Contextualising the Regeneration of Africa’s Indigenous Governance and Management Systems and Practices by BC, Basheka

“…Yet, indigenous African countries had their own governance systems and knowledge management practices that are worthy of any academic and intellectual theorisation and discourse. While the article does not argue that these indigenous systems and practices are flawless, the societies under study exhibited important features that can provide a lens for understanding contemporary challenges surrounding public administration and theorisation.…”
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Gender and performance disparity in mathematics: A study of South Western Uganda by Amos, Musimenta, Francis Akena, Adyanga, Denis, Sekiwu

“…Thus, the aim of this study was to compare male and female students’ performance in Mathematics and to establish factors accounting for the differences. …”
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KISWAHILI NA MAENDELEO YA KILIMO by AIDAH, MUTENYO

“…Kilimo ni asasi maalumu ambayo haiwezi kuepukika katika uhalisia wa maisha ya binadamu.Ni miongoni mwa asasi ambazo zinachangia pakubwa katika maendeleo ya nchi yoyote ile.Mahali ambapo tumefikia ni vigumu kuangalia tu nchi moja ila kuangalia maendeleo ya Afrika Masahriki kwa jumla.Maendeleo huanzia pale ambapo jamii ina uhusiano wa mawasiliano na utamaduni.Afrika Mashariki lugha mwafaka ambayo inawezesha mendeleo ya kilimo ni Kiswahili.Kiswahili kinauwezo wa kuelezea kwa kina maswala mengi na kueleweka juu ya uimarishaji wa kilimo.Ukulima hauwezi kuepukika,iwe ni wa kiwango cha matumizi ya kawaida ya nyumbani ama ukulima kama mfumo wa biashara.Tangu kuanzishwa kwa matumizi ya Kiswahili katika asasi mbali mbali,Kuna mambo mangine maandishi mengine yamebakimkatika lugha ya kigeni na hakuna ufafanuzi wowote katika Kiswahili. …”
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An assessment of economic and environmental impacts of refugees in Nakivale, Uganda by Alex Ronald, Mwangu

“…Data were generated through Focus Group Discussion and interviewing camp leaders, government officials, local leaders, the refugees and community members. …”
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Barriers to women's participation in public procurement in Africa: Empirical evidence from Uganda. by BC, Basheka

“…It is recommended that the Ugandan government establish an appropriate legal and regulatory framework supported by top-level commitment to ensure that WOBs have access to national and international trading opportunities…”
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Modeling Campaign Optimization Strategies in Political Elections under Uncertainty by Christopher, Senfuka, Paul, Kizito Mubiru, Maureen, N. Ssempijja

“…In most political campaigns,the overall goal of every candidate is to maximize the number of voters during the election exercise.In such an effort,cost effective methods in choosing the optimal campaign strategy areparamount.In this paper, a mathematical model is proposed that optimize campaign strategies of a political candidate.Considering uncertainty in voter support and cost implications in holding political rallies,we formulate a finite state markov decision process model where states of a markov chain represent possible states of support among voters.Using daily equal intervals,thecandidates‟s decision of whether or not to campaign and hold a political rally at a given location were made using discrete time Markov chains and dynamic programming over a finite period planning horizon.Empirical data was collected from two locations on a daily basis during the campaign exercise.The data collected was analyzed and tested to establish the optimal campaign strategy and costs at the respective locations.Results from the study indicated the existence of an optimal state-dependent campaign strategy and costs at the respective political rally locations.…”
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Stochastic Modeling of Internet Service for Profit Optimization in Uganda by Christopher, Senfuka, Paul, Kizito Mubiru, Maureen, N. Ssempijja

“…The choice is made over uniformly time horizons with a goal of optimizing profits. …”
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Contextualizing Wilson’s Information Behavior model in Seeking Indigenous Information for HIV prevention among Adolescents in Secondary schools, Uganda by Olivia Nina, Rugambwa, Lyaka, Martha, Mutibwa, Lois Nankya

“…Health programs promoting both biomedical and indigenous representations in HIV prevention have been found to be more effective than those that ignore lay representations. Nonetheless, there is still limited documentation on indigenous information supporting health choices among adolescents in secondary schools in Uganda. …”
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Financial inclusion: Is it a precursor to agricultural commercialization amongst smallholder farmers in Uganda? A comparative analysis between Lango and Buganda sub-regions by Eton, Marus, Fabian, Mwosi, Mary, Ejang, Sammy, Godfrey Poro

“…While the government takes credit for improving infrastructure, government, through her policy organs like ministry of agriculture, should provide buffer prices against price fluctuations.…”
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Pesticide use in vegetable production in rural Uganda - A case study of Kabale District, South western Uganda by Hannington, Ngabirano, Grace, Birungi

“…The study revealed extensive pesticide application in Brassica oleracea; var. capitata (cabbage), Brassica oleracea; var. botrytis (cauliflower), Solanum lycopersicum, (tomato) and Beta vulgaris (beet root). Information obtained using interviews revealed that 16.5% of the traders in Kabale Municipality sold pesticides and 70% of the farmers in the major vegetable growing subcounties of Kaharo, Kyanamira and Kamuganguzi sprayed their vegetables with pesticides. …”
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The Role of Faith Bases Organizations in Enhancement of the Social Welfare Among the Rural Poor Households in Nyamweru sub-county, Kabale district; A case Study of Caritas Kabale d... by Hategekimana, Donisian

“…Involving beneficiaries in active participation allow them to make right choices of intervention and becomes responsive to such interventions.…”
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Effect of Boron Content on Strain-Hardening Exponent in Recycled Steel by Christopher, Senfuka, Paul, Kizito

“…To do this, TMT bars were subjected to tensile testing and the corresponding force extension diagrams plotted. …”
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Web 2.0 Students Adoption Model for Learning in Universities: A Case of Muni University, Uganda by Phelix, Businge Mbabazi, Nicholas, Nkamwesiga, Ritah, Nafuna, Patricia, Kyomugisha

“…The Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) model by Venkatesh et al. [2] was employed in this study to determine the strength of predictors for intention to accept and use Web 2.0 tools for teaching and learning. …”
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Analysis of Monetary Policy Objectives as Applied to Uganda’s Economy: The Dream to Achieve the Middle-Income Status in 2020 is Gone by George Stanley, Kinyata, Nafiu, Lukman Abiodun

“…According to the World Bank in 2019, Uganda with its population of over 42 million people has a gross domestic product of US $ 33.6 million and is placed number 3 after Kenya and Tanzania. However, in economic growth, it is number 4, after Rwanda, Tanzania and Kenya respectively. …”
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Statistical Analysis of Informal Settlements and Environmental Management in Mbale Municipality, Uganda by Mustafe, Hassan Abdi, Nafiu, Lukman Abiodun, George Stanley, Kinyata

“…The study recommends that community should play roles in managing the environment and identify possible strategies to improve environmental management in informal settlements. Therefore, there is a need to sensitize the local community on environmental education in order to improve environmental management in informal settlements. …”
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On the Estimation of k-Regimes Switching of Mixture Autoregressive Model via Weibull Distributional Random Noise by Rasaki, Olawale Olanrewaju, Anthony, Gichuhi Waititu, Nafiu, Lukman Abiodun

“…This paper describes regime-switching, full range of shape changing distributions (multimodalities), and cycles traits that were characterized by time-varying series via Weibull distributional noise for time series with fluctuations and long-memory. …”
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Documenting Student Representation of Indigenous HIV/AIDS Information and Integration Into the School Curriculum by Denis, Sekiwu, Olivia Nina, Rugambwa

“…Colonial hegemony tends to replicate indigenous knowledge bases as primordial, superstitious, and lacking vivid scientific explanation to qualify the test for medical diagnostic study. …”
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Value Chain Analysis as a Catalyst in Gender Main Streaming by Adebayo, Sanni T.

“…Women are statistically the global majority; women cannot be treated as "a special case" but their needs and interests must be protected as integral part of any development policy as those of men. …”
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Descriptive Analysis of Heavy Metals Content of Beef from Eastern Uganda and their Safety for Public Consumption. by Keneth Iceland, Kasozi, Paul, Bogere

“…The latter was accomplished by (i) estimating the daily intake (EDI) of each metal in the study area, (ii) modeling the non-cancer health risk using the target hazard quotient (THQ) and (iii) modeling the cancer risk using the incremental lifetime cancer risk (ILCR). …”
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Determinants of Level of Household Income Utilization and Decision Making Among the Educated Working Married Employees in Mbarara Municipality, Mbarara, Uganda by Adebayo, Sanni T., Atia Agnes, Apusigah, Cleophas, Karooma

“…The study was guided by the Sen’s Cooperative Conflict Theory. The study employed mixed design of quantitative and qualitative approach. …”
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