Investigations on the Utilization of Plastic Wastes as a Replacement of Cement In Concrete Paver Blocks. by Murungi, Waren

“…Plastic wastes has been a silent threat to the environment and their disposal is a serious issue for waste management bodies in different areas. In today’s society, there are no any alternatives to plastic products like plastic bottles, bags, sheets among others. …”
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Human Capital Growth and Employee Performance in Local Government in Uganda by moses Agaba

“…The sample size of 162 respondents included her 16 (16) administrators/top managers, 24 (24) civil servants/politicians for her targeted sampling, and 122 (122) for a simple random sample. …”
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Professional Development Programs and Teacher Effectiveness in Government Aided Secondary Schools in Ibanda Municipality. by Mwesigye, Seriano

“…Among others, the key finding from the study include: school administrators do not usually organize induction workshops for new teachers, no formal Induction program for new teachers in the selected schools, school administrators in Ibanda Municipality did not regularly organize orientation seminars for new teachers, teachers have negative attitudes towards PDPs, the schools lack funds to support teachers undertaking PDPs, and that most PDPs are not properly planned and are not evaluated to ascertain the effectiveness. …”
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Working Capital Management Practices and Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in Western Uganda. by Sunday, Arthur, Turyahebwa, Abanis, Byamukama, Eliab Mpora

“…The study supports the pecking order theory in explaining the financing of SMEs together with resource-based view as the theories that help in explaining performance of SMEs. …”
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Investigation of the Content and Dynamics of Nutrients In The Surface Water of Lake Mulehe In Kisoro District, South-Western Uganda. by Saturday, Alex

“…Nutrients; ammonia–nitrogen (NH4–N), nitrate–nitrogen (NO3–N), nitrite–nitrogen (NO2–N), total nitrogen (TN), total phosphorus (TP) and soluble reactive phosphorus (SRP) were investigated in accordance with APHA 2017 standard procedures. …”
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The Effect of Risk Management on Financial Performance in Uganda. A Case of Kabale Municipal Council, Kabale District. by Kabweine, Bernard Mwesigwa, Eton, Marus, Sunday, Arthur, Ogwel, Bernard Patrick

“…Generally, risk management accounts for 39.3% of the total variations in the financial performance of Kabale municipality. …”
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The Effect of risk management on financial Performance in Uganda. A Case of Kabale Municipal Council, Kabale District. by Kabweine, Bernard Mwesigwa, Eton, Marus, Sunday, Arthur, Ogwel, Bernard Patrick

“…Generally, risk management accounts for 39.3% of the total variations in the financial performance of Kabale municipality. …”
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Design of a Multi 2- Storied Hostel for Kabale University. by Opoya, Wilberforce

“…The analysis and designing of beams & columns are done by the “STAAD PRO” software tool. The footings are designed manually, after completion of designing the detailed estimation has to be carried out. …”
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Partial Replacement of Cement with Ceramic Waste Powder in the Stabilization of Laterite Soils for Interlocking Earth Blocks. by Iteba, Maurice Victor

“…Rather than by adding only cement, stabilization will be achieved by a combination of cement and ceramic waste powder. This chimes in with today's on¬going concern for developing more sustainable construction materials since the ceramic waste powder (dust) is a waste material obtained from ceramic tile manufacturing industries. …”
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INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY IN UGANDAN HIGHER EDUCATION by Adebayo, Sanni T.

“…Makerere University in Uganda is taken as a case study where ICT was introduced with the main aim of improving effectiveness in the delivery of educational services. ICT has become a tool of great importance in today’s business in all spheres of life globally. …”
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Design of an Appropriate Combined Sheet Metal Roll Forming and Bending Machine for Small Scale Fabrication Enterprises. by Kaggwa, William Namutale

“…Sheet metal fabrication is an important element in the manufacturing and production in Uganda and worldwide today. Several processes such as bending and rollforming are used to change the shape or appearance, mechanical properties, and any other property of the sheet metal as required r use. …”
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Design of a Waste Water Treatment System for Kampala International University-Western Campus. by Tayebwa, Gift

“…By considering the topography of the area, a gravity collection system was considered for the design and using design equations and the data obtained from the field, to obtain the flow of each pipe section, velocity, slope pipe sizes, residual head and head losses the pipe hydraulics were obtained. …”
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Design of a Modern Car Parking at the Faculty of Engineering, Technology Applied Design And Fine Art. by Akampurira, Jobathie

“…The activities include the following, Introduction of car parking, background, parking areas type, problem statement, Problem statement, Objectives of Project, Main objective, Specific objective, Scope of Project, Scope of Project, Significance, chapter 2: literature review, Related Work, Parking Design Consideration, Needs Analysis, Parking study, Parking Requirement Factor, Physical Requirement, Aesthetics and Safety, chapter 3: methodology, Introduction of Methodology, Design Methodologies, Bench Marking, Data collection, Observation Method, Design using Architecture, Plan Design, Architectural drawings, Arch CAD, Tools Use, Materials, Procedure for Making the Design Model of Car Parking, chapter results and discussion, chapter 5: conclusion, recommendations and skilled acquired, Skills acquired,Challenges faced during the project plan design, Recommendations, Conclusion, References, Pavement design for concrete parking lots. …”
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Design of a Multi 2-Storied Hostel for Kabale University Student. by Twesigye, Charles

“…The analysis and designing of beams & columns are done by the “STAAD PRO” software tool. The footings are designed manually, after completion of designing the detailed estimation has to be carried out. …”
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Weeds Predominant in Potato Fields: A Case of Southern Division, Kabale Municipality, Kabale District, South Western Uganda. by Akankwasa, Lowland

“…Two fields of Irish potato scattered at different altitude or topographic conditions were ran-domly selected in each village. …”
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Assessment of the Effect of Flooding on Agricultural Lands in Kaharo Sub-County of Kabale District South Western Uganda. by Nyakiti, Dorcas Awino

“…Using simple random and purposive sampling techniques, a total of 84 respondents were selected to participate in the study. …”
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Assessment of the Social-Economic Contributions of Mgahinga National Park to Local Communities in Muramba Sub-County, Kisoro District, South-Western Uganda. by Mahoro, Shallon

“…Using simple random and purposive sampling techniques, a total of 109 respondents were selected to participate in the study. …”
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Assessing the Effects of Land Use Practices and Environmental Conservation in Rubanda District: A Case Study of Hamurwa Sub-County. by Mutesigensi, Samuel

“…The study was guided by three objectives; to identify effects of land use practices on environmental conservation in Hamurwa sub-county Rubanda district, to establish policies/laws that govern land and environment in Hamurwa sub-county Rubanda district and to identify the activities that degrade the environment in Hamurwa sub-county Rubanda district. Data collection tools included questionnaires and interview guide which were used to collect data from 100 respondents mainly staff of Hamurwa sub-county, leaders and community members. …”
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Modeling Radionuclide Transfer from Pasture to Milk in Kisoro, South- Western Uganda by Habakwiha V, Oruru B, Tumps Ireeta W

“…Comparing with the safe values of annual effective dose equivalent in foodstuffs of 0.14 mSv y l-1 which translates to excess cancer risk of 0.42 10-3, these contributions to radiological effects only account for about 1.5% of the total safe value of excess lifetime cancer risk, therefore, radionuclide transfer from pasture to milk causes a minimal radiation hazard to the milk consumers in Kisoro District.…”
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Laboratory Analysis of Soil Physicochemical Properties Based on Agricultural Fertilizer Input Requirement Application: A Case of Haramaya University, Ethiopia by Turyasingura, Benson, Chavula, Petros, Mohammed, Yasin, Eliyas, Abdi Alic, Girmac , Tesfasilassie, Sadeso, Kumale, Shentema, Solomon, Abebed, Aschalew, Katel, Shambhu, Timsina, Sandipa

“…The value of the measured exchangeable sodium ranged from 0.12 to 1.22 meq/100g of soil, with a mean value of 0.44 meq/100g of soil indicating medium sodium content of the soil. Total nitrogen ranging from 0.11 to 0.37 percent which decreases from top to sub soil. …”
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