• Can biodiversity conservation benefit local people? Costs and benefits at a strict protected Area in Uganda 

  Tumusiime, David Mwesigye; Vedeld, Paul (Taylor & Francis, )

  This article examines the livelihoods and experiences of local people after two decades of living close to a strict protected area (PA). A total of 290 local PA neighbors and 60 key informants were interviewed. Findings ...
• Inculturation: A strategy towards effective and relevant evangelization of Kasozi Deanery in Masaka Catholic Diocese 

  Ssenyonjo, John Mary Vianney (Makerere University, 2015-04)

  Kasozi deanery is one of the areas that were first evangelised by the missionaries in Uganda. As early as 1894, the missionaries arrived in the area. Since then, the Church has been in existence in this area. It gives great ...
• Assessing teachers’ ethical performance: A case study of selected rural and peri-urban secondary schools in Mukono District 

  Namubiru, Prossy (Makerere University, 2014-04)

  The study was undertaken to find out the moral challenges that teachers meet while performing their duties considering what characterizes a ‗good teacher‘ in the context of moral values and virtues. Even when a teacher is ...
• Changes in cooking fuel use portfolios and their determinants in communities around Bugoma Forest Reserve 

  Bukomeko, Emmanuel (Makerere University, 2015-11)

  Biomass fuels (charcoal and high quality fuel wood) obtained from forests have for a long time been the primary sources of cooking energy for most households in rural Western Uganda. In the face of rapid forest disappearance, ...
• The influence of evangelisation in this contemporary period in light of evangelii nuntiandi – case study: Usuk Parish 

  Edep, Patrick (Makerere University, 2015-02)

  Evangelization as described in Evangelii Nuntiandi (Evangelization in the Modern World), An Apostolic Exhortation of Pope Paul VI issued on 8 December 1975 on the theme of Catholic evangelization deals mainly with “The ...
• Understanding sitatunga (Tragelaphus spekii) habitats through diet analysis in Rushebeya-Kanyabaha wetland, Uganda 

  Tumusiime, David Mwesigye; Tweheyo, Mnason; Ndawula, Joseph; Eilu, Gerald (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, )

  Between January and December 2008, we assessed the diet and habitat selection of sitatunga, a highly endangered tropical wetland antelope threatened by habitat loss in Rushebeya-Kanyabaha wetland. Microhistological ...
• Customer brand loyalty in the telecommunication sector in Uganda 

  Atukunda, Joan (Makerere University, 2016-09)

  The telecommunication sector in Uganda has evolved over the years from having only one service provider (Celtel, now Airtel) to having more than five service providers. This has led customers to consider using alternative ...
• Socio-economic, demographic and environmental determinants of under-five child mortality in Uganda: Analysis of trends and patterns (1995-2011) 

  SSebuwufu, Ezra G (2015-12)

  This study was aimed at identifying and documenting key factors that may be responsible for mortality amongst Ugandan children under five years using data from the Ugandan Demographic and Health Survey (UDHS) (UBOS and ICF ...
• Breaking the law? Illegal livelihoods from a protected area in Uganda 

  Tumusiime, David Mwesigye; Vedeld, Paul; Gombya-Ssembajjwe, William (Elsevier, )

  Forests are important to local livelihoods and regulating access to forests will have consequences to those livelihoods and may promote illegal harvesting. This study analyses how local people make a living, focusing on ...
• Information behaviour of Makerere University Masters and Doctoral students with specific reference to the use of information technology (IT) 

  Kiwanuka, Luke Francis (University of Pretoria, 2014-04)

  Academic libraries are facing a major task of coping with the changing information needs and seeking and searching behaviours of their users. This situation is further complicated by the changing nature of the formats in ...
• L-band and VHF response to scintillation activity during the ascending phase of sunspot cycle 24 in the Equatorial Region of East African 

  Taabu, Stephen David (Makerere University, 2014-05)

  Ionospheric scintillation is the rapid change in the phase and or the amplitude of a radio signal as it passes through small scale plasma density irregularities in the ionosphere. These scintillations, not only can they ...
• Decentralisation of forest management — Is it a panacea to challenges in forest governance in Uganda? 

  Tumusiime, David Mwesigye; Turyahabwe, Nelson; Byakagaba, Patrick (IntechOpen, )

  Decentralisation of forest management is currently implemented in many countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America as a governance strategy aimed at enhancing for‐ est resource conservation, poverty alleviation and equity ...
• Transport costs management: A case of National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC) 

  Obeke, Tom (Makerere University, 2015-06)

  This study investigated management of transport costs at National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC). The purpose of the study was to improve the costs of transport and propose appropriate strategies to address the ...
• Spatial and topological characterization of road traffic accidents in Rwanda 

  Mutabazi, Peterson T. (Makerere University, 2018-05)

  Worldwide, road traffic accident injuries and fatalities have risen to be among the leading deaths (Global Status Report (2013). The World Bank and World health organization joint publication reported 1.2 million deaths ...
• Assessment of the difference between the urban and rural consumer price index in Uganda (2005 – 2011) 

  Nawoova, Betty (Makerere University, 2017-01)

  This study assessed the difference between the rural and urban Consumer Price Index and how the overall rate of inflation was affected when the indices were combined into a national index. The assessment period was from ...
• Inheritance of resistance to the stalk-eyed fly (diopsis longicornis) in rice in Uganda 

  Weelar, Charles Ganteh (Makerere University, 2017-01)

  Rice is an important staple food for more than half of the world’s population. Globally, rice production is limited by abiotic and biotic factors. Of the insect pests attacking rice, the stalk-eyed fly is the most abundant. ...
• Constraints and opportunities for access to lucrative markets by smallholder farmer: Analysis of the Bean Value Chain in Kamuli District 

  Jjagwe, George (Makerere University, 2014-11)

  The study investigated the bean marketing constraints and opportunities of the various actors in the market in Kamuli district of Uganda. Various reforms have been introduced to increase marketing efficiency of agricultural ...
• Impact of changing from commercial transaction levy (CTL) and sales tax to value added tax (VAT) on economic growth in Uganda for the period 1987-2012 

  Nkugwa, Christopher (Makerere University, 2015-10)

  The main thrust of this study is to investigate the effect of VAT on economic growth after its introduction having replaced CTL and Sales tax in Uganda covering the period 1987-2012.In the study GDP growth rates were used ...
• The quality and characteristics of cotton and sunflower oil bleached using clays from Iliri, in North Eastern Uganda 

  Mukasa-Tebandeke, I.Z.; Wasajja-Navayojo, Z.H.; Schumann, A.; Lugolobi, F. (European Centre for Research Training and Development UK, 2017)

  Bleaching is known to alter the composition of edible oils as it removes impurities and certain food nutrients. The characteristics of bleached oil are strongly related to type bleaching medium, temperature at which ...
• Evaluation of the viability of dehydrating the beer using calcium oxide for economical production of ethanol 

  Kakebe, Sekajja Robert (Makerere University, 2014-10)

  The current conventional fermentation processes can yield mash with ethanol content of 12% at maximum. Evaluation of the energy required to distill such a beer gives a high value than if the concentration is increased in ...

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