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Bridewealth in Northern and Eastern Uganda: Transformations of generosity between partners and generations
(IMAGENU, 2024)Bridewealth – in different forms of gifts and services – constitutes social and economic exchange and cohesion between families and generations that can serve to express, confirm and acknowledge partners’ and generations’ ... -
Candidate’s physical attractiveness as a consequence in an election
(International Journal of Public Policy and Administration, 2022)Purpose: The purpose of this study is to deconstruct election results within the framework of candidate’s physical attractiveness. There is a mounting fear that modern-day political institutions are not presenting candidates ... -
A case study on the quality of healthcare in Uganda: Examining the effectiveness, safety, patient-centred and timeliness of district healthcare facilities
(Journal of Governance and Accountability Studies (JGAS), 2021)Purpose: This study aims to examine the quality of healthcare in Uganda in terms of effectiveness, safety, patient-centred and timeliness of District Healthcare Facilities. Research methodology: This study took a case ... -
Choosing between Traditional Policing and Community-oriented Policing in the Quest for Peace and Security among Slum Dwellers in Lira City, Northern Uganda
(Asian Research Journal of Arts & Social Sciences, 2022)Peace and security in urban centres remains key to their growth and development; however, slum areas remain dented with numerous aspects of insecurity. While a number of models have been sought, none has drawn a comparisons. ... -
Citizen Participation and Policy Formulation: A Study of Bottom-up, Top-down, and Horizontal Scenarios in Local Councils in Western Uganda
(Administratio Publica, 2015)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 ... -
Civil Society Organisations, Applied Research and Rural Development
(Applied Research and Rural Development, 2012)This research deals with the position of civil society organisation in sustaining rural growth through applied research. This is subsisting with the conclusion that the realisation of a successful rural development stratagem ... -
Collaborative planning as a prospect to nurturing domestic tourism: perspectives from service providers in mid-western Uganda
(African Journal of Hospitality, 2017)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 ... -
Community Support Groups and Home-Based Care among People Living HIV and AIDS in Uganda
(Annals of Justice and Humanity, 2023)Purpose: This study investigated the contribution of Community support groups on Home based care to Persons Living with HIV in Lira District. Research Methodology: We adopted a cross-sectional research design among ... -
Consequence of Covid-19 lockdown on household food security: Voices from Hoima City, Uganda
(Journal of Social, Humanity, and Education, 2021)Purpose: To investigate the consequence covid-19 lockdown on food security among a cohort of peri-urban households in Hoima city. Research methodology: A descriptive survey was employed targeting 186 respondents. Data ... -
The Consequence of Domestic Violence on The Performance of Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) in The Lango Sub-Region of Uganda
(International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research, 2020)This article addresses the consequence of domestic violence on the performance of Primary Leaving Examination (PLE) in the Lango Sub-region of Uganda. At the front lines of this article, is the harsh reality that domestic ... -
Consequence of Gender-Based Violence on the Prevalence of HIV and AIDS Among Women in Uganda
(South Asian Journal of Development Research, 2020)The study of HIV and AIDS is a consequence of Gender Based Vio lence (GBV) is thought about as a result of new cases of HIV and AIDS infections being reported in different health facilities in Uganda. This literature ... -
Consequence of Land Conflicts to Small-Holder Farmers in Masindi District, Mid-Western Uganda
(Journal of Agricultural and Rural Research, 2020)land is an economic asset for development and a path to other resources. As an agrarian economy, the value of land in Uganda is high as wealth and survival are measured by access to, use of and control over land and it is ... -
The contribution of Civil Society Organizations in pro-poor budgeting processes: A review on Local Governments in Uganda
(American Journal of Strategic Studies, 2023)Purpose: This study aimed to analyse the contribution of CSOs in pro-poor local government budget processes, with Dokolo District as a case study. The study addressed four questions, namely; (i) what is the extent to which ... -
The Contribution of Community Sensitization on Efficient Use Of Woodfuel Energy in Alebtong Local Government
(International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research and Innovations, 2020)Community sensitisation influences not only public policy direction but the general behaviour of an individual or group or a community in a number of settings. This article examines how community sensitisation contributes ... -
The contribution of voluntary Savings and Loan Associations towards enhancing household food security in Kole District, Mid-North Uganda
(International Journal of Poverty, Investment and Development, 2022)Purpose: The study examined the relationship between VSLA activities and household food security in Kole District. Specifically, the study examined the effect of VSLA on three aspects of household food security, namely ... -
The Contribution of Voter–Linked Expectations to Voter Turnouts in Mid-Western Uganda
(Administratio Publica, 2018)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 ... -
Contributions of the Youth Livelihood Programme (YLP) to Youth Empowerment in Hoima District, Uganda
(International Journal of Business and Management Studies, 2019)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 ... -
Corruption as a Barrier to Health Service Delivery in Lira District, Uganda
(International Journal of Health Sciences, 2023)Purpose: This study set to investigate the relationship between corruption and health service delivery in the Lira district. Four objectives were targeted: determining the effect of corruption on health service delivery, ... -
Decentralisation and political empowerment of citizens in Karamoja, Uganda
(Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance, 2023)For centuries, centralisation was the dominant model of governance in most parts of the developing world. However, since the mid-1980s many countries in Africa have adopted decentralisation owing to the failure of ... -
Deconstructing Global Movements of People: Implication for Collective Security and International Borders
(International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research, 2021)This review deconstructs a set of four aspects, namely immigration, global security and global borders. In particular, we focus on issue one, the global immigration, in terms of its significance, challenges and implication. ...