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This study centers on the contribution of corporate governance to the performance of
Mwanza Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Authority
The study specific objectives were to determine if MWAUWASA has code of best
practice for good Corporate Governance in place, the way MWAUWASA complies
with those codes, to determine how Corporate Governance influence performance at
MWAUWASA, and to identify the factors that affect Corporate Governance
framework at MWAUWASA.
Theories like Stakeholder Theory, The Agency Theory, The Shareholder Theory,
The Political Theory, and The Stewardship. Different literature has been consulted
and the gap between the previous and this research has been identified.
The Sample was determined using ‘Raosoft Sample Size Calculator’, while Stratified
Sampling, Judgmental / Purposive, Simple Random Sampling, were Sampling
Techniques used. Interviews, Focus Group Discussion and Observation were used in
collecting both Primary and Secondary data and then the data was qualitatively
analyzed using Content Method and quantitatively analyzed using Statistical Package
for Social Science (SPSS) computer program.
Among the finding include, issue of gender imbalance, where the organization is still
a male dominated, the organization having some employees with primary education,
but the majority having above secondary education signifies that the data collected
was reliable, Despite having Codes of Best Practice in place at MWAUWASA yet
majority of the employees are clueless about the presence of Codes of Best Practice
in the office it shows there is a poor information system. Researcher is convinced
that at MWAUWASA, from five corporate governance framework examined, there
is high compliance of integrity and fairness by the board of directors there is a high
level of accountability to society. The researcher also concludes that the level of
compliance to integrity and fairness by the management of MWAUWASA is just fair
as justified by 42.6% of the respondents |
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