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    Community Based Water Supply Maintenance System and Sustainability of Improved Water Sources in Arapai Subcounty, Soroti District (Uganda)
    (Uganda Management Institute, 2016-01) EPEET, Thomas; Lugemoi, Wilfred Bongomin (Supervisor); Andama, Felix Adiburu (Supervisor)
    This study investigated the relationship between community-based water supply maintenance system (CBMS) and sustainability of improved water sources in Arapai Sub County. The water sector in Uganda adopted CBMS approach to improve on the challenge of sustainability of public water sources after many approaches failed to do so. Community-based water supply management institutions (CWSMI), private sector participation (PSP), and government back-up support are constructs of CBMS studied. Sustainability aspects included financial, technical, institutional, and environmental. Study objectives were to examine the relationship between CBMS constructs and sustainability of water sources. The Systems Theory underpinned the study.The study used the cross sectional survey design that adopted the mixed method research approach for data collection and analysis. Questionnaire, interview, and documentary analysis methods were used for data collection. Findings showed that CBMS constructs had positive influence on sustainability of improved water sources and the study therefore concluded that they were interlinked. Representation of Women in WUCs was found inadequate. The study also found weak supply chain of spare parts and inadequate monitoring of water sources by government officials a challenge to sustainability. The study recommends meaningful inclusion of all stakeholders in water supply issues and calls for establishment of sustainable supply chain for the delivery of spare parts nearer to the WUs. Back-up support activities need to be sufficiently planned, budgeted for, and implemented. The study has documented unique findings on sustainability of water sources under CBMS in the study area thereby bridging the existing information gap. Proposed areas for further research are the effect of community participation; the effect of water supply technological options; and the influence of socio-economic, political, and demographic factors on sustainability of water sources.
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    Factors Affecting the Quality of Girl Child Secondary Education in Kamuli, District-Uganda
    (Uganda Management Institute, 2015-12) ANZOYO, Gloria Titi; Namanya, Anaclet Mutiba (supervisor); Andama, Felix Adiburu (Supervisor)
    The study on factors affecting the quality of girl child secondary education in Uganda was done considering eight Kamuli District secondary schools; based on the following objectives; establishing the effect of teacher competence on the quality of girl child secondary education performance, determining the effect of family background on the quality of girl child secondary education performance, and examining the effect of school environment on the quality of girl child secondary education performance. The study used a case study research design and was both qualitative and quantitative, and involved a sample of 08 head teachers, 159 teachers, 349 girl child students, 296 parents, and 23 community leaders. Data collected using questionnaires were analyzed quantitatively (using frequency tables and correlation) with the help of SPSS while data collected through interviews were analyzed qualitatively (descriptively). There was positive effect of teacher competence on the quality of girl child secondary education performance, because the correlation between experience in teaching and state/level of academic performance of girl child students in school was weak, denoted by 0.035 Spearman’s correlation value. This implies that, reduced experience among teachers leads to poor academic performance of students. Furthermore, there was no significance relationship between teaching experience and state of academic performance at 5% level of statistical significance. There was positive effect of family background on the quality of girl child secondary education performance, in that, culture to a great extent influenced the academic performance of girl child students, though to some extent it was not sufficient in Kamuli secondary schools. There existed positive effect of school environment on the quality of girl child secondary education performance, because there was existence of policies in school to a great extent leading to improvement in academic performance of girl child students in Kamuli district secondary schools. Also, security was offered to the girls in Kamuli district community by leaders and security officers; and security of students in the place was ensured. And the environment of Kamuli district secondary schools was favorable for learning. The following recommendations were made: continuous training and upgrading of teachers, continued offering of counseling and guidance services, construction of cultural development centres, remuneration of teachers, promotion of gender balance in the community, provision of enough instructional materials, and monitoring schools.
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    Risk Management and Performance of Human rights Intervention: A case study of Human Rights Focus in Gulu Municipality,
    (Uganda Management Institute, 2015-02) LUKUMOI, Richard Otika; Lugemoi, Wilfred Bongomin (Supervisor); Andama, Felix Adiburu (Supervisor)
    This study examined the relationship between risk management and performance of human rights program in Uganda: a case study of Human Rights Focus (HURIFO) in Gulu Municipality. The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between risk management and performance of human right program. The study objectives was to find out the effects of human resource risk management on performance of human right program, to examine the effect of financial risk management on the performance of human right program and to investigate the extent to which administrative risk management affects performance of human right program. The findings revealed that the management of human resource risks had a weak positive effect on performance of human rights program and this means that performance changes in the same direction with the level of human resource risk management. This means that improvement in motivation, performance appraisal and human resource planning contribute to better performance of human rights program. The management of financial risks was also found to have a weak positive relationship on performance of human rights program. This means that performance of human rights program changes in the same direction with improvement in the level of accountability, planning and budgeting as well as the use of financial policy. The study also found that a positive relationship exist between the management of administrative risks and performance of human rights program and this means that improvement in the level of administrative risk management equally contribute to the improvement in performance of human right program. The study concludes that improvement in human, financial and administrative risk management contribute to improvement in performance of human rights program. The researcher recommends that managers need to use the best practices for the management of human, financial and administrative risks for improving performance of human rights program.