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The General Manager,
Uganda Cooperative. Transport Union
P.O..Box 5486
-mpala.
Uganda Cooperative Tr.ausport Union
P.O.' Box 5486
FINDINGS ON MY EXPERIENCE AS A.TRANSPORT CLERK IN TlE
UGANDA - COOPERATIVE IRANSPORT UNION L) (UCTU)
.I am very grateful to submit m.: findings pertaining to the
experience I have.,undergone.during th4e,.hort period of 5- months while
working.with the above mentioned unignl,A-that is from 15 April 1982 up
to date, execitingthe duties of a trapsport .clerk.
.I must confess I have found my:rob most intercsting; and educative
e,great interest in learning the transport econmy and
and,,with t1 orgeni.r tion, I took trouble to examine, the faotors that could be of help
uid workers in
in r'ectifying the standard of transport.. rganis tion
.ticular and thu'. achieving efficiency,and productivity. My report
is'further intended to expose handicaps .that could reta:,d the efficiency oZ
the union and finally I ntend to conciude by suggesting volutions
to overcome the mentioned economic bottlenecks.
Vis-a-vis the above,' I wish to"' pell out the duties I carrie'd out as
a transport clerk.
DUTLIES~
drivers' and turn boys ,s ubsistance allo,.ances before
1. Proscjsilng
they are cross checked and.counter signed. by the operati::ns/transport
2.: *i.ngInternal Requisition notesbn 'recommendation of the transport
manager.
3. Issuing gate passes which have to be ,signed by the Operations/Transport
Manager..
4. and, Other Miscellenaeous clerical&utiOes.
In order to have a systemic approach, I wish to exacmine the tranp,port
department and organisation under several headings.
1. How a Customer Avails Himself Of the Services Of the Union
Transport Organization
There exists a chain of
This is a very important affair in the. Union.
commdmd running as follows:; Pirst, a customer who mi -ht need services
from the Union Approaches the transport receptionist for a vehicle.
Second; Ad from his records, the transport receptionist registers him/her
or informs
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