Abstract:
Since the beginning of the 21st Century most developing countries have been reforming their public procurement
systems in order to cope with the development of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), adopt
world class professional practices, improve performance and enhance value for money achievement. However,
the reforms have been crowded with organisational, market, legal, technological and political challenges which
in return affects the implementation and performance of procurement procedures especially in public
procurement and donor funded projects. The study found out that reforms have improved the performance
procurement procedures through enhancing transparency, accountability and competitiveness. However, the
practitioners have been facing the challenges of limited accountability, unethical purchasing practices among
some employees, interferences from other departments and stakeholders and failure to get specification on time
from user department.
