Vehicle registration portal

Abstract

Motor vehicle registration in Uganda is a very tedious process mixed with a couple of hurdles that based on the statistics gathered indicated that most people sought the assistance of middlemen in the whole process. Manual systems are almost ineffective given the changes and development in technology. There have been instances of wrong fee allocation, and excessive time consumption. The study was based in the Kampala divisions of Rubaga, kawempe, and Nakawa with the aim of increasing productivity within the registration processes. The development was based on the single sign-on and Role-Based Access Control mechanism. There is also the existence of similar systems like that of URA, there is CVR, and that of West Virginia (VRS) USA. There are many advantages to the use of digital registration systems like increased access to information, however, there are some bottlenecks that could impede the full adoption of such as system in Uganda, for instance, the big gap in the digital divide. A number of methods were used to conduct the research like questionnaires and interviews as the primary tools for raw data collection. Analysis of this data was done using tools like excel and google analytics. Numerous modeling processes were used like DFD as well as a rapid development method was used. Different server applications such as XAMPP were deployed to fulfill the full system functionality supported by various programming languages like PHP. Statistics gathered to show that a large number of the youth population are the most actively involved in the process with the majority being males at 61.30%, a number of weaknesses were also identified like too much paperwork, and involvement of middlemen. System implementation was achieved by the use of different application technologies like JavaScript. The architecture was based on the web server architecture, use case diagrams, DFD, ERD, and logical and physical designs were used to design the system. Our hope is that in the near future, the system is fully developed so as to meet its intended use.