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Water hyacinth’s extent and its implication on water quality in Lake Victoria, Uganda
(The Scientific World Journal, 2023-03)Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) degrades and obstructs the integrity of freshwater ecosystems. However, little attention has been paid to monitoring water hyacinth’s spatial extent, its determinants, and its efects ... -
The metaphor of war in political discourse on covid-19 in Uganda
(Frontiers in Communication, 2022-02)The article examines the use of the metaphor of war in political communication on the novel COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda using two analytical tools of the social representation theory, anchoring and objectification. Drawing ... -
Landscapes of distant suffering: interrogating humanitarian documentary film representation of “harmful” cultural practices
(Journal of African Cultural Studies, 2022)Although a wide range of media interventions have been at the forefront of global humanitarian campaigns aimed at eradicating cultural body modification practices categorized as “harmful” in global health and development ... -
Examining the use of technology in literature teaching and learning at university in Uganda
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2023)Even though the use of digital media and technologies has become a dominant ubiquitous norm in teaching and learning experiences at higher education levels in Uganda, there remains a significant dearth of scholarship on ... -
The Arab springs and the “walk to work” movement in Uganda: contest for political space and freedom
(African Journal of Education, Science and Technology, 2016-01)This paper presents an overview of how the Arab Springs influenced events in the Walk-to Work Protests in Uganda during the period after the 2011 election. It builds on the previous analysis of the nexus between the Arab ... -
On the waters: economic and political drivers of maritime conflicts between Uganda and its neighbors
(African Studies Quarterly, 2021-10)The Great Lakes region has, in the recent past, been awash with numerous border conflicts/or threats to conflict among the member states. Whereas various studies have endeavored to explain the emergence of such conflicts, ... -
Assessment of policy and institutional approaches to international terrorism in Uganda
(Middle East Review of Public Administration, 2016)Uganda is one of the countries that have suffered the consequences of international terrorism and remains among those targeted for more terrorist attacks. Different approaches have been formulated and implemented to ... -
Citizens’ political knowledge and the state of local governance interest determination in Uganda
(Journal of Public Policy and Administration, 2022-02)The state of citizens’ political knowledge in shaping local governance interest formulation patterns has been identified as a vital mechanism in democratic systems for centuries. Nevertheless, political knowledge proficiencies ... -
The influence of citizen competence on district level political accountability in Uganda
(Journal of Public Administration and Governa, 2020-10)Citizen competence in a democratic society is perceived as an essential mechanism for promoting political accountability in local governance. This paper, thus, qualitatively investigates the relationship between citizen ... -
The political economy of globalization and employment returns to youth in Uganda
(Springer International Publishing, 2020-06)The political economy of globalization, with its main features such as market-driven technology, trade, and capital flows, continues to alter the structure of labour markets in developing countries, adversely affecting ... -
Globalization, national politics and youth unemployment in Uganda
(Nova science publishers, Inc., 2016)Globalization and national politics constitute two dynamics that have been cited in the phenomenon of youth unemployment. The purpose of this chapter is to a certain extent to examine the validity of this claim by analyzing ... -
Reconstructing global security and peace building in Somalia’s changing context
(Springer International Publishing, 2021-11)Understood from the backdrop of global security contradictions, the current analysis highlights the Somali decades-old political predicament as a consequence of Cold War global security frameworks and clan-based power ... -
Elections and domestic peace in Africa: assessing peace opportunities in Uganda’s 2021 presidential election
(Springer International Publishing, 2022-11)Substantial narratives have in recent years been woven around the role of electoral democracy, widely welcoming it as a symbol of Africa’s advancement towards nonviolent power transfer and political stability. Yet, such ... -
Democratisation Processes Amidst Cultural Diversity in Uganda
(Springer International Publishing, 2022-11)Uganda attained independence on the 9th of October 1962 with a diverse cultural spectrum. Yet current analyses hardly interrogate the role of culture in the country’s democratisation processes. The purpose of this chapter ... -
Differential returns from globalization to women smallholder coffee and food producers in rural Uganda
(African Health Sciences, 2013-09)Background: Globalization-related measures to liberalize trade and stimulate export production were applied in Uganda in the late 1980s, including in the coffee production sector, to revitalize agricultural production, ... -
Mapping the susceptibility of persons with disabilities to landslides in a highland landscape of Bushika Sub County, Mount Elgon, Eastern Uganda
(Jàmbá - Journal of Disaster Risk Studies, 2022-01)Terrain parameters such as slope aspect, angle, curvature, stream power and altitude have been noted to spur landslide occurrence as well as, acting as a hindrance to evacuation efforts. Yet, persons with disabilities ... -
History of Kiryandongo refugee settlement, Kiryandongo district, western Uganda 1954-2018
(Kyambogo University [unpublished work], 2022-08)The purpose of this study was to examine the history of Kiryandongo Refugee Settlement, Kiryandongo district from 1954-2018. It analysed the geography of the place, how the name Kiryandongo came about, and described the ... -
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 ... -
Prediction of inundation due to Kabuyanda dam failure and its impact on the communities of Isingiro district, western Uganda
(Kyambogo University[unpublished work], 2022-09-01)Globally, dams are indispensable in overcoming hindrances posed by climate change through ensuring sustainable water supply for irrigation. However, in case of failure, Dam floods cause devastating effects in fatalities ... -
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 ...
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