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Analysis of the AU–EU Relations Under the AfCFTA Framework in a Neoliberal Context
(Springer, 2024-05) Kanyamurwa, John Mary; Kaddu, Ronald; Karemire, Robert
This chapter contributes to the plethora of neoliberal evidence that addresses itself to the fundamental regional integration political and economic anxieties, specifically focusing on AfCFTA processes. Employing a political economy approach to qualitatively analyze the AU–EU relations, the chapter analyzes these exchange processes in the context of rampant capitalism effectively ushered in Africa from the late 1980s. We demonstrate that the AfCFTA takeoff in 2021 might not quickly bring easy continental trade leap forward mainly due to uneven returns’ distribution dynamics, structural and logistical AfCFTA challenges and the inevitable neoliberal paradoxes set to adversely shape the agreement’s functionality. We, thus, argue that the integration forces within the AfCFTA parties continue to shape the emerging AU–EU relations, nevertheless, with overall progressive indicators to Africa’s industrial revolution. However, these promises are dependent on appropriate policy options undertaken particularly in the next AfCFTA rounds of negotiations. For AfCFTA to become an effective mechanism for promoting productive AU–EU relations, the analysis recommends profound reconstruction of the agreement provisions in the next rounds of trade discourses to ensure a universally profitable trade regime for all partners.
Collision and contestation of power in Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA)
(The Ugandan Journal of Management and Public Policy Studies, 2023-12-25) Madinah, Nabukeera
This article describes the collision and contestation of power in Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA). Power collision and contestation in KCCA have been known for a decade since the inception of the KCCA Act 2010. The draft of the Act was to have a better city; however, the implementation resulted in sharp conflicts, and since it broke at the center of power, it left a lot to be desired. Qualitative content analysis was used; articles were downloaded from various newspapers online and analyzed. Results indicate that the Act referred to the Lord Mayor as a political head in KCCA, not the political head of the Authority It was weakened because it reduced the legislative powers of the Lord Mayor to the Speaker and hence making the Mayor accountable to the Council; the Ministry of Kampala in consultation with the Ministry of Lands and Local Government shall coordinate the planning of the City and proposed an establishment of an executive committee appointed by the Lord Mayor on matters of legislation. The patronage approach cannot overtake the powers of the people and belittling the powers of elected leadership will only create more problems than the Government can solve.
Communication and institutional effectiveness: the case of Nakawa and Kawempe divisions in Kampala city
(Kyambogo University [unpublished work], 2016-01) Nampenja, Ramlah
This study examined the effect of internal communication on the effectiveness of Nakawa and Kawempe division local governments in Kampala City. The study specifically explored the relationship between horizontal and vertical communication and the contribution of internal communication on institutional effectiveness. The study was a cross-sectional, correlation survey. A total of 52 respondents, including 5 key informants and 47 employees, participated in the study. Primary data was obtained using a questionnaire and a structured interview guide. Data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential quantitative as well as qualitative methods. The findings revealed that the horizontal and vertical communication were not sufficient. However, a significant positive relationship existed between horizontal and vertical communication and institutional effectiveness. This meant that when local governments, implement good horizontal and vertical communication strategies, the performance of these institutions increases. The findings revealed though generally horizontal and vertical communication were generally insufficient in both divisions, Kawempe had the lowest level. It was revealed that employees are not given adequate opportunity to discuss best work practices, to solve departmental problems or to suggest performance improvements. This has subsequently lowered the performance of these institutions. Low performance is exhibited by failure to; achieve service goals, maintain good working environment and resources have clear performance goals. The study recommends that: Local governments are senstised about the contribution of effective internal communication on the effectiveness of their institutions. This may awaken those who do not have one to initiate it. A framework which can help improve on horizontal communication in local governments be created to act as a point of reference for better internal communication. Local governments should have a well laid out internal communication strategy and should be made a performance indicator. Local government personnel both top management and other employees need training on how to start and maintain an effective internal communication strategy.
The covid-19 pandemic : economic effects and government measures in Uganda
(Sarjana, 2020-06-30) Nabukeera, Madinah
Coronavirus also known as COVID-19 started in Wuhan, China in December 2019 and it was pronounced as a pandemic in March 2020 by the World Health Organization (WHO). Although COVID-19 has slowly spread in Africa, but recent spreading is at a high rate. While the recovery rate has been high, Uganda has registered serious impacts on the economic and social front. This paper examined the effect of COVID-19 on employment in Uganda, established the effect of COVID-19 on public demand and prices of inputs in Uganda. It also proposed interventions and how the interventions can be financed. The article recommended that the government should come up with financial interventions which are geared towards improving public demand in the country. The government should come up with a budget to support people who are financially insecure since this may boost demand for public goods and services.
Demographic, population, and social change in Uganda 1990–2019
(Springer Nature Link, 2023-06-17) Nabukeera, Madinah
Uganda recorded an increase in population from 9.5 million in 1969 to 34.6 million in 2014, representing an increase of 264.21%. The fertility rate in Uganda declined from 6.9 to 5.4 children per woman between 1995 and 2016, respectively. In addition, age dependency in Uganda has recorded a significant increase from 97% to 101% from 1996 to 2014. This chapter is based on a study which examined the effect of demographics and population growth on social change in Uganda and specifically determined the effect of age dependency on school enrollment, established the effect of the total fertility rate on the labor force, and examined the effect of population growth on the proportion of seats held in parliament with bias on women. The study was guided by an exploratory research design under the confinement of quantitative approaches and used secondary data. The results indicated that the age dependency ratio has a significant positive effect on female enrollment in tertiary institutions (P-value < 0.05), age dependency ratio has a significant and positive effect on male enrollment in tertiary institutions at a 5% level of significance, the total fertility rate has a significant negative effect on female labor force (B = -1.618, P-value < 0.05), the total fertility rate has a significant positive effect on male labor force (B=1.410, P-value < 0.05), and there is a positive and significant effect of population growth on the proportion of seats held by women in national parliament (B = 0.825, P-value < 0.05). The study concluded that there is a need for more effort to fight dependency among the Ugandan population in order to enhance both male and female enrollment in tertiary institutions; government and development partners should design programs and interventions to fight the rising total fertility rate because it affects active female involvement in the labor force; and there is need to implement more programs that foster women participation in parliamentary elections. The government should set up more programs and interventions that support people in unproductive age, especially those above 64 years; the Ministry of Education should address barriers that limit female enrollment in tertiary institutions and should effectively implement its policies, i.e., gender in education policy which promotes gender equality and girl child education.
“Eh eh eh My Lord, Looking Dapper”: Rebranding the Speakership and Women’s Political Leadership in Uganda?
(Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024-10-16) Muzee, Hannah
In the 2021 election for the Ugandan Speaker of Parliament, the incumbent Rebecca Kadaga lost to Jacob Oulanyah, who died shortly after due to an illness. Oulanyah’s deputy, Anita Among, took the position despite controversy over her readiness to do so. She has since carved out a path to her unique leadership style, and social media is awash with interest in her fashion. This chapter argues whether fashion is trivial for women politicians like Among or whether it can be used to their political advantage. Using content analysis of social media, I found that fashion drew attention to the Speaker Anita Among and in many ways, seemed to ensure her legitimacy as a contemporary leader. However, some thought the display of fashionable outfits was insensitive to the dire economic situation faced by the majority of Ugandans and did not reflect her competencies.
Employment, overseas migration, and social change in Uganda
(Springer Nature Link, 2025-10-07) Madinah, Nabukeera
Globally, close to 272 million people are international migrants living and employed outside their countries of birth. More than 628,905 Ugandan nationals stay and work abroad and majority of the Ugandan nationals migrated to African countries, followed by European countries, North America, and the least migrated to Latin America and the Caribbean region. The aim of the study was to examine the effect of Ugandans working abroad (employment) on the migrant remittance inflows (overseas migration and social change) in Uganda. A descriptive survey design was used with secondary data and a regression analysis. The study indicated that despite the growing number of Ugandan nationals employed abroad, they have no significant impact on social change in the country although the remittances have supported families to meet their basic needs such as rent, food, hospital bills, and support families to set up small businesses and school fees. For instance, it discovered that growth in the number of Ugandan nationals employed abroad had no significant effect on the remittance share to the gross domestic product (GDP). Similarly, the study noted that there is no steady growth in remittance inflows given the persistent growth in the Ugandan emigrants for employment in different countries. The study recommended that while Ugandan government has made several labor exportation agreements with some countries especially in the Arab states, Ugandans employed are still exploited especially in terms of salary, which consequently affects social change back home. The government should address these barriers and the absence of sufficient data on Ugandans who migrate abroad for employment. The Ministry of Gender should encourage the labor exportation agencies in the country to share the information on Ugandans exported for work.
Evaluating 4G network reach and fiber node proximity across Uganda’s sub-regions
(Springer Link, 2024-11) Madinah, Nabukeera; Kassim Kalinaki; Moses Matovu; Muhammad Abdus Salam
This study examines the impact of recent interventions on digital connectivity across Uganda, focusing on 4G coverage and fiber node accessibility. The research conducts a comprehensive comparative analysis across Uganda’s sub-regions, addressing six key objectives related to 4G population coverage and fiber node proximity at various distances (10, 25, and 50 km) before and after interventions. Findings reveal significant improvements in digital connectivity following the interventions. 4G population coverage increased from an average of 69.7 to 95% per sub-region (p < 0.05). The population within 10 km of a fiber node rose from 28 to 58.8% per sub-region (p < 0.05), while those within 25 km increased from 63.3 to 94.4% (p < 0.05). Even at 50 km, coverage improved from 90.3 to 100% (p < 0.05). Before the intervention, significant regional disparities existed in 4G coverage, with the central region leading at 87.3% and northern Uganda lagging at 55.8% (p < 0.05). However, post-intervention analysis showed no significant regional differences (p > 0.05), suggesting a more equitable distribution of 4G services across Uganda. These results indicate that the interventions have substantially improved digital connectivity and reduced regional disparities in Uganda. The study provides crucial insights for policymakers and stakeholders, offering a data-driven foundation for future initiatives to bridge the digital divide and promote equitable access to high-speed internet across the country.
Institutions as images of political authority and power hierarchies: understanding land tenure dynamics of state-making in Zimbabwe and Uganda
(Journal of Land and Rural Studies, 2024-01) 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.
Leader-member exchange and job performance of academic staff at Kyambogo university
(Kyambogo University (Unpublished work), 2024-10) Lugalavu, Lawrence
The focus of this study was to examine the effect of Leader-Member Exchange on job performance of academic staff at Kyambogo University. A critical review of literature was conducted to identify and address gaps in previous studies, informing the current study. The study made use of cross sectional research design and targeted a population that included assistant lectures, lectures, senior lectures, associate professors, and professors. A sample size of 200 academic staff was identified through stratified random sampling. Data was collected using questionnaires and means, correlations, and regression analysis were employed for data analysis. Study findings established that loyalty, affect, professional respect, and contribution significantly predict job performance. The study established correlations between loyalty, affect, professional respect, contribution, and job performance. Based on these findings, the study recommended team-building activities, transparent and open communication, emotional intelligence training, and continuous professional development programs for academic staff at Kyambogo University. The study suggested that further research should examine; the long term effect of LMX on job performance; how integration of technology and learning, and administrative tasks affects LMX and job performance; and the role of factors such as funding availability, government policies, and societal expectations on the effect of LMX and job performance.
Management of wetlands and livelihood opportunities in Kinawataka wetland, Kampala-Uganda
(Elsevier: Environmental Challenges, 2021-01) Kakuba, Sultan Juma; Kanyamurwa, John Mary
Wetlands are globally recognized as ecosystems that provide livelihood opportunities in aptly structured management contexts. Many wetlands, particularly those in urban Uganda are, however, getting degraded through infilling, construction, extraction, agricultural and industrial production despite the existing resource management regime. The purpose of this study was to analyze the gap between wetland management practices and extent of sustainable harnessing of livelihood opportunities. Therefore, this study contributes to an understanding of wetland management functions in relation to sustainable livelihoods. Cross-sectional qualitative and quantitative data were collected to investigate the stated relationships. The study established a positive but insignificant relationship between planning function and sustainable livelihood opportunities. Further, the study found a negative significant relationship between implementation and sustainable production. Finally, findings revealed that there was a connection between the control function and sustainable opportunities. The study recommends inclusive management functions to achieve sustainable wetland livelihood opportunities.
Parliaments in Africa : opportunities and prospects for sustainable development, afripal, 2025
(Brill, 2025-10-23) Muzee, Hannah
The Africa Regional Conference on Parliament and Legislation, an initiative of the Africa Regional Convening on Parliament and Legislation, aims to provide a biennial strategic forum for legislators, civil society actors, academics and policy actors to engage in high-level dialogue on parliamentary affairs and legislative practice in Africa. The inaugural conference, themed Parliaments in Africa: Opportunities and Prospects for Sustainable Development, amplified the African Parliamentary Union Rabat conference1 call for parliaments to promote the Sustainable Development Goals by ensuring that they pass development policies and plans that are inclusive. The conference also called for the governments to pursue institutional reform, promote democracy, human rights and fight corruption, commit to empowering women, priotize domestic financing and enhance bilateral and multilateral parliament activities, themes that were reflected in the afripal, 2025 conference deliberations. The afripal, 25 conference was sub-themed into four categories: emergencies and parliamentary functions, parliaments, 4ir and Artificial Intelligence, Post-legislative scrutiny and impact assessments and parliamentary partnership, learning and adaptation, aimed at exploring the contribution of Parliaments in Africa to sustainable development in different facets of society.
Performance appraisal and teacher performance in government aided primary schools : a case study of Namasale sub-county, Amolatar District
(Kyambogo University (Unpublished work), 2021-05) Amuge, Winnie Petri
The general objective of the study was to examine the effect of performance appraisal on teacher performance in government aided primary schools in Namasale Sub County in Amolatar district. The study specifically assessed the effect of management by objectives, rating scale criteria and appraisal interview criteria in government aided primary schools in Namasale Sub County in Amolatar District. The study used a case study design adopting quantitative and qualitative approaches. The study population included 182 respondents consisting of teachers, head teachers, deputy head teachers, inspector of schools and District Education Officer. 101 questionnaires were returned giving a response rate of 98% and 10 interviews were successfully conducted. The study found a moderate positive and significant relationship between management by objectives and teacher performance and was the most significant predictor of the variance in teacher performance. There was a moderate positive significant relationship between rating scale criteria and teacher performance and it was the least significant predictor of the variance in teacher performance). Appraisal interview criteria had also a moderate positive significant relationship with teacher performance and it was the second most significant predictor of the variance in teacher. The study recommends that Head teachers should endeavor to involve teachers during goal setting with a view of increasing sense of belonging and a motivation tool to achieving the set priorities, teachers should also be given practicing permits for a given period of time after which appraisal will be done to assess their performance based on prior targets that were set before their working permits are renewed for the next period of service. This will encourage teachers to work hard so as to achieve the set priorities in fear of losing their jobs failure to meet the school expectations from them, the checklists used by the superiors should be exhaustive enough to avoid apprising teachers on a limited scale or list, the checklists should be made known to teachers and what traits are consider during appraisal, Head teachers are encouraged to provide and make time with the teachers so that issues affecting teachers’ performance are brought on the table with the aim of devising measures and the study also recommends that apart from the appraisal, the government of Uganda should get to the ground in Amolatar to discuss with teachers the issues affecting their performance other than appraisal because it was discovered through the findings that teachers are not meeting their expectations because of issues like no promotions, poor accommodations, staying far away from the schools, over work load due to limited teachers, limited class room blocks and seats among others. The government of Uganda should provide solutions to some of these issues if performance is to improve in this Sub County of Namasale.
State of the underprivileged population : a case study of Uganda
(The Ugandan Journal of Management and Public Policy Studies, 2024-08-04) Madinah, Nabukeera
This study investigates disparities in poverty levels, the distribution of widows, the prevalence of working children, and the demographics of the elderly population across different regions in Uganda. Employing a descriptive research design with a quantitative approach, the study relies on secondary data sourced from published reports by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS). Key findings indicate significant regional poverty-level variations between 2006 and 2017 (F = 18.616, p < 0.05). However, there were no significant differences in the number of working children across regions (F = 0.818, p = 0.542) or in the gender distribution of elderly individuals across various sectors (mean difference = 13.2%, p = 0.3983). Significant disparities were observed between rural and urban areas in terms of access to basic amenities: blanket ownership (mean difference = 27.4%, p < 0.001), shoe ownership (mean difference = 31%, p < 0.001), and the frequency of consuming three meals per day (mean difference = 17.6%, p < 0.001). The study concludes with recommendations for targeted poverty alleviation interventions, particularly in the northern and eastern regions of Uganda.
“Walk to Work”: A New Wave of Nonviolent Activism Against the Militarization of Ugandan Politics
(Springer Link, 2024-10-16) Muzee, Hannah
This chapter examines a new wave of non-violent activism against the militarization of the Ugandan political landscape. It critically looks at a government that came to power by the force of the gun, the National Resistance Movement (NRM), that even when in civil situations seems hell-bent on maintaining its foothold, through intimidation and violent crackdown of protestations. Although multiparty politics in Uganda was restored in 2005, an equal playing field for party actors hardly exists. Aside from police brutality meted on opposition party actors, several legal instruments have been maliciously enacted to stifle activism by government opponents. Nevertheless, opposition party actors have continued to use non-violent and peaceful means of protestation against the government’s injustices. This chapter utilizes secondary data analysis to examine the non-violent protest of opposition party actors such as Dr., Kizza Besigye of the Forum for Democratic Change Party in Uganda. It examines the weaknesses in their strategies while illuminating the lessons that can be learned and the prospects for the future.

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