School of Civil Service, Public Administration and Governance Studieshttp://umispace.umi.ac.ug:80/xmlui/handle/20.500.12305/642024-03-29T12:09:46Z2024-03-29T12:09:46ZUrban households’ willingness to pay for improved solid waste management services in Kitwe Town Council, Ntungamo DistrictAtwine, Mathew Tumushabehttp://umispace.umi.ac.ug:80/xmlui/handle/20.500.12305/9802023-05-25T15:14:45Z2014-11-01T00:00:00ZUrban households’ willingness to pay for improved solid waste management services in Kitwe Town Council, Ntungamo District
Atwine, Mathew Tumushabe
This study investigated how the urban household‟s willingness influenced to pay for
improved solid waste services in Kitwe Town Council of Ntungamo district. The purpose of
this study was to assess the urban households‟ willingness to pay for improved solid waste
management services received and in Kitwe Town Council. The objectives of the study
included, to examine extent on how income levels, education levels, gender, quantity of solid
waste and maximum daily charges affected willingness to pay for improved solid waste
management services in KTC. The research employed multi stage sampling techniques to
select one hundred sixty four households, five primary schools‟ head teachers, two secondary
schools‟ head teachers, four eating houses‟ managers, two market tenderers, three medical
clinics in- charges, three grains milling machines/factories‟ managers and two bakery
managers from the study area. The Pearson Chi-square and linear ratio used estimated and
revealed that the income (P=0.002) education (P=0.018) and amount of maximum charges
paid (P=0.000) of the household head was significantly associated with the willingness to pay
for solid waste management services. Other variables of gender (P=0.090) and quantity of
solid waste generated (P=0.216) were not significantly associated with the willingness to pay
for improved solid waste management services. The study concluded that dimensions of
income levels, education levels and maximum charges paid influenced the willingness of
respondents to pay for improved solid waste management services. The study recommended
that Kitwe Town Council authorities should promote behavior change of mind set on
perception of being poor to afford user charges and back yard agriculture using manure from
solid waste in order to ensure minimization of solid waste generated by urban households.
The study recommended further study in other sister Town Councils within Ntungamo
district to produce comparable results.
2014-11-01T00:00:00ZThe effect of law enforcement by Uganda Police Force on child abuse reduction in Kampala Metropolitan Police NorthNamukose, Juliethttp://umispace.umi.ac.ug:80/xmlui/handle/20.500.12305/9792023-05-25T15:16:39Z2016-01-01T00:00:00ZThe effect of law enforcement by Uganda Police Force on child abuse reduction in Kampala Metropolitan Police North
Namukose, Juliet
The study examined the effect of law enforcement by the Uganda Police on child abuse reduction in Kampala Metropolitan North. Specific objectives included establishing the effect of detective role, examining the effect of prevention role and establishing the effect of response function on child abuse reduction. A cross sectional research design was used supplemented by both qualitative and quantitative approaches. An accessible population of 106 elements was identified from which a sample size of 98 respondents was drawn. A response rate of 64% was obtained. Key findings include: a positive relationship between detective role (.476**), preventive role (.221**) and response function (.296**). Findings of the study revealed that detective role; preventive role and response role affect child abuse reduction. The researcher concluded that detective role; preventive role and response role had positive relationship with child abuse reduction. The study recommended that KMPN management together with Criminal Intelligence & Investigation Department and Community Liaison Unit should ensure that they engage more community members and their local leaders in the elicitation of factual and reliable information about law breakers as this will ensure that evidence on the crimes they committed is provided and based on such culprits are identified, arrested and prosecuted in the Courts of Law; KMPN management together with the local leaders should ensure that both informal and formal means of communication to community members are adhered to by Police to ensure that training on child abuse prevention is re-laid to the community; and KMPN management together with its Research and Planning directorate should review the existing budget on crime intelligence investigations. This will ensure that more funds are made available and allocated to the information fund.
2016-01-01T00:00:00ZPerformance contracting and service delivery in National Water and Sewerage Corporation – Uganda case study of Kampala WaterSanyu, Marga Luwalirahttp://umispace.umi.ac.ug:80/xmlui/handle/20.500.12305/9782023-05-25T15:17:36Z2015-10-01T00:00:00ZPerformance contracting and service delivery in National Water and Sewerage Corporation – Uganda case study of Kampala Water
Sanyu, Marga Luwalira
The study examined the effectiveness of performance contracting on service delivery in National
Water and Sewerage Corporation in Uganda taking a case study of Kampala Water. The study
objectives included; assessing the extent to which leadership affects service delivery in NWSC,
to assess the effectiveness of target setting on service delivery improvement in NWSC and
assessing the effectiveness of Incentives on service delivery improvement in NWSC. The study
used a cross sectional – case study design with qualitative and quantitative approaches. The
sample size for the study was one hundred seventy seven respondents. Data was collected using
interview guides and questionnaires. Findings indicated that; there is a positive relationship
between leadership and service delivery; statistically it was proved that there existed a
relationship between target setting and service delivery and also incentives indicated a positive
relationship. The study concluded that Leadership affects service delivery most, followed by
target setting and then incentives. The study recommends that management should ensure
effective leadership which is able to recognize significant gaps that can cause adverse effects on
performance. On top of leadership which is able to recognize that teams need to be fostered,
developed and assessed. For target setting, management should Involve and listen to the ideas of the
lower cadre staff, though not promise to change everything and make the changes that will further
increase the effectiveness of the Organization to always follow up and measure change in its effectiveness
overtime. Lastly for incentives, goals or reference standards set out for employees must be
attainable, otherwise rather than motivating staff, the incentive scheme will have a detrimental
effect on their motivation and performance.
2015-10-01T00:00:00ZSchool inspection and performance of secondary school teachers in Kasese District-UgandaKisembo, Dovikohttp://umispace.umi.ac.ug:80/xmlui/handle/20.500.12305/9772023-05-25T15:22:29Z2015-05-01T00:00:00ZSchool inspection and performance of secondary school teachers in Kasese District-Uganda
Kisembo, Doviko
This study assessed the perceived effect of school inspection on the performance of secondary school teachers in Kasese district. Specifically the study reviewed three objectives that were: to investigate the implementation of school inspection report on the performance of teachers in secondary schools in Kasese district; to establish the perceived effect of support inputs by school inspectors on the performance of teachers in secondary schools in Kasese district and to examine the feedback in school inspection on the performance of teachers in secondary schools in Kasese district. An exploratory and descriptive research survey designs were adopted using a representative sample of 423 of students, teachers, and head teachers from selected schools both rural and urban and school inspectors and DEO out of a population of 2031 in Kasese district. Self administered questionnaires and interview guides were used to collect data from respondents. The empirical data was analyzed both quantitatively and qualitatively to obtain the findings. The findings indicated that inspectors are judgmental, no professional support among others factors that would enable better performance of teachers, thus testing the first hypothesis it was revealed that there’s no significant effect on implementation of school inspection on the performance of teachers in secondary schools in Kasese district. Further, the finding revealed that Support inputs by school inspectors have not significantly effected the performance of teachers in secondary schools in Kasese district. Lastly the findings revealed that there’s no significant effect of feedback in school inspection on the performance of secondary teachers in Kasese district. The researchers concludes that there is no perceived effect on implementation of school inspection towards the performance of teachers, inadequate support inputs by school inspectors thus hindering teachers’ performance and there’s no adequate feedback in school inspection on the performance of teachers in secondary schools in Kasese district. The researcher recommends that school inspectors should be developmental rather judgmental help teachers improve in their teaching process, there’s a need by the government to ensure that school inspectors provide a continuous monitoring to enable better performance. The researcher also recommends that the government should recruit more inspectors and adequately fund them so as there is continuous monitoring and professional support by inspectors to secondary schools teachers both in rural and urban areas. Lastly the researcher recommends that there is a need by the ministry of education to ensure that school inspection reports and feedback mechanisms are clear and timely received by schools and other stakeholders.
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