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Agricultural practices in mid-western Uganda: Challenges and prospects for food security in rural areas
(Journal of Gender and Behaviour, 2019) Mwesigwa, David; Mubangizi, Betty C
Globally, there is a concern that current food production and distribution systems are not developing at a rate that matches the growing human population. In Uganda, rural-urban drift, land grabs and population explosion are already affecting food security. This is likely to worsen due to the increasing effects of climate change. The rural poor, dependent on agriculture, whose livelihoods are already vulnerable, and are food insecure are likely to be most affected. Measures should be put in place to build and strengthen the resilience of vulnerable people and enable them to cope with the threat to food security. This paper reports on a study that explored views on current agricultural practices and potential prospects through which the food security situation in mid-western Uganda can be enhanced. A purposive sample of 30 participants was reached and using four focus group discussions (FGDs), current practices and potential prospects of food security are explored in the context of decentralised governance. We present that successful food security programmes lie more with the local than they do with central government. Thus, every local government should take a lead role in mobilising and sensitising communities to become more conscious of the causes and risks associated with food scarcity in their locales and homesteads.
Citizen Participation and Policy Formulation: A Study of Bottom-up, Top-down, and Horizontal Scenarios in Local Councils in Western Uganda
(Administratio Publica, 2015) Mwesigwa, David; Mubangizi, Betty C
Abstract This article reports on research that aimed at assessing the contribution of citizen participation in policy formulation in Western Uganda. The central thesis statement was that “citizen participation has no significant contribution to policy formulation”. Using the case study design, the study focused on three districts (Hoima, Masindi and Kibaale), in Western Uganda. It was informed by Marxist Theory, and Pearson’s Linear Correlation Coefficients were used by drawing 173 respondents from selected sub-counties and a municipal division in Uganda’s Western region. It was found that citizen participation (bottom-up, top-bottom and horizontal) made a significantly positive contribution to policy formulation in the different elements of the dependent variables: problem identification, policy manifesto, policy agenda, policy debate, and policy decisions. It was therefore concluded that once the contribution of citizen participation to policy formulation is clearly considered, its improvement would be enormous. It is recommended that technical officials and local councillors, as critical components of the citizenry, be enabled to complement each other as partners–rather than as competitors–in order for them to take part in all the decisive stages of policy formulation in the district. In addition, mitigating the contribution of the factors negatively affecting successful citizen participation would go a long way towards improving the quality of policy formulation
Collaborative planning as a prospect to nurturing domestic tourism: perspectives from service providers in mid-western Uganda
(African Journal of Hospitality, 2017) Mwesigwa, David; Mubangizi, Betty C
Abstract This article investigates how collaborative planning can be applied to nurture domestic tourism in midwestern Uganda. Available literature suggests that the country’s domestic tourism potential has not been given adequate consideration; instead more attention is directed to international tourism. The civil wars which afflicted the country between early 1970s to mid-1980s slowed the growth of tourism since the country relied on international tourism more than on domestic tourism. The medium-term growth strategies and outcomes of Uganda indicate that the tourism industry has been growing and contributing a substantial fraction of the country’s National Domestic Product (NDP) since the 1990s. The article focuses on the perspectives regarding the adoption the collaborative planning as a remedy to nurturing domestic tourism portfolio in Uganda. Data were collected in mid-western Uganda among a purposive sample of 32 participants using interviews. The results suggest that collaborative planning through both the internal and external inputs is essential for domestic tourism. Mid-western region is capable of making positive gains if stakeholders choose to collaborate in planning for the domestic tourism sub-sector. This is revealed by a view that Uganda has a wide range of destinations, services, activities and cultural opportunities which the citizenry can visit once collaborative planning is adopted.
The Contribution of Voter–Linked Expectations to Voter Turnouts in Mid-Western Uganda
(Administratio Publica, 2018) Mwesigwa, David; Mubangizi, Betty C
Voter-linked expectations contributed to voter turnouts in several elections, yet little is known of all the relevant dynamics. This article aims to examine the contribution of voter-linked expectations to voter turnouts during the 2016elections in mid-western Uganda. Using the Expectancy theory, the article considers seven factors that sway turnouts in a democratic election. The article is guided by a quantitative cross-sectional design and data was collected using a structured questionnaire administered to 230 respondents that were selected using a stratiﬁed random technique in four districts. Data is analysed using descriptive statistics and a concurrent equation logit model. It is established that voter-linked factors, namely: physical infrastructure, gender equality, agri-cultural extension services, universal education, peace and security, account-ability in governance and youth employment; contributed to turnouts during the 2016 national elections in mid-western Uganda. The article recommends that attempts should be made in mid-western Uganda to assess the trend of voter-linked expectations prior to and between elections, to raise turnouts.
Contributions of the Youth Livelihood Programme (YLP) to Youth Empowerment in Hoima District, Uganda
(International Journal of Business and Management Studies, 2019) Mwesigwa, David; Mubangizi, Betty C
The Youth Livelihood Programme (YLP) of Uganda is a youth empowerment strategy based on the three pillars of skills development, livelihood support and institutional support. The programme targets and unemployed youths of the country but questions have been asked as to whether the YLP leads to the empowerment of the target group. This paper reports on a study that explored the contribution of the YLP to youth empowerment in Hoima District of Uganda. Using self-administered questionnaires, data were collected from 130 respondents selected randomly from the Youth Interest Groups (YIG) in the District. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyse collected data. The study established that YLP faces a range of implementation challenges. The study concludes that while skills development significantly contributes to youth empowerment, results suggest that livelihood support and institutional support do not significantly contribute to youth empowerment. Strategies to enhance empowerment of the youth and suggestions for scaling up activities are given.
Enhancing Local Economic Development through tourism: Perspectives from a cohort of Got Ngetta rock climbers in Mid-North Uganda
(African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure., 2019) Mubangizi, Betty C; Mwesigwa, David
There is a growing focus on domestic tourism as a complementary strategy to international tourism. This development places a responsibility on national and local authorities to enhance their tourism attractions by ensuring that prospective visitors get value for money. In particular, local governments stand to benefit from tourism due to its potential contribution to Local Economic Development (LED). Considering the various preferences and the evidence of inadequate awareness among would-be visitors in Uganda, the focus of this article is on how Ugandan authorities can enhance rock climbing for domestic tourists. Using a data from personal interviews and self-administered questionnaire administered randomly to visitors at Got Ngetta rock, strategies for enhancing domestic tourism through rock-climbing are examined. It is established that the challenges facing rock climbing tourism revolve around a dearth of user involvement, which brings about considerable disregard of available opportunities including minimising environmental and cultural damage, enhancing user satisfaction and taking advantage of long-term economic growth. This concern necessitates a broader and inclusive strategy. It is concluded that these strategies can help redefine user involvement as an impartial instrument for enhancing rock climbing tourism and boosting the local economy.
Exploring the best practices of women-centred ecotourism enterprises in Bunyoro, Uganda
(African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 2016) Mwesigwa, David; Mubangizi, Betty C
As the millennium development goals (MDGs) were concluded at the end of 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a new development agenda–codenamed ‘the strategic development goals (SDGs)’, which among others seek to strengthen the socio-economic concerns of women globally. The less developing countries of Africa, especially those in the East African Community, have already adopted the SDGs in the development agenda where women, the youths and persons with disabilities are prioritised. Uganda has committed more resources towards strengthening and consolidating women’s welfare. Women in the countryside are expected to double their effort in initiating feasible enterprises that can help them move upwards from their current socio-economic condition; by so doing women’s vulnerability status will reduce and the rural society will prosper proportionately. This study is timely as it contributes to the women’s development agenda by specifically seeking strategies through which women can consolidate their economic prosperity through using the potential of ecotourism enterprise development.
Implementation of the Uganda Support for Municipal Infrastructural Development for a Smart Municipality: A Survey of Hoima Municipality
(Loyola Journal of Social Sciences, 2018) Mwesigwa, David; Mubangizi, Betty C
The vision of attaining smart Cities and/or smart Municipalities as a mission towards sustainable development has gained much momentum in recent years. With a growing urban citizenry, the need for urban centres that have the potential to meet current and emerging challenges is imperative. Africa, in general, and Uganda, in particular, is not excluded from this predicament. It is important for the Government of Uganda to focus on the smartness of its emerging Cities given the view that much of its citizenry is urbanising rapidly. Consequently, this article discusses findings of a study on the prospects of attaining a smart Municipality in the context of Uganda's Support to Municipal Infrastructural Development (USMID) policy using Hoima Municipality as a case study. With its vast rural hinterland, Hoima municipality's potential lies in adopting bottom-up approaches to harness USMID policy, embarking on ICT-led projects, enhancing Municipal management and adopting strategic initiatives. The study reveals that Municipal initiatives towards smartness depend on technology, organisation, citizens in the Municipality, built infrastructure, and natural resources. Nonetheless, domestic challenges within Hoima Municipality remain key hurdles, necessitating stakeholders to utilise accessible technologies efficiently, improve management, invest in infrastructure and promote citizen engagement. The findings of this study bring into sharp focus the futility of the 'one size fits all' approach to planning for and funding of municipalities. Municipalities are differently endowed and rural based municipalities operate in unique conditions that will require unique responses if they are to acquire smart Municipality status.
Migration and Public Service Delivery: The Status Quo and Policy Responses in Sending and Receiving Countries
(Springer International Publishing AG 2018, 2018) Mubangizi, Betty C; Mwesigwa, David
The recent wave of migration from the Middle East to Europe has brought the complexities of global migration into sharp focus. Images of human suffering, of determination and of triumph have dominated the media in the recent past. During this media hype, the tendency is to focus on the receiving and usually richer countries—and the severe impact this tends to have on their public services. Little attention, if ever, is paid to the sending countries, and, equally, the effect on their public services. Yet migration has significant effects on public service delivery in both the sending and receiving countries. This contribution explores the relationship between migration and public service delivery from both ends of the spectrum. It does so by firstly establishing a conceptual framework that places the discourse on public service delivery and migration in context. It then explores specific challenges in the public service sector—of both the sending and receiving countries. Lastly, the discussion shifts to a focus on the need to better manage the interface between migration and public service delivery through, amongst other things, better policy responses and further research
The Nascent Oil Industry in Uganda: Exploring its Impact on Ecotourism and Livelihoods
(Administratio Publica, 2016) Mwesigwa, David; Mubangizi, Betty C
Oil – a scarce resource with an ever-increasing demand is without doubt, the lifeblood of the world economy. Notwithstanding its unquestionable positive contribution to modern civilisation, oil production has negative effects. Generally referred to as the ‘oil curse’, these negative effects have environmental, economic, and societal consequences. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) encourages member countries to respond to environmental consequences and other socio-economic concerns at international level through macro-level indicators. There is, however, a growing conflict between communities and governments in the rising geopolitics of oil production, and this has the potential of being propelled beyond manageable levels. Food, wood fuel and the general ecosystem are likely to disappear permanently if left to the oil industries, and, without a pristine ecosystem, industrialisation and socio-economic welfare are less likely to thrive. This article discusses the possible impact of the oil industry on ecotourism in the Albertine Graben (AG) of Uganda and seeks to understand the expectations of grassroots communities with regard to the nascent oil industry. A total of 47 respondents were interviewed in three sub-counties in the proximity of the oil industry. Qualitative data analysis focuses on the themes of environmental conservation, grassroots education and community welfare. It is envisaged that the results of this study will guide further research in the area and contribute to the development of much needed policy and strategic interventions for the oil industry in Uganda.

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