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Governments are increasingly using web-based portals to provide information and cost-effective service delivery. While some e-government websites have delivered the intended goal, others are still struggling. This study assessed the quality of the e-government websites using a three-step investigation methodology. Firstly, the quality attributes were generated from literature, then a conceptual framework for e-government websites with four quality dimensions was developed, and lastly, an observation instrument was used to measure the quality attributes of 78 Uganda e-government websites. Most of the websites scored highly on the level of authority, relevance, quality of text, organization of the website, and time to download. The level of attractiveness, content accuracy, objectivity, currency of information, use of multimedia, and multi-language required significant improvements while the use of social media and evidence of security and privacy of the information was hardly visible. A framework is proposed to improve the quality of e-government websites.

Information communication technologies can only be beneficial to developing countries struggling to build adaptation capacity if technology adoption frameworks are tailored to suit their specific characteristics. The lack of timely, accurate, and reliable weather data and the increasing rate at which climate-related disasters are destroying lives and property in Uganda is evident of lack of good weather forecasts. The study set out to investigate the factors affecting ICT adoption and determine the technologies being used to respond to climate change effects. Specifically, the study set out the extent of use and the factors hindering or guiding ICT adoption. Factors hindering ICT adoption ranging from poor infrastructure to limited government support were established. The strategies that can be used to resolve challenges of ICT adoption, the major stakeholders, their responsibilities and how ICT adoption and utilisation can be enhanced to benefit other sectors of the economy is presented.