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The Right to Public Participation in Environmental Decision-Making Processes in Uganda
(BISHOP STUART UNIVERSITY, 2024) NUWAGABA COLLINS
The right to public participation when it comes to making environmental decisions in Uganda has taken different forms of approaches. Supported by several instruments, at the local, regional and international level, the public in the country has taken and continues to contribute to decision making processes, albeit with limited capacities. In this Dissertation, and guided by a set of objectives to wit: to examine the nature and role of public participation in environmental decision-making process in Uganda, to analyze the domestic, regional and international legal framework in advancing the right to public participation in environmental decision-making processes and to analyze the approaches, best practices and challenges to public participation in environmental decision – making process in Uganda. The researcher also set out to assess how the right to public participation has been exercised in the country. In the presence of several instruments, the right is not fully exploited owing to a number of challenges including a lack of operational mechanisms to ensure that public participation flourishes in the Ugandan environment. In order to resolve these challenges, the researcher made several recommendations, that he believes when adopted would go a long way in improving the exercise of environmental decision-making process in the country by the wider citizenry
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Understanding the Nature and Role of Public Participation in Environmental Decision Making in Uganda
(International Journal for Multidisciplinary Research (IJFMR), 2024) Nuwagaba Collins
Public participation is a key element of sustainable environmental governance, especially in Uganda, where engaging diverse stakeholders is essential to addressing environmental challenges. This paper explores the nature and role of public participation in Uganda’s environmental decision-making, focusing on its legal framework, practical implementation, and effectiveness. It examines how the public helps shape policies, assess environmental impacts, and influence decisions at both local and national levels. Despite Uganda's progressive laws, such as the National Environment Act, public participation faces challenges like limited access to information, low awareness, and weak institutional support. This research highlights the importance of meaningful public involvement in improving environmental outcomes and fostering equity, transparency, and accountability. Strengthening public participation through capacity building, stronger legal enforcement, and partnerships between government, civil society, and communities is essential for achieving sustainable environmental governance in Uganda.
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Traumatised youth harbour feelings of revenge
(European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 2024) Herbert E. Ainamani; Godfrey Rukundo; Christopher Tumwine
Background: Prolonged conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have caused widespread psychological trauma among civilians leading to maladaptive coping strategies across generations. Despite this occurrence, empirical studies on the prevalence of trauma and its impact on attitudes towards revenge and forgiveness, particularly among the youth, are scarce. This study aims to clarify the relationship between Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptom severity and the desires for forgiveness and revenge among Congolese adolescents residing in Uganda. Methods: We analysed data from 269 adolescent refugees from the DRC living in the Nakivale refugee settlement in Southwestern Uganda. The assessment included exposure to war-related traumatic events and the MINI-KID for DSM-V PTSD symptom severity. The Heartland Forgiveness and Vengeance Scales measured willingness to forgive and feelings of vengeance. Results: Exposure to war-related traumatic events was notably high in our sample, with severe deprivation of food (260 [97%]), exposure to armed combat (249 [93%]), witnessing bombing, burning, or destruction of houses (245 [91%]), disappearance of family members (239 [89%]), and seeing dead bodies (236 [88%]). PTSD symptom severity was negatively associated with willingness to forgive (b = −0.48; 95% CI −0.71–−0.25; p < .001) and positively associated with vengeance (b = 0.18; 95% CI 0.04–0.32; p = .011). Conclusion: PTSD symptom severity reduces the willingness to forgive and increases the desire for vengeance among adolescent refugees. Mental health clinicians and policymakers should consider addressing maladaptive coping behaviours related to feelings of revenge and unwillingness to forgive in their support strategies for refugees.
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The Quality of Student Leadership in Secondary Schools in Mbarara City North
(East African Journal of Education Studies, 2024) Paul Byamugisha; Twebaze Richard; Anne Otwine Tweheyo
The study assessed the quality of student leadership in secondary schools in Mbarara city north. A cross-sectional research design was adopted using mixed methods. The findings reveal conflict resolution, team work, and communication skills as approaches used by student leaders to manage discipline in Mbarara city secondary schools. The study concludes that student leaders are very influential in managing discipline. The study recommends constant engagement between management of schools and student leaders for effective discipline management among learners.
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Financial Literacy and Financial Performance of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in Kakoba Ward Mbarara City, Uganda
(International Journal for Multidisciplinary Research (IJFMR), 2024) Amans Ainebyoona; Tuhirirwe Jackson; Nomugisha Mary
Uganda has been cited among developing countries which are populated with Small and Medium Enterprises (World Bank, 2018). These enterprises have been praised to be dominant players in instituting economic stability as well as playing key role in developing private sectors in Uganda. There has been Substantial financial support from both government and other development for example an African Guarantee fund worth US$ 30 million aiming at supporting African SME sector as well as fund support extended by the government through presidential initiatives to support Small and Medium Enterprises (MoFPED/UNPF, 2017). In addition to this financial support from the various development agencies, there has been also emergency of financial institutions for instance commercial banks and micro finance institutions in almost all parts of the country and these have also led to easy accessibility of funds by these enterprises easily (BOU,2013). However, Kasekende (2018) explained that majority of these SMEs fail to perform financial as evidenced by the high solvency rate as most of them fail to celebrate their second birthday due to misappropriation and mismanagement of their financial resources and all this is a true indicator of limited knowledge on how to manage financial matters of enterprises