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Aspects of urban unemployment in Uganda.
(1966)From the early years of this century, a periodic problem besetting development in Uganda has been shortage of labour, a shortage which was shared by the Baganda farmers who came to depend on hired labour. From the 1920s ... -
Assessing Suitability of Irrigation Scheduling Decision Support Systems for Lowland Rice Farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa—A Review
(Agricultural Sciences, 2023-02-23)Irrigation in lowland rice production systems in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is mainly based on traditional surface irrigation methods with continuous flooding practices. This irrigation method ends up using a lot more water ... -
Assessing the institutional capacity of external agencies in holding Local Governments Accountable in Uganda
(UTS ePRESS, 2012)The Government of Uganda established external agencies as part of the control mechanisms aimed at promoting accountability in the public sector in general and local governments (LGs) in particular. The two cardinal control ... -
Assessing the role and capacity of civil society organisations in holding local government accountable in Uganda
(African Consortium of Public Administration, 2011-09)Decentralised local government is arguably the most direct mechanism of ensuring that the local leaders are accountable to the citizens, in form of downward accountability. Civil society participation is thus seen as a ... -
Assessing the spatio-temporal climate variability in semi-arid Karamoja sub-region in north-eastern Uganda
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2014)Semi-arid areas show climatic variability on a spatio-temporal scale. There are few studies on the long-term trends and intensity of this variability from East Africa. We used National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration ... -
Assessment for successful intelligence: A paradigm shift in classroom practice
(Sakarya University, 2018-11-29)Conventional educational assessments favour individuals who are strong in memory and analytical abilities. This is based on a long-standing theory of a general intelligence (g). Alternative intelligence theories have however ... -
Assessment of higher order thinking skills: Case of Uganda Primary Leaving Examinations
(Net Journals, 2018-10-10)The study set out to give a conceptual definition and assessment of Higher Order Thinking skills (HOTs), and establish the proportion of HOTs and Lower Order Thinking skills (LOTs) questions within the 20102016 Uganda ... -
An assessment of implementation science research capacity in Uganda
(BioMed Central, 2021)Background: In Uganda and other resource-poor countries, relevant research findings face a tortuous path to translation into policy and routine practice. Implementation science (ImSc) research could facilitate faster ... -
An assessment of stage bus transit operations in the greater Kampala, Uganda
(2021)Stage buses play an important and dominant role in transporting people in large cities across the globe. Buses carry more passengers than the private cars, reduce carbon emissions, alleviate traffic jam and foster urban ... -
An assessment of stage bus transit operations in the Greater Kampala, Uganda
(International Refereed Journal of Engineering and Science, 2021-06)Stage buses play an important and dominant role in transporting people in large cities across the globe. Buses carry more passengers than the private cars, reduce carbon emissions, alleviate traffic jam and foster urban ... -
Association between indoor residual spraying and pregnancy outcomes: a quasi-experimental study from Uganda
(Oxford University Press, 2022)Background: Malaria is a risk factor for adverse pregnancy outcomes. Indoor residual spraying with insecticide (IRS) reduces malaria infections, yet the effects of IRS on pregnancy outcomes are not well established. We ... -
Associations between aminoquinoline resistance genotypes and clinical presentations of Pplasmodium falciparum Infection in Uganda
(American Society for Microbiology., 2020)Mutations that mediate resistance of Plasmodium falciparum to aminoquinoline antimalarials are selected by prior drug use and may alter parasite fitness, but associations with clinical presentations are uncertain. We ... -
Attitudes and knowledge gaps of the communities about cervical carcinoma and it’s detection in four selected districts of Uganda
(INABSTA, 2007)The main objective of the study was to determine the attitudes and knowledge gaps about cervical carcinoma in the urban and rural women and health workers. A cross sectional study survey was done on four districts of ... -
Availability, functionality and access of blood pressure machines at the points of care in public primary care facilities in Tororo District, Uganda
(African Online Scientific Information Systems, 2021)Background: Early diagnosis of hypertension prevents a significant number of complications and premature deaths. In resource-variable settings, diagnosis may be limited by inadequate access to blood pressure (BP) machines. ... -
Awareness and perceptions of legal provisions on wetlands in Uganda
(2017)Wetland degradation is currently a major global environmental challenge. In Uganda, the situation is similar despite the country’s relatively long history of wetland policy and legislation. This study was carried out after ... -
Baganda Cultural Practices; Visual Narratives from Divination and Exorcism
(Makerere University Art Gallery, 2019-11-13)Cultural practices play an important role in society. It is through cultural practices that societies define their cultural background and boundaries. Through cultural practices, societies define their common values and ... -
Bidi bidi creativity: the liminality of digital inclusion for refugees in Ugandan higher education
(Cogitatio Press, 2023-09)Educational inclusion for refugees is increasingly being framed through digital technologies. This is problematically characterised at the macro level by global and national narratives that portray the digital as an external ... -
A brief description of the social system of the Lugbara.
(1950)The Lugbara and Madi (properly Ma’di, but I shall keep the traditional spelling) are the most easterly speakers of the Eastern Sudanic group of languages, which stretches from the Lake Chad region to the Nile Valley. They ... -
Broken symbols and religious innovation in Africa: An evaluation of theories of religious change.
(1982)The following essay represents a search for heuristically useful theory to understand the forces of religious innovation in an African context. The search progresses by employing a model derived from studies in symbolic ... -
Broken symbols and religious innovation in Africa: An evaluation of theories of religious change.
(1982)The following essay represents a search for heuristically useful theory to understand the forces of religious innovation in an African context. The search progresses by employing a model derived from studies in symbolic ...