The neglected governance challenges of solid waste management in Uganda: Insights from a newly created City of Mbarara by Mesharch, W. Katusiimeh, Boaz, Nabimanya, Derrick, Komwangi

“…In-depth interviews were administered to city solid waste managers, managers of private sector companies in SWM, political leaders especially local councilors and opinion leaders. ese respondents were purposely sampled. Findings reveal that the organization of solid waste management is poor exempli ed by weak capacity, poor implementation of laws and regulations, poor record management, misappropriation of funds among others. …”
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Antiplasmodial Compounds from Millettia Dura. by Buyinza, Daniel, Derese, Solomon, Ndakala, Albert

“…The crude extract of the stem bark had the highest respective activity of 63.7±8.6 and 46.1±4.5 μg/ml against W2 and D6. …”
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Assessing the Level of Awareness on Wash Related Diseases in Kaliro Town Council Kaliro District, Uganda. Masanja Alex by Masanja, Alex

“…The Purpose of this study was to assess the level of awareness on wash related diseases in Kaliro Town Council, Kaliro District so as to design and apply appropriate strategic measures to prevent WASH related diseases. …”
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Characterizing absolutely irreducible integer-valued polynomials over discrete valuation domains by Hiebler, Moritz, Nakato, Sarah, Roswitha,Rissner

“…This connection yields a characterization of absolute irreducibility in terms of this so-called fixed divisor kernel. Given a non-trivial element v of this kernel, we explicitly construct non-trivial factorizations of F k , provided that k ≥ L, where L depends on F as well as the choice of v. …”
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Record Keeping Systems and Service Delivery in Uganda: Case Of Kabale District Local Government by Turyasingura John Bosco, agaba moses, Kabagambe Jesse David, Barigye Godfrey

“…The bivariate correlations between the predictor elements and the dependent variable were examined using a Pearson correlation matrix. A linear regression model was used to fit the data. …”
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Effect of Accountability on Health Service Delivery in Rukiga District: A Case Study of Mparo Health Centre IV. by Ainembabazi, Bleander

“…Some of the respondents failed to disclose some of the information to the interviewer. The researcher had to convince the respondents that the information was for academic purposes. …”
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Customer Loyalty and Firm Performance: An In-depth Analysis of the Edible Oils Manufacturing Firms. by Mwazuna, Alice Ngele, Tibbs, Charles Yugi, Museve, Elijah, Asiimwe, Judith Bijurenda

“…Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, linear regression, and correlation analysis and results were presented using tables. …”
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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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Effect of Student’s Involvement in Fees Policy Implementation on Learner’s Stability in Public Universities in Uganda: The Case of Makerere University. by Oketch, Chrisostom, Tazwaire, Doreen

“…The study examined the eff ect of student involvement/participation in fees policy implementation on learner’s stability in Makerere University that has had a number of student unrests in the past whenever fees policy changes are considered for implementation resulting into a number of disruptive consequences. …”
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Crime Prediction Using Decision Tree (J48) Classification Algorithm. by Ivan, Niyonzima, Emmanuel Ahishakiye, Elisha Opiyo Omulo, Danison Taremwa

“…There had been an enormous increase in the crime in the recent past. …”
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Conflict Between African Tradition and Western Culture in The Play The Lion and The Jewel By Wole Soyinka. by Magezi, Martin Walter

“…Both of them want to win Sid's hand in marriage, but this conflict is finally resolved as the play ends when Baroka "Yins Sidi for marriage. …”
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Assessing the Relevancy of Records Management in the Service Delivery of Referral Hospitals.A Case Study of Kakooba Health Centre Iv, Mbarara Municipality. by Brendah, Nampija

“…In chapter three, the researcher described the methods that were used during the study which included; the research design, study population and sample size, methods of data collection, data analysis and presentation and limitations encouraged during the study. …”
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Descriptive Analysis of Heavy Metals Content of Beef from Eastern Uganda and their Safety for Public Consumption. by Keneth Iceland, Kasozi, Paul, Bogere

“…Our entry point was to assess by atomic absorption spectrophotometry the levels of essential elements copper (Cu), cobalt (Co), iron (Fe) and zinc (Zn), and non-essential elements lead (Pb), chromium (Cr), nickel (Ni), and cadmium (Cd) in 40 beef samples collected from within and around Soroti (Uganda). …”
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Food Safety Analysis of Milk and Beef in Southwestern Uganda by Phyllis Candy, Natabo, Keneth Iceland, Kasozi, Sarah, Namubiru, Dickson Stuart, Tayebwa, Andrew, Tamale, Pwaveno H., Bamaiyi

“…Inorganic pollutants in milk and beef are of major public health concern; however, information in Africa is still limited due to low food safety monitoring practices. In this study, we established levels of lead (Pb), zinc (Zn), cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), and iron (Fe) in milk and beef and obtained the estimated daily intake (EDI) and incremental lifetime cancer risk (ILCR) as measures of risk to the Ugandan population. …”
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Investigating the Effects of Formwork Material and Thickness on The Early Strength of Concrete. by Natukunda, Benjamin

“…The materials considered in this project were steel and timber, which are the most used materials for formwork. The thicknesses for steel used were 2mm, 6mm, and 8mm while thicknesses for timber were 15mm, 25mm and 35mm. …”
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Financial Literacy, Cash Management and Business Growth in Kampala City Council Authority, Uganda by Eton, Marus, Miria Nyangoma, Fabian, Mwosi, Benard, Patrick Ogwel, Barige Godfrey

“…In the long run, most businesses end up into bankruptcy associated to using borrowed funds for improving standards of living. …”
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Internal Control and Budget Implementation in Kabale District Uganda by Eton, Marus, Caroline Murezi, Fabian, Mwosi, Benard, Patrick Ogwel

“…A cross sectional study design was used and a sample of 176 respondents was chosen for the study. …”
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The Impact of E-Banking on Performance of Financial Institutions in Uganda: A Case Study of DFCU Bank, Kabale Branch. by Amutuheire, Grant

“…In addition, questionnaires and interviewing methods of data collection were used. The research findings showed that the forms of e-banking used in the DFCU bank in Kabale district were mobile banking, as represented by 33%, internet banking, as represented by 30%, electronic cards, as represented by 22%, and electronic fund transfers, as represented by 15%. …”
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The Impact of E-Banking on Performance of Financial Institutions in Uganda: A Case Study of DFCU Bank Kabale Branch. by Amutuheire, Grant

“…In addition, questionnaires and interviewing methods of data collection were used. The research findings showed that the forms of e-banking used in the DFCU bank in Kabale district were mobile banking, as represented by 33%, internet banking, as represented by 30%, electronic cards, as represented by 22%, and electronic fund transfers, as represented by 15%. …”
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Post Covid-19 Strategies and Pupils' Academic Performance in Rubuguri Town Council Kisoro District. by Twesigye, Posiano

“…The study found that a diverse range of post-COVID-19 strategies, including digital learning platforms, community engagement initiatives, and teacher professional development programs, had been implemented to address the challenges posed by the pandemic. …”
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