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academics and practitioners to build models for KM
that would enhance decision support.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Great Thanks to Professor Jude Lubega for his
expertise and guidance during this Research. In
addition I wish to acknowledge the Support of
Ministry of Education and Sports, the Government
of Uganda that has provided Research Scholarship
Funds under the African Development Bank (ADB-
HEIST V) Project. In addition, I wish to thank Mr.
Stephen Aikiriza who has given me a great
understanding of the Dairy industry and its
stakeholders.
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