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Item Bribery and Public Procurement Performance at Mbarara City, Uganda.(Bishop Stuart University, 2023) Denis, Nkamuhayo; Dennis, Kakuba; Aggrey, MuherezaThe study investigated the effects of bribery on public procurement performance in Uganda with a focus on Mbarara City. Specifically, the study examined how monetary bribery and non-monetary bribery influence public procurement performance at Mbarara City. A cross sectional design adopting a quantitative approach was applied. Quantitative data was analyzed using inferential statistics (Spearman correlation, coefficient of determination and regression). Qualitative data on the other hand was analyzed using content and thematic analysis. The findings revealed a strong negative influence of bribery on public procurement performance whereby more bribery contributed to poor public procurement performance and less bribery contributed to better public procurement performance. The study recommended that municipal councils should develop mechanisms for strengthening and operationalizing available measures to combat bribery to improve public procurement performance. Such mechanisms may include encouraging whistle blowers, selection of professional and competent members on evaluation committees and reducing on the bureaucracy.Item Implementation Challenges of Corporate Social Responsibility Programs among Commercial Banks in Uganda. A Case of Absa Bank Mbarara(Bishop Stuart University, 2023) Dennis, Kakuba; Betrum, Namanya; Kansiime, Noel KiizaThe purpose of this survey was to establish the implementation challenges of corporate social Responsibility (CSR) programs among commercial banks in Western Uganda using a case of Absa Bank Mbarara. In this study, descriptive research design was adopted where qualitative and quantitative approaches of data collection were used. Both questionnaire survey and interview methods were used to collect data from staff of Absa Bank. To ensure validity and reliability, research instruments were pretested and appropriate strategies taken. Content Validity index was used for validity while Cronbach Alfa was used for reliability. Using both qualitative and quantitative methods, the findings portray negative perception by the public, competition and financial challenges as major hindrances of CSR programs among commercial banks in Western Uganda since they are profit making financial institutions. The study concludes that commercial banks use community related programs as their CSR programs. The study encourages commercial banks to partner with other organizations such as civil society organizations and government in funding CSR activities since they are essential for the improvement in wellbeing of the people.Item Family and Ethnic Land Conflicts and Food Security in Lyantonde Rural Sub County-Lyantonde District –Uganda(American Research Journal of Humanities & Social Science (ARJHSS), 2022) Mugumya, Francis Ntambazi; Muriisa, Roberts Kabeeba; Tiyo, ChristopherThe study examined family and ethnic land conflicts and food security in Lyantonde rural subcounty Lyantonde district. Descriptive cross-sectional survey research design with mixed approaches of datacollection and analysis was used. The study population comprised of community members, the RDC, Policeofficers, political and civil leaders of villages in Lyantonde Sub County, members of district and sub county landboard and a sample size of 391 respondents participated. Data was collected using semi structuredquestionnaire and interview guide. Quantitative data collected data was analyzed by use of Statistical Packagefor Social Sciences (SPSS) while qualitative data was analyzed by use of both thematic and content analysis. The study established that people in Lyantonde occupied Mailo land, customary land, Freehold and a few onLeasehold land. Unresolved land ownership, incompatibility of cattle keeping with crop farming, unclearboundaries, population growth were leading causes of family and ethnic land conflicts which have culminatedinto death of animals, destruction of crops, killing of villagers, loss of originally owned land, reduced foodproduction, reduction in income which have all affected food stability among conflicting families andcommunity at large in the study area.The study established that there exist cases of land grabbing in Lyantonderural sub county manifested through forceful evictions and dubious land deals though on a moderate rate. Itwas revealed that land grabbing is majorly conducted by rich local private individuals and statehouseoperatives due to the presence of absentee land lords, poor land tenure system, corruption, poverty, connectionto statehouse and poor implementation of land laws leading into mass displacement of people, landlessnesshence food insecurity. The study established that majority of the people living Lyantonde Rural Sub County donot know land laws and had less trust in courts of law since they take a very long time with many procedures togive judgment overland conflicts and are very corrupt. The study recommends that; alternative source oflivelihoods should be provided to the people, traditional institutions should be strengthened, land boundariesbetween clans or communities should clearly be defined, demarcated and documented and, also, there should bestrong stakeholder collaboration in land administration(10 Italic)Item THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FEEDER ROAD NETWORK ANDAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN KIRUHURADISTRICT SOUTH WESTERN UGANDA(American Research Journal of Humanities & Social Science (ARJHSS, 2022) Gershom, Atukunda; Kambere, Eriah; Kaitesi, DariaAbstract: This study was set to find out the relationship between Feeder Road Network and AgriculturalProduction in Kiruhura District Western Uganda. A case study design was used in this study. A mixed design method was used where qualitative and quantitativedata was collected by use of questionnaire and interview. The population composed rural community members technical staff and local leaders involved in feeder road networks and community economic development of ruralcommunities which was represented by a sample size of 60 people. For quantitative data, SPSS version 20 was utilised to output descriptive statistics presented in form of mean andstandard deviation. Person correlation was also run to find out the magnitude of the relationship between feeder road network and agricultural production in Kiruhura district. Qualitative data from the interview was analysedby the use of thematic content analysis and was presented alongside the quantitative findings. From the present study, the findings revealed that there is a positive and strong relationship between feeder roadnetwork and agricultural production in Kiruhura district (r=0.742, P <0.01). the study recommends that feederroads should be given a priority at both District and sub county levels in the budgeting process and the feeder roadnetwork committee needs to be consulted at the time of budgeting for proper implementation towards the good ofthe road network in order to realise better Agricultural out comes for the development of the economyItem Women‘s employment and the changing family pattern in Ankole Sub-region- Uganda(International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2021-11) Asiimire Donath; Gertrude Fester; Medard Twinamatsiko; Benard NuwatuhaireThis study employed a case study design using phenomenological stances of qualitative research to collect data from three districts of Mbarara, Bushenyi and Kiruhura and the objective of the study was to find out how women’s entrance in formal employment has contributed to changes in marriage and gender roles. Drawing from 17 interviews (with women activists, community development officers, probation officers, grade II magistrates, Gender based organisation managers, political leaders, religious leaders, local leaders) and 5 FGDs (with household heads, women in formal and informal employment), findings revealed that, women’s employment leads to a shift in marriage. The findings further reveal that women’s employment increases women’s conflicting roles (the tripartite roles). The study concluded that, women’s employment is significantly related to marriage and gender roles, increasing numbers of women in formal and informal employment has led to delays in marriage, child birth and increases in conflicting roles for women. Thus the study recommended that gender-responsive social protection systems should be adopted by all places of work, encourage and support institutions and all places of work to put provisions for day care centres and increase on maternity leave days.Item Pan African Feminist Perspectives Promoting Matriarchy. Women’s Pre-Colonial Linguistic Power Perspectives, Power Loss and the Contemporary State of Affairs in Ankole Sub-Region(Creative Commons Attribution International, 2021-11-15) Donath Asiimire; Medard TwinamatsikoThis paper studies the linguistic approach used to describe wise, healer and powerful women in the Ankole Sub-region during the pre-colonial times. Discussed in the study are the names, words and proverbs that describe a general perspective of women and illustrate how women were powerful before colonialism. The paper also presents how women were later oppressed and lost power during the colonial period. Finally, the paper puts forwards ways of reclaiming women’s power in the Ankole Sub-region.Item A Survey of Hydrological Systems in the Great Virunga Landscape(Institute of Tropical Forest Conservation, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, 2015-08) Medard, Twinamatsiko; Sam, Ayebare; Daniel, Mabirizi; Aventino, Kasangaki; Dennis, BabaasaThe Greater Virunga Landscape (GVL) is an interconnected chain of eleven protected areas that straddle the borders of Uganda, Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo. The landscape is famous for its mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) and other endangered and endemic flora and fauna. Human threats in some of the Protected Areas (PAs) in the GVL include uncontrolled exploitation of forest resources as well as fires and the indirect pressures of demand for land. This is exacerbated by the insufficient water supply in communities that border with most of the PAs. Mgahinga Gorilla National Park and Echuya Central Forest Reserve are part of the GVL and were the focus for this study.