Faculty of Social Scienceshttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12504/1612024-03-28T18:52:13Z2024-03-28T18:52:13ZInstitutions as images of political authority and power hierarchies: understanding land tenure dynamics of state-making in Zimbabwe and UgandaFredrick, Kisekka-Ntalehttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12504/16452024-03-28T00:16:52Z2024-01-01T00:00:00ZInstitutions as images of political authority and power hierarchies: understanding land tenure dynamics of state-making in Zimbabwe and Uganda
Fredrick, Kisekka-Ntale
The intricate link between political power and land rights is a historical axiom and Zimbabwe and Uganda present two conflicting yet analogous situations of what happens in agrarian societies, where socio-economic life is organised around access to and use of land. In such communities, institutions of land tenure are powerful mediums that shape political relations, electoral choices and the whole landscape of political interactions that happen in rural communities. This article seeks to examine how the post-colonial state in Zimbabwe and Uganda deliberately and systematically manipulated ‘insecure’ land tenure regimes by deploying institutions as instruments of political control and relevance. We argue that while the British coloniser framed the two counties differently, that is Zimbabwe as a settler colony and Uganda as a native colony, post-colonial land tenure regimes in the two countries were framed as institutional configurations purposefully designed and redesigned by national leaders as instruments of building state authority, organising the rural masses politically and shaping state-citizen allegiances. In this context, we argue that the land reforms in both countries perpetuated economic and regional disparities, inherited from colonial economic policies, and the ethnic and racial divisions, as foundations of state-making. In that regard, the connection between land and political authority may appear delinked and far-fetched, yet, as the Ugandan and Zimbabwean cases illustrate, there is compelling evidence to confirm this contention.
2024-01-01T00:00:00ZTechnology Usage, Face to Face Communication and Romantic Partner Relationships A Case of the Uganda National Police ForceJonathan, Kaula Haggaihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12504/16322024-03-16T00:17:03Z2019-11-01T00:00:00ZTechnology Usage, Face to Face Communication and Romantic Partner Relationships A Case of the Uganda National Police Force
Jonathan, Kaula Haggai
The study was a correlational quantitative analysis of the relationship between technology usage, face to face communication and romantic partner relationships, using a case of the Uganda police force. The study was underpinned by the couple and family technology theoretical framework by (Hertlein & Blumer, 2014). The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between the variables and assess the predictive potential of technology usage and face to face communication on romantic partner relationship. Three hundred twenty seven police officers were sampled for the study and data was collected using self-administered questionnaires. Findings show that there was a positive relationship between technology usage and face-to-face communication, (r=.069, p>.212). This suggested that positive changes in technology usage were related to positive changes in face-to-face communication. The study also showed that there was a significant positive relationship between face-to-face communication, (r= .424, p< .01).
This suggests that positive changes in face-to-face communication do significantly increase romantic partner relationship. The study went ahead to show that there was a significant positive relationship between technology usage and romantic partner relationship, (r= .191, p< .01). This suggests that positive use of technology usage leads to an increase in romantic partner relationships significantly. The study also showed that technology usage and face-to-face communication had a 20.1 % predictive potential on romantic partner relationships meaning that the other 79 .9 % was predicted by other factors.
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2019-11-01T00:00:00ZMicrobiological analysis of domestic water sources in Banda slum of Kampala, UgandaBarugahara, Evyline IsingomaStephen, Kwesigahttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12504/15782024-02-01T00:14:27Z2021-01-01T00:00:00ZMicrobiological analysis of domestic water sources in Banda slum of Kampala, Uganda
Barugahara, Evyline Isingoma; Stephen, Kwesiga
There is scarcity of information about the safety of water in Banda slum of Kampala, Uganda and yet
reports indicate outbreaks of infectious diseases such as typhoid fever and cholera. The aim of this
study was to determine the risk of exposure to waterborne infections by Banda residents due to
faecal contamination of water sources. Four hundred respondents were sampled and interviewed on
the methods of water collection, treatment and storage. Water samples were collected with sterile
glass bottles in duplicate from the dug well, protected spring and piped water system in December
2018 on two different consecutive days. They were transported to the laboratory for total and faecal
coliform count analysis within 2 h using a lightproof-insulated box containing ice-packs. The mean
Escherichia coli count for the dug well was 43 ± 18 c.f.u/mL. The protected spring had no detectable
E. coli, but its total plate count level was 76 ± 1.4 c.f.u/mL. Only 46% of the respondents treated their
drinking water using boiling and filtering methods. Poor sanitation and hygiene practices were
observed. The total and faecal coliform counts of water sources were unsatisfactory making Banda
residents highly at risk of infectious diseases, given the small number of residents that treated water.
2021-01-01T00:00:00ZSocioeconomic and demographic factors influencing feeding practices, morbidity status, and dietary intakes of children aged 7–24 months in rural UgandaBarugahara, Evyline IsingomaSamuel, MbuguaEdward, KaruriGakenia, Wamuyu Mainahttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12504/15772024-02-01T00:17:08Z2016-11-01T00:00:00ZSocioeconomic and demographic factors influencing feeding practices, morbidity status, and dietary intakes of children aged 7–24 months in rural Uganda
Barugahara, Evyline Isingoma; Samuel, Mbugua; Edward, Karuri; Gakenia, Wamuyu Maina
The objective of this study was to analyze the nutritional and morbidity patterns of children aged 7–24 months in relationship to household socioeconomic and demographic characteristics. Structured questionnaires and repeated 24-hour recalls were used to collect data. Maternal education and age influenced timing of complementary foods, dietary diversity score, meal frequency, and diarrhea incidences (p < .05). This resulted in 53%, 59%, 48%, 43%, and 22% of the study children having inadequate intake of energy, protein, vitamin A, iron, and zinc, respectively. Households need to be empowered to utilize available resources for improving nutrient intake and health among their children.
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