A report on field attachment carried out at Mbale City Council

Abstract

This internship report is about internship held at MCC Mbale district from 12th June to 04th August 2023, it contains such a practice, experience, and discipline exposed to me from MCC in areas of accounting, finance, tax collection as well as service delivery to people. Internship is a period of work experience offered by an employer to give students and graduates exposure to the working environment often within a specific industry which relates to their field of study. The internship report will also explain the activities, tasks and assignments done during the internship period and also giving lessons, new knowledge and skills gained during this internship period. The report discusses the challenges and how they handled which I experienced during my internship period with Mbale City Council. The most practical work carried out during my internship at Mbale City Council among the many include; extraction of bank statements, bank Reconciliation, posting information in ledger and trail balance, arranging and stamping of documents, preparing cashbooks, filling of payment vouchers, budgeting and many others During my internship, I also faced a lot of challenges such as; lack of alternative sources of power at the office, lack of transport, inadequate computers, lack of lunch, strict dressing code, making mistakes whiling filling vote books and cheques, inadequate seats at office. In Conclusion, Mbale City Council is a place full of opportunities for internship exercise and of a great importance for the internees. However, if Mbale City Council can address the challenges of office space, computers, transport, increase revenue base, lunch for employees and interns Mbale City Council is the best place in the world for internship. Busitema University is an accredited National University of Uganda that awards their bachelors after a mandatory subjection to their students to do internship. The exercise is so welcoming though there some hiccups like, no facilitation for the internees, short internship period, and limited course units. I promise if Busitema University looks into these challenges, the University will make internship more meaningful.