Management Control System and Financial Performance of Micro Finance Institutions in Central Region Uganda by Arthur, Sunday, Caleb, Tamwesigire, Caroline Masiko, Murezi, George Stanley, Kinyata, Godfrey, Barigye, Keneth, Nuwagira, Moses, Agaba

“…Micro finance in Uganda is a vibrant growing industry and the government of Uganda has over the past decade initiated implemented and or supported various micro credit schemes aimed at fighting poverty in the country. …”
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Adopting Positive Selection Technology and Improving Seed Quality in Smallholder Potato Farmers in South-Western Uganda. by Kajura, Tibanyendera Deo

“…Pearson correlation analysis showed significant difference in yield of positive selected with unselected and certified seed (P=0.000 and 0.001 respectively). Chi-square test indicated relationship with less significant effect (p>0.05) for all demographic factor on adoption of PS technology, while all technological factors had relationship with significant effect on technology adoption. …”
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Role of Rewards Management on Employee Performance in the Banking Sector. by Alex, Kanyesime

“…The research design was a case study design which adopted both qualitative and quantitative approaches. …”
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Factors Influencing Recentralization of Local Government Functions in Uganda. by Biryomumeisho, Stephen, Ocan, Johnson, Adyanga, Francis Akena

“…However, since 2003, the Central Government started reversing the policy in terms of decentralization of the appointment of Chief Administrative Officers and Municipal Town Clerks and of recent City Town Clerks (for new cities in Uganda) from the District Service Commissions (DSCs) to the Public Service Commission, recentralization of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) under the management of the Executive Director, Procurement of drugs from the district health office to the National Medical Stores (NMS), recentralization of the payroll and the recent recentralization of local revenue collection from LGs. …”
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Social Administration and Societal Transformation in Uganda Today. by Mugavu, George

“…Any attempt to divorce Social Administrators from mainstream societal arrangements aimed at causing societal transformation and development is a futile one. …”
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Transitioning health workers from PEPFAR contracts to the Uganda government payroll by Everd, Bikaitwoha Maniple

“…We conducted a multiple case study of 10 (out of 87) districts in Uganda which received PEPFAR support between 2013 and 2015 to expand their health workforce. …”
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Design and Construction of a Simple Air Blower. by Niwandinda, Johnson

“…Air blower is a fun which can move air under pressure. It is a device which increases the velocity of air when it passes through equipped impellers. …”
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Design of a GSM Based Energy Meter Monitoring and Tamper Detection System. by Bakenge Joshua

“…When fully adopted and implemented by the different Electricity Regulatory bodies, consumer meter monitoring can be achieved. The project proposes the ability to monitor real time consumer power usage, meter tampering, consumer ability to interact with the system, and adoption of GSM technology in LV metering units. …”
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Design of a SMS Based Voting System. by Owembabazi Justus

“…The project aims to design a cost effective, secure, less cumbersome and efficient SMS based voting system. …”
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Effectiveness of Common Beans Protein Extract (Phaseolus Vulgaris) as a Natural Coagulant in Purification of Portable Water. by Mushabe, Hillary

“…The conducted experiments confirmed positive coagulation properties of these extracts and therefore, it can be concluded that they have a great potential as natural coagulants.…”
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Financial Accessibility and Poverty Reduction in Northern Uganda, Lango Sub-Region by Eton, Marus, Picho Epiphany, Odubuker, Mary, Ejang, Benard, Patrick Ogwel

“…Access to a well-functioning financial system can economically and socially empower individuals and in particular poor people, allowing them to better integrate into the economy of their countries and to actively contribute to their development and protect themselves against economic shocks. …”
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Student Attendance System by Face Detection Using the Dlib Face Detector Model. by Ndyamuhakyi, Osbart, Nabukenya, Eva

“…In recent years, research has been carried out and face recognition and detection systems have been developed. …”
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Effect of Education Investment on Citizen Democratic Satisfaction and Living Conditions in Africa: A National Survey for Uganda. by Sekiwu, Denis, Adyanga, Francis Akena, Romm, Norma RA

“…Education spending is essential for the advancement of society since it can capacitate people to participate in economic, social, and political life while propelling socio-economic development. …”
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Effect of Family Socio-Economic status on Student’s Academic Performance in Kanungu Town Council- Kanungu District. by Amos Gard, Niwagaba

“…The findings indicated that parental level of education influences student academic performance in that highly educated parents guide their student on the importance of being educated. In conclusion, parents are encouraged to produce children whom they can manage to cater for in terms of education and they should get involved in income generating projects so as to improve on their household income in order to meet the related educational costs of their children.…”
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An assessment of economic and environmental impacts of refugees in Nakivale, Uganda by Alex Ronald, Mwangu

“…The increasing numbers of refugees and their active involvement in the production systems has had an impact on the economy. The government should harmonize the interpretation of the 2006 Refugee Act on the right of refugees to employment so that they can increasingly be engaged in production systems, sizes of land allocations should be increased to facilitate expansion in economic activities; and scale up the environment management aspects that has been rolled out in new Uganda Development Response to Displacement Project…”
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On the structure of quasi-Keplerian accretion discs surrounding millisecond X-ray pulsars by Isaac, Habumugisha, Solomon, B. Tessema, Edward, Jurua, Simon, K. Anguma

Subjects: “…97.80.Jp X-ray binaries—97.60.Gb pulsars—97.10.Gz accretion and accretion discs…”
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