The Impact of Drug Abuse on The Learner's Academic Performance in Kisoro Municipality Kisoro District. by Arinitwe, Edward

“…The study results on the causes of drug abuse among secondary learners were; stress, idleness makes people go to drugs drinking, a factor of the working places, lack of effective laws, the factor of peer pressure, and lack of education on its negative side and leisure factors, study results on the effects of drug abuse on the learner's academic performance were; this leads to strikes among students which affects the student's performance, leads to diseases which affects the student's performance, distortion of memory and brain which affects student's performance, damages to the liver of the students which affects the student's performance and interpersonal difficulties which also affects student's performance and the study results on the possible measures to drug abuse on the learners academic performance were; government intervention by restricting students on drugs use, reduce on the rate of drinking, doctor- prescribed medications and abstinence must be part of one's treatment goal. The study recommended that students should reduce and if possible abstain from drugs taking if they are to keep track of education well and improve their academic performance, the government should intervene by putting strict laws on the way sellers of drugs should put the time to open their bars and to close them to reduce on drugs taking among people, students should look for other ways of reducing stress not to end it by drugs taking since it affects their brain and also affects their academic performance, students' leisure time should be spent productively on doing some activities like reading and discussing but not to spend it on drugs abusing if they are to move forward effectively with the education process and there should be massive sensitization on the dangers of drugs on academic performance of students to reduce and if possible end drugs taking among school learning children.…”
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The Effect of Monetary Rewards on Employee Productivity in Rukungiri District: A Case Study of Kebisoni Sub-county. by Tukamushaba, Dativah

“…This will enable employees to meet their basic needs and therefore leave them satisfied Employees should also be trained and taught about the merits of performance appraisal exercises because they may think it is only concerned about assessing them to pave the way for firing them hence having a negative attitude towards performance appraisal more resources should be allocated in matters concerning performance appraisal.…”
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Design and Simulation of An Electronic Walking Stick For The Blind. by Naherya, Daphine

“…The walking stick which was used by them is very limited in its range of detection and it is only used to detect the object which is near to the user. …”
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Assessing The Influence of Upland Rice on Household Income in Nyamirama Sub-County Kanungu District. by Byamukama, Chrispus

“…The Government should always ensure very good quality agricultural inputs are allowed in the market to boost the entire agricultural sector not only upland rice farming. There is a need for efforts by the government and the entire citizenry to make accessible roads especially feeder roads to far-reaching areas to ease transportation of both agricultural inputs and upland rice produce.…”
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Design and Construction of An Electric Bell. by Ndyanabo, Donard

“…The positive terminal is connected to one end of the electromagnet and the negative terminal to the switch which is connected to the armature, and the other side of the electromagnet is connected to the contact screw hence making the circuit complete. …”
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Monte Carlo Algorithm For Matrices in Solving Systems of Linear Equations, Determinants, Inverse, Eigen Values, and Eigenvectors. by Bamwine, Delik

“…With increasing data volume and complexity in the "Big Data" era, linear algebra operations are important tools to process massive datasets. On one hand, the advent of modern high-performance computing architectures with increasing computing power has greatly enhanced our capability to deal with a large volume of data. …”
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The Effect of Price Changes on Maize Farmers in Uganda: A Case Study of Kigando Sub-County Kyankwanzi District. by Twizukye, Juliet

“…These include but are not limited to the removal of bottlenecks in maize pricing by promoting effective maize market reforms. Once the Ugandan market channels and prices are freed, private traders can then bid up formally depressed maize prices. …”
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Effect of Presoaking Methods to Break Seed Dormancy in Indigenous Purple Passion Fruits. by Abaho, Darius

“…After the seed treatment, seeds were sown in the seedbed in 2 replications The data was collected, and analysis was done with the aid of SPSS software to perform one-way ANOV A and Microsoft Excel, to identify significant differences in germination percentage among the seed treatment methods. …”
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Financial Management and Performance of SACCOS in Kisoro District: A Case Study of Chahi Dukore SACCO in Chahi Sub County. by Tuyambaze, Medad

“…This study employed descriptive research where both Primary and ~'"Ondary data were collected. The study employed a positivist orientation since it was not purely quantitative-based, with a need for qualitative data. …”
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L'effet De L'environment Sur L'enseignement Et L'apprentissage De La Langue Francaise Dans Le District De Lira. by Oyugi, Jackson

“…Deux pays de la communaute d'Afrique de l'Est; Le Burundi et le Rwanda ont utilise le francais comme langue officielle et comme moyen d'enseignement, bien que le Rwanda ait plus tard change la langue d'enseignement en anglais. …”
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Design and Construction of a Gold Leaf Electroscope. by Tuyisenge, Julius

“…In developing countries like Uganda, scientific equipment is expensive and generally financially out of reach for most schools, As a result, most schools do not perform well due to a lack of practical skills by learners and improvisational skills by teachers. Electrostatics is one of the most interesting topics to teach and understand if a teacher uses GLE. …”
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Optimization of Harvesting Fish Return From Norongoza Pond in Mwanjari Ward Southern Division Kabale Municipality. by Nuwaha, Louis

“…Competition of two co-existing species can be controlled by providing plenty food supply for one species and in this, the prey was considered and finally the study recommended that optimization of fish harvest returns should be looked at in all fisheries.…”
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The Impact of Urbanization on Lives of People in Uganda: A Case Study of Kampala City. by Byonanebye, Bright

“…Urban areas have a higher concentration of population in a limited area and thus a higher density of population and social heterogeneity. Urbanization is an ongoing process all over the globe. People moving from rural to urban areas are the primary cause of urbanization, and history indicates that this movement of people is very hard to influence. …”
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Variation of Nutrient Content in Different Irish Potato Varieties with Storage Time in Kabale District. by Nshimyimana, Evarist

“…Four of the fresh Irish potatoes were peeled on arrival in the laboratory immediately. One piece of about 100g was cut from the peeled Irish potatoes and then pounded in the motor, 100ml of water was added to the products to obtain the potato extract. …”
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Mathematical Modelling of the Transmission of Malaria. by Atubangire, Felix

“…We clearly show the mechanism by which malaria spreads from one person to another. The model takes in the ordinally differential equations. …”
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A Mathematical Model For The Dynamics of Polio. by Owobusingye, Johnan

“…There is a lack of treatment for poliomyelitis and it is only prevented through immunization with live oral polio vaccine (OPV) or/and inactivated polio vaccine (IPV). …”
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Impact of Part-Time Teachers on Secondary Schools of Kisoro District: A Case Study of Kisoro Municipality. by Arinda, Emilly

“…Many institutions, secondary schools, and other places of learning, lectures, teachers, and tutors use the trick of par timing in places of their work that is; teaching from more than one school, universities, and other institutions of learning. …”
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Comparative Study on The Nutrient Composition of The Exocarp And Other Parts of a Watermelon. by Luutu, Charles Lasto

“…Many people eat the stripped watermelon variety most especially during the very hot days to quench their thirst. However, they eat only the endocarp and discard away the exocarp and seeds. …”
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Construction of A Force Pump as a Teaching Aid. by Muhwezi, Abel

“…The syringe that acted as a cylinder with a piston and the reservoir was then mounted onto the wooden stand that enabled the force pump to operate properly under the principle of up-stroke and down-stroke. …”
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Impact of Digital Divide on The Growth and Development of Small and Medium Enterprises in Kabale District: A Case Study of Kigezi Private Sector Promotion Centre Limited. by Kembabazi, Evaline

“…The study used a cross-sectional survey design since this allows one to conduct the study within a short period of me as opposed to a longitudinal approach. …”
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