaire is 20 open-ended general questions on the subject of road

safety, traffic management, and business management that will require your

written answers. This could take about 30 minutes.

• The observation checklist has 12 observations that will be completed by the

researcher. You will choose the route to take for this observation checklist.

The researcher will observe your driving skills and tick you off against a two-

point scale of 0 and 1, where 0 = not at all consistent with Uganda Highway

Code and 1 = consistent with the Uganda Highway Code. The time will vary

depending on the route you will choose; however, 15 minutes are sufficient.

• The demographic questionnaire is to collect data on your personal information

about (a) date of birth, (b) gender, (c) level of education achieved, (d)

ethnicity, (e) religion, and (f) vehicle ownership you will be driving. This

could take about five minutes.

• For the recorded interview, a re-play will be made available for your consent

on what is recorded.

Voluntary Nature of the Study:

Your participation in this study is voluntary. This means that everyone will respect your

decision of whether or not you want to be in the study. No one at (a) Uganda Bus

Operators Association (UBOA), (b) Uganda Taxi Operators and Drivers Association
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(UTODA), (c) Multiplex Uganda Limited, (d) Ministry of Health (MOH), (e) Ministry of

Internal Affairs (MIA), (f) Ministry of Finance, Planning, & Economic Development

(Ministry of finance, planning, and economic development (MFP&ED)), (g) Ministry of

Education (MOE), and (h) Ministry Of Works and Transport (MOWT),will treat you

differently if you decide not to be in the study. If you decide to join the study now, you

can still change your mind during the study. If you feel stressed during the study, you

may stop at any time. You may skip any questions that you feel are too personal.

Risks and Benefits of Being in the Study:

The professional risks associated with this study are minimal because your identity will

be protected. The data collected will be transferred to a personal computer into a folder

protected by a password only known to the researcher. At the end of five years, the all

documents will be destroyed by burning by the researcher.

The information gathered in this study may help improve road safety and urban transport

management in Kampala business district.

Compensation:

There will be no compensation for your participation in this study

Confidentiality:

Any information you provide will be kept confidential. The researcher will not use your

information for any purposes outside of this research project. In addition, the researcher

will not include your name or anything else that could identify you in any reports of the

study.

Contacts and Questions:

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You may ask any questions you have now. Alternatively, if you have questions later, you

may contact the researcher via +256-775-573-006 and [email protected]. If you

want to talk privately about your rights as a participant, you can call Dr. Leilani Endicott.

She is the Walden University representative who can discuss this with you. Her phone

number and email address are 001-612-312-1210 and [email protected]

University’s approval number for this study is IRB will enter approval number here, and

it expires on IRB will enter the expiration date.

The researcher will give you a copy of this form to keep.

Statement of Consent:

I have read the above information, and I feel I understand the study well enough to make

a decision about my involvement. By signing below, I agree to the terms described

above.

Printed Name of Participant

Date of consent

Participant’s Written or Electronic* Signature

Researcher’s Written or Electronic* Signature [email protected]

Electronic signatures are regulated by the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act. Legally,

"electronic signature" can be a person’s typed name, their email address, or any other

identifying marker. An electronic signature is just as valid as a written signature as long

as both parties have agreed to conduct the transaction electronically.

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Appendix B: Informed Consent: Permission to Use Premises

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Appendix C: Interview Question

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Can you explain to me why road accidents and traffic jams are on the increase and how

these affect business in the Kampala business district?

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Appendix D: Open-ended Questionnaire

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Road Management System and Road Safety in Uganda - Questionnaire

Participant: …………………………….. Date: ………………….…………….

Participating Organization: …………… Title of Participant: ………..……….

________________________________________________________________________

Please fill in answers to the following 20 questions, as best as you can within 30 minutes.

I am available to answer any questions or explanations that you may have or need.

Thank you.

________________________________________________________________________

1. Which means of communication are used to inform the population in Uganda

about road safety?
………………………………………………………………………………………
2. How many people are reached by each means of communication you identified
above?
1. Means of communication 1: (a) none - …, (b) few - …, and (c) many - …
2. Means of communication 2: (a) none - …, (b) few - …, and (c) many - …
3. Means of communication 3: (a) none - …, (b) few - …, and (c) many - …
3. Does the content of the information people get, produce the expected results?
(a) Yes
(b) No
If your answer is No, please answer the following two questions
1. What do you think can be changed about the information in road safety
awareness?.....................................................................................................
2. What should change in the means of communication to produce improved results
on road safety?...........................................................................................................
4. What are the five most common causes of road accidents?
……………………………………………………………………………………
5. Mention some road users that are common victims of road accidents.
………………………………………………………………………………………
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6. At what time of the day, day of the week, and month of the year do road accidents
normally occur?
(a) Time of the day: ……………………………………………………………
(b) Day of the week: ………………………………………….………………..
(c) Month of year: ……………………………………………………………...
7. In terms of the severity of the road accidents, how many road accidents fall
under?
1. Not serious: (a) none, (b) few, and (c) many
2. Serious: (a) none, (b) few, and (c) many
3. Fatal: (a) none, (b) few, and (c) many
8. Using your organization as a reference point, estimate the number of the traffic
crime offenders, which are presented in court?
(a) None, (b) very few, (c) few, (d) average, (e) many, (f) very many
9. Can you say that these traffic crime offenders receive the right and just
prosecution?
(a) Yes
(b) No
10. Can you say that the sentences delivered against traffic crime offenders have
corrective measures?
(a) Yes
(b) No
11. Rate the Uganda road safety standards against the international standards using
the following?
(a) Very poor, (b) poor, (c) average, (d) good, (e) very good
12. In relation to other killers such as diseases like malaria, tuberculosis, and human
immune virus / acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) where could you
place road accidents in the order of 1, 2, 3, and 4?
1. ………………………………………………….
2. ………………………………………………….
3. ………………………………………………….
4. ………………………………………………….
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13. Identify three ways you think could be used to minimize or avoid major causes of
road accidents.
……………………………………………………………………………………
14. Among the causes of road accidents, you have identified above, which are due to
loopholes in the following areas?
(a) Traffic laws: ………………………………………………………………...
(b) Regulations enforcement: …………………………………………………..
(c) Driver training: ……………………………………………………………..
(d) Cyclist training: …………………………………………………………….
15. What improvements are required in the following areas to improve road safety in
Uganda?
(a) Traffic laws: ………….…………………………………………………..
(b) Regulations enforcement: ………………………………….……………..
(c) Driver training: ……………………………………………………………..
(d) Cyclist training: …………………………………………………………….
(e) Pedestrians crossings: ……………………………………………………...
16. What is the social, economic, environmental, and sustainability influence of road
accidents upon individuals, society, institutions, and organizations in Uganda.
(a) Social influence of road accidents
………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………
………..……………………………………
(b) Economic influence of road accidents
……………………………………..………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………….
(c) Environmental influence of road accidents
………………………………………....................................................................................
................................................................................................................................................
.......................................................................
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(d) Sustainability influence of road accidents

………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………
17. Prior to privatization of the transport sector, the Uganda Transport Company and
Peoples Transport Limited Bus Companies were in operation, identify in respect of road
safety lessons we could learn between now and then?
………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………
18. The road transport sector is a vital component of business administration and
management, as it is a means of taking goods and services to the desired customers.
What are the comments or feedback about the quality of service within the road transport
sector by the following?
(a) Transport operators:
………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………
(b) Passengers:
………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………
(c) Business community:
………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………….
(d) Government officials:
………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………
19. How does the road transport sector regulate the following areas about drivers,
vehicles, and driving schools to achieve safe road and traffic management?
(a) Driver training: ……………………………………………………………
(b) Driver licensing: ……………………………………………………………
(c) Driver enumerations: ……………………………………………………….
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(d) Driver discipline and dismissal: ……………………………………………

(e) Vehicle mechanical condition: …………………………………………….
(f) Vehicle licensing: …………………………………………………………..
(g) Standard of driving school curriculum: …………………………………….
20. What ought to be done in relation to international road safety standards to make
Uganda roads safer, reduce constraints on the overstretched medical facilities and the loss
of Gross Domestic Product (GDP)?
………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………
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Appendix E: Observation Checklist

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Road Management System and Road safety in Uganda - Observation Checklist

Participant: ……………………………… Date: ………………….…………….

Participating Organization: ……………… Title of Participant: ………..……….

_______________________________________________________________________

This observation checklist tailored in accordance with the practical on road driving

assessment form as per Uganda Highway Code requirements. The researcher will

conduct the observation.

The observer will use 0 and 1 to complete the checklist, where 0 = not at all consistent

with the Uganda Highway Code and 1 = consistent with the Uganda Highway Code.

No. Activity Observed Score

Starting and Stopping
1 Condition of tire treads, bulking, and cracking on the side
2 Make sure that the driver is comfortably seated and car controls can be
safely operated before starting the car.
3 Gentle use of the car controls and checking the blind spots before setting
4 Applies brakes early and smoothly
5 Stops well clear behind other cars
6 Completely stops at stop signs and red lights
7 Anticipation to stop well in advance
General Driving
8 Maintain a safe following distance pursuit to 3 seconds rule of thumb
9 Allow adequate space cushion around the car
10 Awareness of other road users at all times. Planning ahead about the
judgement on the action of other road user, predicting the effect of their
action and react in good time.
11 Control and maintain safe and appropriate speed bearing in mind the road,
traffic, and weather conditions and the road signs and speed limits.
12 Use of all mirrors fitted on the vehicle safely and effectively
13 Use of the car horn appropriately and in good time
14 Use of the mirror-signal-manoeuvre while changing lanes
15 Maintain correct hands position on the steering wheel without crossing
16 Position the car sensibly in the lane without straddling lane markings
17 Use of appropriate gear without straining the engine of the car
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No. Activity Observed Score

Passing or Overtaking
18 Allow plenty of room to pass stationary and moving cars, obstructions and
ready to slow down or stop.
19 Getting in the way of oncoming traffic
20 Use of the mirror-signal-manoeuvre while overtaking
21 Does not comeback too soon after overtaking
Observation and Hazard anticipation
22 Perform all round observation
23 Anticipation of changing road, traffic, and weather conditions and
appropriate response to the road signs and speed limits.
24 Appropriate caution for pedestrians, children, and animals
25 Anticipation of alighting passengers from stationery cars
26 Appropriate caution and reaction for cars pulling out of parking.
Approaching Roundabouts and Junctions
27 Use the correct speed, correct lane in order to make safe entry and stop if
necessary
28 Give proper signals well in advance and cancel of the signal after the
manoeuvre is complete
29 Check on the cars behind while braking
30 Get in the correct lane well ahead of turning or exit point
31 Conduct all round observation including blind spots while moving the
head over the shoulders
32 Make the turn from the correct lane
33 Slow safe turning and smooth steering to the exit point
34 Check the mirrors while leaving the exit point
Reversing
35 Check obstruction and space area with all round observation
36 Stop on sight of approaching traffic
37 Appropriate distance covered by reversing
General Road Behaviour
38 Display of emotional intelligence
39 Confidence, relaxation, and calmness
40 Use of hand phone
41 Use of seat belts

Totals 0 ________

Totals 1 ________
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Curriculum Vitae

Name : Paul Gudoi ZANULE

Profession : Quantity Surveyor, Business Administration

Date of Birth : 8 March 1969

Nationality : Ugandan

Contact details: Email: [email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

Tel: +256 775 573 006; +232 78 147 358

Synopsis:

Mr. Zanule’s career has been varied – principally roads, bridges, dams with incursions into

building, flood prevention schemes and water engineering. He has an understanding and aptitude

for handling variations in terms of setting up and operating change control systems, implementing

settlement approach. He is also very much aware that the QS must have a complete grasp on cost

as well as on income. It is important to have a comprehensive grasp on all the other functions

involved in running a business, especially planning, ordering and accounts procedures.

Paul has in the past been involved in pre-contract business, preparing tender and contract

documents; and participated in contract negotiation meetings. He has on-hands works experience

at national and international levels on Motorways, Highways, and Bridges, Dams, Flood

prevention schemes, feeder roads, city roads, and buildings.

In addition to the above, he has acquired skills in business administration of managing (a) people,

(b) environment, (c) resources, and (d) change. He has been involved in projects that have been
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(a) successfully completed; (b) with Contractors running into receivership, and (c) completely

terminated. He has long experience in managing small sized quantity surveying and commercial

teams and enjoys motivating them in order to get results.

Membership in Professional Societies: Associate Member of the Royal Institute of Civil

Engineering Surveyors (RICES) UK.

Education:

♦ Doctorate of Business Administration (Social Impact Management) online together with

the e-learning partner Laureate Online Education, Walden University, Baltimore Maryland,

USA, 2009-2011.

Dissertation –Road Management System and Road Safety in Uganda: A Case Study.

♦ Master in Business Administration (Finance and Accounting) online together with the e-

learning partner Laureate Online Education, the University of Liverpool, United Kingdom,

2006-2007.

Dissertation – Causes and Consequences of Terminating Civil Engineering Contracts in Uganda.

♦ National Ordinary Technical Diploma in Civil Engineering and Building, Uganda

Technical College Elgon, Uganda, 1990-1992.

♦ Advance Level of Education - Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education, Masaba

Senior Secondary School, Uganda, 1987-1990.

Trainings: In-house training on Contract Management and Implementation, Reconciliation,

Termination and Litigation procedures at Carillion Plc U.K.

Diploma in Christian Leadership with Equip Ministries USA. Family and Marriage Counseling

inclusive of Public Speaking Skills.

Employment Record:
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May 2012 – July 2012 MOZAMBIQUE

Egis international (Formerly BCEOM)

Consultancy Services for Detailed Engineering Design Review, Pre-

contract Services and Supervision of the civil works of N14 Road between Marrupa and Ruaça

Quantity Surveyor/Measurement Engineer

Main project features:

The project road starts from Marrupa (in Niassa province) to Ruaça (border between Niassa and Cabo

Delgado provinces), Lot B 68 km in length. The project consists of upgrading to the bituminous standard,

the section of the N14 between Marrupa and Ruaça. The scope of works consist of the construction of a

layer of subgrade, selected subgrade layer, cement stabilized sub-base, cement stabilized base and double

surface bituminous treatment wearing course, three concrete bridges (1 x 80 m long of 20-m x 4-span and 2

x 45 long of 15-m x 3 span, and the provision of the road furniture.

Activities performed:

Measure and Certification of Quantities

Preparation of Variation Orders

Adjustment of quantities and updating of the budget

Monitor the quality assurance plan

Preparation of the monthly progress report

Works Contract Value: MZN 2.052 billion.

Client: National Roads Administration - ANE

Financing: Government of Mozambique (GOM) and Swedish International Development Cooperation

Agency (SIDA)

Jul. 2009 – Dec. 2011 SIERRA LEONE

Egis Bceom international

Supervision of rehabilitation works of the Freetown – Conakry Highway

– Phase II

Project Quantity Surveyor

Main project features:

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The project concerns the construction of an all-weather road link, 85km of highway, between Rogbere

Junction in Sierra Leone and Farmoreah in the Republic of Guinea, as well as a common border post

facility at Pamelap. The project road begins at Rogbere, which is about 106km from Freetown, continues

for 76km in Sierra Leone towards the border with Guinea and ends in the town of Farmoreah 9km inside

Guinea. Due to a lack of EDF funds at the time when the project was identified in 2002, it was decided that

the Freetown-Conakry Highway Project was to be undertaken in two phases. Phase I of this project

(construction of the road up to the base course layer formation level) has already been processed.

Activities performed:

Measure and Certification of Quantities

Prepare quantity calculation spreadsheets that will consolidate in the summary form the following:-

Preliminaries and service

Site Clearance and top soil stripping

Earthworks

Culverts and drainage structures

Crushed stone base

Asphalt concrete layers

Concrete works

Road furniture

Dayworks

Prepare Variation Orders

Prepare and provide detailed descriptions of changes and will include:-

Contractual implications of the change) given the on-going contract provisions.

Financial implications of the changes using unit rates of the contract or those negotiated with the

Contractor.

Draft Variation Order (VO) to be issued to the Contractor in accordance with the condition and terms of the

contract.
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Adjust quantities and update budget

Prepare cumulative quantity calculation spreadsheets from specific measurement sheets signed both by the

Resident Engineer for each relevant item initiated from the Inspectors of Works in the field. In addition,

prepare the monthly certificate, which will clearly, indicate:

The amount of work and progress ratio,

The materials on site situation,

The situation of advance and repayment of the same,

The situation of claims either minor or major,

The situation on late payment interests, and

The taxes and duties.

Advise Supervisor on estimated total cost of completion

From time to time during the course and progress of works on a monthly basis, provide a forecast of the

final cost of the project built on the bill of quantities to which will comprise:

The works already completed by the Contractor and paid for, which are known accurately, and the

works remaining to be completed, which are mere estimates.

Client: SLRA

Financing: EU/EDF

Apr. 2009 - Jul. 2009 UNITED KINGDOM - SCOTLAND

Carillion Regional Civil Engineering Ltd t/a Carillion Roads

Braid Barn Flood Protection Scheme

Senior Quantity Surveyor

Main project features:

The construction scope of works was stone masonry, box culverts, inspection chambers, tree planting and

grassing along the barn at 13-work units. The 13 locations were the flash point for the floods. NEC
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Engineering and Construction, Second Edition November 1995. Contract Price of £11m based on Target

Cost Contract. Civil Engineering Method of Measurement.

Activities performed:

In-charge of Work Unit 7 and 13 for cost reconciliation, placing, negotiating, and engaging

subcontracts. Working alongside the Commercial Manager, Project QS, Assistant QS’s, Buyers, Site

Agents and Engineers together sharing the post contract commercial responsibilities of the project.

Client: Edinburgh City Council

Financing: Edinburgh City Council

Apr. 2008 - Apr. 2009 UNITED KINGDOM - ENGLAND

Carillion Construction Ltd t/a Carillion Roads

M6 Extension Carlisle - Guardsmill

Senior Quantity Surveyor

Main project features:

The scope of works was upgrading the existing 6 km of dual-carriageway road between M6 junction 41 in

Carlisle and the Scottish border at Guardsmill on M74, construction a new bridge at Esk River and

Mossband over the major UK West line railway, and rehabilitation of the section on the Carlisle –

Guardsmill all purpose route. NEC Engineering and Construction, Second Edition November 1995.

Contract Price of £130m based on Target Cost Contract. Highway Works Method of Measurement.

Activities performed:

In-charge of the waterproofing of Esk bridge, Mossband bridge, Steelworks, and the asphalt works

subcontractors. Working alongside the Commercial Manager, Project QS, Assistant QS’s, Buyers, Site

Agents and Engineers together sharing the post contract commercial responsibilities of the project.

Client: U.K. Highway Agency

Financing: European Development Fund

Jan. 2008 – Mar. 2008 UGANDA

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PROME CONSULTANTS LIMITED

Periodic Maintenance of Dilapidated Tarmac roads and Sealing of Selected Roads in Kampala City

(Package 3 & 4)

Quantity Surveyor

Main project features:

Package 3 and Package 4 Ugx 3,649,136,040 and Ugx 3,869,038,787 respectively based on rates schedule

funded through the Uganda National Road Fund (UNRF). Government Procurement and Disposal

Department Conditions of Contract were used with the Civil Engineering Method of Measurement

(CEMM).

Activities Performed:

Supervision of the Contractor’s construction operations, quality and financial control, checking and joint

observation of strip mapping activities, arranging and conducting of progress meetings, preparation of

progress reports, contract administration and preparing of Variation Orders.

Client: Kampala City Council (KCC)

Financing: Uganda National Road Fund

Jul. 2006 - Dec 2007 UGANDA

BCEOM FRENCH ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS IN ASSOCIATION WITH PROME

CONSULTANTS LIMITED

Rehabilitation of Bugiri Jinja Road RAFU Contract No. EU/HW/C003 of 72.8Km

Quantity Surveyor

Main project features:

With BCEOM French Engineering Consultants in association with PROME Consultants Limited on the

Rehabilitation of Bugiri Jinja Road RAFU Contract No. EU/HW/C003 of 72.8Km as Quantity Surveyor in

Uganda.

Activities Performed:
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Mr. Zanule learned to use the Conditions For Works Contract financed by the European Union through the

European Development Fund (EDF) as published by the Official Journal L382, 31/12/1990.

Client: Road Agency Formation Unit (RAFU)

Financing: European Development Fund

Apr. 2004 - Jul. 2006 UGANDA

BCEOM FRENCH ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS IN ASSOCIATION WITH PROME

CONSULTANTS LIMITED

Rehabilitation of Bugiri Jinja Road RAFU Contract No. EU/HW/C002 of 72.8Km

Quantity Surveyor

Main project features:

With BCEOM French Engineering Consultants in association with Prome Consultants Limited on the

Rehabilitation of Bugiri Jinja Road RAFU Contract No. EU/HW/C002 of 72.8Km as Quantity Surveyor in

Uganda. The project involved swamp crossings treated with geogrid and geotextile fabric and rock fill. The

existing wearing course and base being treated to lime stabilised sub base that would be overlaid with

150mm to 175mm graded crushed stone base, 125 mm to 150 mm dense bitumen macadam and 35 mm

asphalt wearing course. The European Union (EU) through the European Development Fund (EDF) funded

the project.

Activities Performed:

Responsible for the inspection of the works, daily site management and quantity control. The day-to-day

inspection of the quarry, crusher, and asphalt plant activities; compilation and computing of quantities to

monthly statement in making the interim certificates of payment to the Contractor. The Contractor was

BASIL READ - BOUYGUES TP JOINT VENTURE. Basil Read of South Africa and Bouygues Travaux

Publics of France.

M. Zanule was at the centre of making the final certificate to Basil Read and Bouygues TP Joint Venture.

He headed the field/site team to review the project status following termination of Basil Read – Bouygues

TP Joint Venture in order to make a tender to Protect the New Road Works and Preservation of the Existing
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base. This project was adopted and executed where Paul was the Quantity Surveyor from inception to

completion. He made the snag list, provisional & final acceptance certificates and the final statement of

account to this contract.

Client: Road Agency Formation Unit (RAFU)

Financing: European Development Fund

Aug. 2001 - Apr. 2004 UGANDA

RENARDET SA CONSULTING ENGINEERS

Road Development Sector Programme Phase 1 Project (RDPP1): Contract RDP/HW/C005: Busunju –

Kiboga Road Uganda

Chief Inspector of Works

Main project features:

With RENARDET SA Consulting Engineers in association with Universal Engineering Services Limited

(UNESEL) on the Road Development Sector Programme Phase 1 Project (RDPP1): Contract

RDP/HW/C005: Busunju – Kiboga Road Uganda as the Chief Inspector of Works

Activities Performed:

Responsible for verification surveys, early, periodic, final measurements for the payment certificates to the

Contractor STIRLING INTERNATIONAL CIVIL ENGINEERING LIMITED. The project was funded by

the IDA/WB (International Development Agency/World Bank).

Financing: International Development Agency/World Bank

Jul. 2001 - Aug. 2001 UGANDA

COWI CONSULTING ENGINEERS AND PLANNERS AS

Conducting Traffic counts on the National Road network

Traffic Engineer

Main project features:

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With COWI Consulting Engineers and Planners AS of Denmark in association with Project Management

Engineering (Prome) Consultants on Conducting Traffic counts on the National Road network

Activities Performed:

Traffic Engineer in charge of zone 6 that is, Arua-Nebbi-Pakwach-Yumbe-Koboko-Moyo districts, in

northern Uganda.

Nov. 2000 - May 2001 UGANDA

PROJECT MANAGEMENT ENGINEERING (PROME) CONSULTANTS

Feasibility Study of Domestic and Livestock Water Supply in Isingiro and Bukanga Counties in

Mbarara District Uganda

Head Engineering Technician

Main project features:

With Project Management Engineering (Prome) Consultants on the Feasibility Study of Domestic and

Livestock Water Supply in Isingiro and Bukanga Counties in Mbarara District Uganda

Activities Performed:

Head Engineering Technician responsible for data collection and costing of the proposed operation and

maintenance costs of the non-functioning existing facilities and the new facilities such as valley tanks,

valley dams, boreholes, shallow wells, rock tanks and artificial paved catchments.

Jun. 2000 - Nov. 2000 UGANDA

STIRLING - RODIO JOINT VENTURE

Owen Falls Dam Uganda Remedial Works Contract number OFE–56

Quantity Surveyor

Main project features:

With STIRLING - RODIO JOINT VENTURE on Owen Falls Dam Uganda Remedial Works Contract

number OFE–56 as Quantity surveyor. The work involved Drilling & Grouting, of the existing dam and

constructing of a Prop of Roller compacted concrete and refurbishing of the existing ladders, walk ways
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and installation of extensometers to monitor the movement of the dam and bridge. The project was worthy

7.7m Euros. The consultant was GIBB LIMITED of the LAWGIBB Group Member of the United

Kingdom using FIDIC (Federation Internationale Des Ingenieurs-Conseils), Conditions of Contract for

Works of Civil Engineering Construction.

Activities Performed:

Mr. Zanule was involved in the making of Plant and Labour returns, calculation of price escalation as

provided in the Conditions of Contract in respect of both foreign and local currencies used on the project.

Jun. 1999 - May 2000 UGANDA

SAUTI CONSULTING ENGINEERS

Emergency Repairs on Kabale - Katuna Road Project 22 km

Quantity Surveyor

Main project features:

With SAUTI consulting Engineers on the Emergency Repairs on Kabale - Katuna Road Project 22 km

funded by European Union in Uganda. The project involved the reconstruction of high embankments that

had failed with retaining structures like gabions, geocell mattresses and reinforced embankments in Tensar

geogrids up to 5m high

Activities Performed:

Quantity Surveyor making the interim certificates of payment. The Contractor was M/S STIRLING

INTERNATIONAL CIVIL ENGINEERING LTD. - FEDERECI of Italy and the Project was worth US $

3.82 m dollars. The carriageway was 7m wide at a cross fall of 2.5% and the shoulders were 1.5m wide at a

cross fall of 5% and one seal coat of chippings on selected areas.

Financing: European Development Fund

Jun. 1998 - Jun. 1999 UGANDA

GRAKEN ENTERPRISES LIMITED

Periodic Maintenance of Hamurwa-Kerere Road in Kabale District Uganda

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Site Manager/Engineer

Main project features:

Responsible for the day to day work of the site and making of the interim certificates of payments, reports

and handling of the correspondences between the Supervisor of Works Local Government Kabale, the

Maintenance Engineer South Western Uganda Region at Mbarara and the Contractor

Activities Performed:

The Africa Development Bank funded the Project. The Project involved recharging the existing pavement

with newly borrowed material up to 15 cm and reshaping to the required cross-fall of 5%. The project was

worth $113.000. The carriageway was 6m wide and the shoulders were 1m wide all at a cross fall of 5%

Financing: Africa Development Bank

May 1998 - Jun. 1998 UGANDA

RENARDET SA CONSULTING ENGINEERS

Final feasibility study of Busunju-Kiboga-Hoima Road Uganda

Supervisor of the Drainage and Survey

Main project features:

Investigating the condition of the existing cross and access culverts, erecting and establishing temporary

benchmarks along the full length of road of 143 km.

Activities Performed:

Responsible for the supervision of the drainage and survey team.

Financing: International Development Agency/World Bank

Jan. 1998 - May 1998 UGANDA

SKANSKA JENSEN INTERNATIONAL S.A.

Refurbishment of the Standard Chartered Bank building on Speke Road Kampala Uganda

Quantity Surveyor
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Main project features:

This was supervised by BBE Quantity Surveyors and Estimators

Activities Performed:

Responsible for the making of the quantities for orders of purchase of materials and interim certificate of

payment

Financing: Standard Chartered Bank

Jun. 1995 - Aug. 1997 UGANDA

RENARDET SA CONSULTING ENGINEERS

Kafu-Karuma Resealing and Rehabilitation Highway Project 93 km

Assistant Land/Quantity Surveyor

Main project features:

The Contractor was WADE ADAMS of United Kingdom later taken over by SKANSKA JENSEN

INTERNATIONAL of Sweden and Sub-contracted to SOGEA of France. The project was worth US $ 17

m dollars. The carriageway was 6m, and the shoulders were 1.5m wide, lime stabilised base with double

seal coat chippings. The shoulders were sealed with single seal coat chippings at areas with longitudinal

gradient of more than 3% and crossing trading centres.

Activities Performed:

Responsible for making interim certificates of payments, design levels for horizontal and vertical curves,

making and submitting the monthly physical road works progress report to the Resident Engineer.

Financing: International Development Agency/World Bank

Jun. 1995 - Dec. 1995 UGANDA

SKANSKA JENSEN INTERNATIONAL S.A.

Kampala City Roads phase II in Uganda

Part Time Quantity Surveyor

Activities Performed:
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Responsible for making monthly interim certificate of payments supervised by TYPSA O’SULLIVAN &

GRAHAM of Spain

Financing: European Development Fund

Dec. 1993 - May 1995 UGANDA

RENARDET SA CONSULTING ENGINEERS

Kampala Jinja Road Section II Repairs and Improvement Highway Project of 48 km

Quantity Surveyor

Main project features:

The project involved different treatments as patching repairs, partial reconstruction, total reconstruction

with crushed rock base and overlaying the existing pavement with new asphalt concrete of different

thickness along the full length of the carriageway of the pavement, and reshaping and clearing of earth

drains, reshaping the shoulders with the necessary fresh granular material and sealing with one seal coat

chippings of the pavement

The project was worth $ 9.7 M dollars. The carriageway was 7m wide, and the shoulders were 2m wide at a

cross fall of 2.5% and 5% respectively.

Activities Performed:

Responsible for making quantities ready to cross check with the contractor M/S STIRLING

INTERNATIONAL CIVIL ENGINEERING LTD Federeci for making interim certificate of payment at

the end of the month adhering to the contract drawings, specifications and cross sections. Assisted the

Resident Engineer to make the physical road works progress report into the monthly report. Responsible

for submitting to the Coordinator to the project from Ministry of Works, Transport and Communications a

year quarterly physical road works progress report and making of the Consultants monthly invoice.

Prepared the variation order submitted to Ministry of Works, Transport and Communications and

eventually to Africa Development Bank

Client: Ministry of Works

Financing: Africa Development Bank

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Nov. 1993 - Dec. 1993 UGANDA

STAR BUILDING COMPANY

Site Supervisor

Activities Performed:

Responsible for overseeing all the operations and employees at the construction site, purchasing of

materials and submitting to the Engineer estimates of the quantities of materials needed to keep the site

running for two weeks in Kinsugu Kampala Uganda

Financing: Uganda Industrial Properties Limited

Sept. 1992 - Nov. 1993 UGANDA

INDEPENDENT EXPERT

Mason

Activities Performed:

Mason in Bukoto Kampala Uganda, responsible for carrying out all masonry and concreting works on the

one storey semi-detached maisonette

Jul. 1992 - Aug. 1992 UGANDA

INDEPENDENT EXPERT

Private Mason

Activities Performed:

Private Mason responsible for all masonry works on bungalow structures and the purchasing of

construction materials.

Languages:

Speaking Reading Writing

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English Excellent Excellent Excellent