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Support supervision and teacher performance in government-aided primary schools in Teso sub-region, Uganda
(Kyambogo University [unpublished work], 2022-11)To improve the performance of primary school teachers in Uganda, support supervision was adopted as a key strategy for achieving this goal. Despite this move, teachers in the Teso Sub-region are not meeting their performance ... -
The teaching and learning of Religious Education in Ugandan Schools after fifty years: A critical analysis
(Makerere University Press, 2021-04)Religious Education (RE) is a value-oriented subject that has been part of the Ugandan curricula since independence. Its main purpose, as stated by the National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC) is to promote the ... -
An afro-bibilical reading of genesis 2-3 in response to climate change
(Sheffield phoenix press, 2023)The primary focus of this paper is an Afro-biblical reading of Genesis 2-3, informed by indigenous epistemologies and in response to contemporary local and global environmental crises. Using the context of Uganda, it brings ... -
“I am Black and Beautiful”: A Black African Reading of Song of Songs 1:5–7 as a Protest Song
(Journal of the Old Testament society of South Africa, 2021-11-16)Adamo’s article on Ebed-Melech’s protest brings fresh insight into my earlier article on Song of Songs 1:5–7, prompting me to reread the text as a protest song (essay) against the racial stigmata that continue to bedevil ... -
Reading Proverbs 13:23 in Texts and Contexts of Poverty in Africa: A Theoretical Framework
(Journal of the Old Testament society of South Africa, 2022)The Masoretic text of Prov 13:23 (רָב־ אֹ֭כֶל נִ֣יר רָא שִׁ֑ים וְ יֵ֥ש נִ֜סְפֶֶּ֗הבְלִ֣ א משְפָָּֽט) highlights the absence of mishpat (משְפָט) as the cause of the poverty of the poor. This article reads Prov 13:23 in ... -
Innovation or Competition? A Critical Analysis of Contemporary Divine Healing Practices of Pentecostal Africans in Africa and the Diaspora
(International Bulletin of Mission Research, 2020-10-12)This article examines current practices of divine healing of Pentecostal Africans. It provides insights into current developments by using the explanatory concepts of innovation, competition, and agency. The article draws ... -
Contextual reading of 2 kings 5:1-15 in relation to african ideological perspectives on disease: a case study of covid-19
(Kyambogo University [unpublished work], 2023-10)The study focused on contextual reading of 2Kings 5:1-15 in relation to African ideological perspectives on disease. The study used qualitative research methodologies and approaches and was based on library and document ... -
Psycho-social perspectives on Matthew 5:21-26: a hermeneutical response to the anger problem in contemporary Uganda
(Kyambogo University [unpublished work], 2023-11)This study combines social science critical approaches to the Bible and hermeneutics of appropriation to examine the theme of anger in Mathew 5:21-26. Jesus taught about the problem of anger from the perspective of murder. ... -
Constructivist- informed teaching in teacher preparation at teacher training institutions in south eastern Uganda
(Kyambogo University [unpublished work], 2023-08)The urgent need in the Ugandan education system is for teacher preparation programme that offer opportunities of constructivist teaching experiences for students to enable them to gain pedagogical content, teaching skills ... -
Organizational support and research productivity among lecturers at Kyambogo University
(Kyambogo University [unpublished work], 2023-09)In today’s hyper-competitive higher education market, research productivity has become a dominant criterion for establishing the relative standing of individual academics and ranking of universities. However, in Ugandan ... -
Leadership behaviours and organisational commitment of academic staff mediated and moderated by job satisfaction and emotional intelligence at Kyambogo University, Uganda
(Kyambogo University [unpublished work], 2023-10)The study investigated the topic: Leadership Behaviours as Significant Predictors of Organisational Commitment of the academic staff at Kyambogo University. Specifically, the study examined whether leadership behaviours ... -
The Islamic influence on Christianity in Uganda a case study of Kampala district (1962-2013)
(Kyambogo University [unpublished work], 2013-12)This research analyses the Islamic influence on Christianity in Uganda, a case of Kampala District. It was based on three objectives: To assess practices used by Muslims to influence Christians, analyze the main Islamic ... -
Socio-economic empowerment of women in west Pokot District for the period 1963-2011.
(Kyambogo University [unpublished work], 2014-10)There are few women who have been employed in governmental offices as head of departments for example in education, agricultural officers, and commissioners among others. This is contributed mainly by low level of education ... -
The challenges of HIV/AIDS epidemic: a case study of Namirembe Diocese, church of Uganda, 1992 – 2012.
(Kyambogo University [unpublished work], 2013-11)An investigation of the Challenges of HIV and AIDS was conducted in Namirembe Diocese - church of Uganda. The Diocese of Namir'en1be is the oldest Diocese in the Anglican Church of the Province of Uganda. lt covers the ... -
Women empowerment and the catholic church pastoral programme: a case study of lugazi diocese.
(Kyambogo University [unpublished work], 2014-12)This study was an evaluation of Lugazi Diocesan pastoral program on women empowerment in the light of the components of women empowerment. It entailed the fact that the dominant subordinate model of male and female relations ... -
Fluidity and hybridity of customary marriage traditions in contemporary Uganda
(E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (EHASS), 2023-03)The ideology that customary marriages are celebrated according to ancestral traditions and customs is rife in Africa. There is however continuous invention and evolution of institutions associated with customary marriage ... -
Evolution of multi-disciplinary philosophies of method: colonial antecedents and post-colonial paradigm shifts
(Springer International Publishing, 2023-08)The hegemony of the natural and biological sciences in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries coincided with the entrenchment of positivism as a superior methodology in knowledge acquisition and justification. Positivism ... -
The realization of women’s right to property inheritance in the Islamic context: a case study of Iganga municipality
(Kyambogo University[unpublished work], 2022-08)Inheritance is the main avenue through which Muslim women acquire independent ownership of land and housing. This study focused on examining the realization of the right of women to property inheritance in the Islamic ... -
Job 14:1-12 and the Buganda traditional concept of human life and death: an ideo-theological hermeneutics
(Kyambogo University[unpublished work], 2022-06)The study focused on the ideo-theological hermeneutics of Job 14:1-12 in relation to the Baganda’s traditional concept of human life and death. The study sought to discuss the text in relation to the Baganda’s traditional ... -
The concept of tithing in Uganda’s pentecostal churches: a case study of Nakawa division-Kampala district
(Kyambogo University[unpublished work], 2022-08)This thesis examines the Concept of Tithing in Uganda’s Pentecostal churches. The study employed both qualitative and quantitative approaches for data collection specifically, the study covered a total of 130 respondents ...