Contribution of computerised financial management systems in the functions of supreme court of Rwanda

Abstract

The study investigated various computerized financial management systems used in Rwanda Supreme Court and try to ascertain the various functions of Rwanda Supreme Court used by computerized financial management system. The study determined the extent to which the computerized financial system has contributed to the functioning of Rwanda Supreme Court. The study provided vital information to various beneficiaries to capture the contribution of computerized financial management system in the functions of the Supreme Court of Rwanda. The study reviewed on Computerised Financial Management Systems, Conflicting Theories on Financial Management Systems, and Criticism of the Theories, Empirical Review, and Knowledge Gap. In this study, the research utilized quantitative research technique by using a questionnaire in order to get the primary data. Different textbooks, Supreme Court Financial reports, journals and other documents related to the Contribution of computerised financial management systems were consulted. Publications, government web through the period of study were also exploited. After editing, coding and tabulation, a computer programme for data analysis well-known as Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) was used to produce results and interpret the results. A sample of 33 respondents from Rwanda Supreme Court was involved in the study. The findings revealed that, The SAGE Pastel Evolution assisted Supreme Court financial operations (54.5 %) , while the Smart IFMIS has been assisting the Supreme Court financial operations as supported by 70 % while those who indicated that they enjoyed general assistance were 62%.The hypothesis used was that “the Supreme Court of Rwanda uses specific Financial Management Systems in most of its operations” was accepted because the Supreme Court of Rwanda used Smart IFMIS and SAGE Pastel evolution in the operations of Supreme Court to the rate of 62 % for their total functions. It was also found that the level of contribution made by the Computerised Financial management Systems to the Supreme Court functions is high.This is also confirmed by the chi-square results which showed that the computerized financial management systems at Supreme Court have a significant contribution to the Supreme Court. The Null Hypothesis which stated that “The Supreme Court of Rwanda has not fully benefited from the contribution of computerised financial management system.” is thus rejected and alternative hypothesis is accepted thus, “The Supreme Court of Rwanda has fully benefited from the contribution of computerised financial management system”.This was interpreted as a contribution to financial management at the supreme court of Rwanda.