Youth Involvement in Pornography and Academic Engagement in Selected Secondary Schools in Kabale Municipality. by Kanyesigye, Bens Rogers

“…Pearson's correlation coefficient (r) was used to examine the relationship between pornography and academic engagement. Key findings indicated that watching videos of naked persons on computers in the computer lab was the most prevalent form of pornography (M=4.61, SD=.490). …”
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Loan Monitoring Costs and Loan Payment in SACCOs: A Case Study of Hakashenyi SACCO in Kicumbi Kamuganguzi Sub-County Kabale District. by Mutamureka, Andrew

“…The sample size consisted of 80 respondents. The findings revealed that Hakashenyi SACCO employed several loan monitoring techniques, including physical verification of the borrower’s workplace and mortgaged property, presentation of collateral security to the SACCO, early notifications to the borrower, pledging collateral, and internal auditing. …”
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Procurement Auditing and Service Delivery in Procuring Entities in Uganda: A Case Study of Kabale Regional Referral Hospital. by Aijuka, Jacob

“…Key factors included frequent audits, increased penalties leading to improved service delivery, opportunities for criminality and corruption, the critical role of auditors in shaping contract terms, the importance of audits and legal threats for regulatory compliance, and the lack of annual procurement plans as a major factor driving up procurement costs. The findings also revealed that contract execution auditing affects service delivery by highlighting the importance of procurement contracts in maintaining contract records. …”
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Socio-Demographic Factors Contributing to Teenage Pregnancy in Bidibidi Refugee Settlement Zone Four Yumbe District. by Momone, Evaline

“…Some respondents showed that lower levels of education are often linked to higher rates of teenage pregnancy. Some respondents showed that poverty and limited economic opportunities increase the likelihood of teenage pregnancies. …”
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Credit Access and Performance of Women Owned Businesses in Kabale District: A Case Study of Southern Division Kabale Municipality. by Twikiriize, Immaculate

“…The questionnaire, interview guide, and observation methods were used to collect data and findings indicated that more females participated in the study than males. …”
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Impact of Effective Out Sourcing on Procurement Contract Performance: A Case Study of Kisoro District Local Government. by Ndayisenga, Jack

“…Based on the results from the study, 100% of the respondents agreed that Kisoro district local government experiences reasonable pricing on cost influence in local government and these included marketing mix, product differentiation, product cost, market demand of a product, prices are required to be competitive, demand and utility of consumer, marketing method used. The study findings revealed the impact of flexibility on the reliability of procurement contract performance in local government and these included resilience from supply challenges comes from attacking supply chain constraints from all angles and having operational, enterprises should do more to prevent fraud by actively evaluating and estimating the obstacles that may be encountered in the process of execution, sourcing flexibility has many advantages as they help to the buying firm to reduce their backorders, shortcomings in the contract management process occur because the buyer and the supplier are two different entities. …”
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Impact of Effective Recruitment and Selection Practices on Organizational Performance: A Case Study of Kabale District Local Government. by Nyakiti, Deborah

“…These include selection techniques, assessment centers, letters of recommendation and reference checks, situational interviews, psychological tests, personality tests, and aptitude tests. The study further findings established the effect of recruitment methods on organizational performance, a case study Kabale District Local Government as internal recruitment reduces costs and minimizes time spent on mobilizing employees, recruitment via advertising has the advantages of low cost and convenience, telephone recruitment has an important advantage over these methods in that it can be used. …”
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Impact of Divorce on Girl Child Education in Nyakinama Sub-County Kisoro District. by Niyobyose, Sarah

“…Such institutions as the police should be well equipped with the necessary skills required to handle such offenses. The findings indicated that there should be the establishment of income-generating projects to reduce poverty level which is the highest cause of family divorce. …”
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Organisational Culture and Performance of Urban Local Governments in Uganda: A Case of Kabale Municipality Kabale District. by Tushemereirwe, Juliet

“…Data was collected using questionnaires and an interview guide. The findings revealed that all constructs of organizational culture (adhocracy culture, hierarch culture, clan culture, and market culture) combined, predicted the performance of KMC by 86.1%. …”
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Determinants of Performance in Physical Sciences at Uganda Certificate of Education: A Case Study of Selected Schools in Ntungamo Municipality. by Muhindo, Alex

“…A response rate of 99% was obtained where key findings revealed a significant positive influence of learner factors and school-based factors, while teacher factors had a significant negative influence on the performance of learners in physical science subjects at UCE. …”
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ICT Usage in School Finance Management of Selected Secondary Schools in Mbarara City. by Karamuzi, Beende Richard

“…In the methodology, the study adopted a quantitative and qualitative approach using a cross-sectional research design, and data was collected from a sample of 108 respondents. The findings established that there was little ICT usage available and in use; there were great issues with the finance management practices regarding the assessment of risks involved in the management of finances and the keeping of records of all expenditures in school. …”
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Factors Associated with Male Partner Support During Pregnancy and Child Birth in Kabale District. by Niwarinda, Denesi

“…Quantitative data generated from the field was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics and presented in frequencies and percentages, and logistics regression was used to trace the associations between study variables and male partner support during pregnancy and childbirth at a 0.05 level of significance. Results: The main findings of the study indicate that 216/318 (68%) had low male partner support during pregnancy and childbirth and only 102(32%) had high male partner support during pregnancy and childbirth. …”
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Factors associated with knowledge on the spread of HIV/AIDS among Secondary School Students of Groupe Scolaire De Rugando in Kigali City, Rwanda. by Nwankwo, Chinenye Mercy, Uwizeye, Denyse Sibomana

“…The most common predisposing factors in the study to adolescents to HIV/AIDS were curiosity and the need to experiment. The study findings showed that 78% accepted that HIV is transmitted by engaging in unprotected sexual intercourse with an infected person, 65% accepted that the presence of other sex partners increases the risk of contracting HIV, 69% accepted that regular use of condoms helps to reduce the risk of contracting HIV and 55% accepted that by reducing the number of sexual partners, chances of HIV infection are reduced. …”
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Self-Care Practices and the Associated Socio-Demographic Variables of Persons With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2dm) in Southeast, Nigeria. by Okafor, Christiana Nkiru, Okonkwo, Uchenna Prosper, Ani, Kenneth Umezulike, Onuora, Ethel Ogoemeka, Nwokike, Mathew, Turyasingura, Jane Byabagambi, Munezero, Tamu JohnBosco, Mfitumukiza1, Valence, Nwankwo, Mercy Chinenye, Tumusiime, Alex

“…Also, the majority of participants (81.2%) were on oral hypoglycemic agents. Findings further showed that a good proportion (51.3% and 89.8%) of study participants had good self-care behavior in diet and medication domains respectively. …”
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The Factors Associated with Utilization of Sexual and Reproductive Health Services Among Batwa Adolescents in Kisoro District Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Study. by Kyambade, Robert, Nwankwo, Chinenye Mercy, Tamu, Munezero J.B., Okafor, Christiana

“…Factors associated with SRH service utilization included education (p = 0.029), source of medical services (p< 0.001), and proximity to health facilities (p < 0.001). Findings from the multinomial logistic regression showed that SRH services utilization was associated with an increased odd of distance to health facilities (OR 3.74, 95% CI: 1.86 - 7.53). …”
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Information Communication Technology and Employees’ Performance: A case Study of Faculty of Science at Mbarara University of Science and Technology. by Mackline, Atuhaire

“…Data analysis involved descriptive statistics and presentation of data involved use of tables that were generated from the questions relevant to the study variables. The findings showed that the Faculty of Science had to a greater extent tried to meet the ICT needs of employees. …”
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Brand Association and Competitive advantange in alcoholic beer products in Kabale District, Uganda. by Moses, Agaba

“…The study recommends that brand managers should focus their marketing communications on the experiential benefits of their product such as fun, excitement, and enjoyment in order to create positive associations in the minds of beer consumers.…”
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Brand Loyalty and Competitive advantage a case of beer products in Kabale District, Uganda. by Moses, Agaba, Edward, Ahabwe

“…The study used the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) as a tool to process and analyse data. The findings indicate that brand loyalty has significant positive effect on competitive advantage among alcoholic beer products and producers in Kabale district, South Western Uganda at the 5% percent significance level.The results of the regression model on the effect of brand loyalty on competitive advantage among alcoholic beer products and producers in Kabale district, South Western Uganda indicate that brand loyalty has significant positive effect on competitive. …”
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An Assessment of Socio-Economic Factors explaining Pupil Dropout in UPE Schools of Nyabihoko Sub- County, Ntungamo District by Abert, Musinguzi

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Revenue Management and Health Service Delivery in a Decentralised Framework of Ntungamo Municipality, Ntungamo District, Western Uganda by Sakina, Ampaire

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