The Effectiveness of Procurement Accountability Framework in Tanzania Public Sector: Focus on the Ministry of Home Affairs Headquarters.

ABSTRACT: The study aimed at examining the effectiveness of procurement accountability framework inTanzania public sector focusing at the Ministry of Home Affairs Headquarters (MoHA-HQ). The study followedpositivism philosophy, adopted the descriptive survey research design and used quantitative approach. A samplesize of 61 was selected whereby stratified random sampling techniques employed. The study used questionnaireand documentary review as data collection methods. Data analysis involved the use IBM SPSS statisticssoftware to run descriptive statistics such as means and standard deviation. Findings established that theeffectiveness of the procurement accountability framework at MoHA-HQ was high. The study concludes thatthe procurement accountability framework at MoHA-HQ is highly effective due to several factors such as anadequate system in place to prevent fraud and corruption in procurement on the part of the procurement officersand the suppliers/contractors; all written records of procurement; publication of summaries of information aboutpublic procurement; adequate publication of bid/procurement opportunities; standard binding documents beingused for all types of procurement; citizens and business community having access to information regarding thepractices of procurement.

KEYWORD: Public Procurement, Procurement Management Unit, Accountability