The study assessed effects of sport betting on youth economic development jr~ Kalerwe Trading Center in Uganda with four specific objectives; to find out how unemployment affect youths economic development, to find out how poverty affect youths economic development, to find out how drug abuse affect youths economic development and to determine the relationship between effects of sport betting and youth economic development. It was hypothesized that “there is no relationship between effects ...
Abstract This study examines the “Role of mass media in covering domestic violence a case study of Monitor publications Uganda” the influence of media messages fighting domestic violence in Uganda. It examined the following objectives which included the role of mass media in combating domestic violence, the causes of domestic violence in Uganda, the mitigation strategies against domestic violence. Respondents were exposed the role of mass media in covering domestic violence. The results s...
Introduction This chapter deals with the introduction, background to the study, problem statement, scope of the study, its significance and the conceptual frame work to show the dependent and independent variables. 1.1 Background Information to the Study The coverage of political activities in Uganda has undergone several challenges. There was a major point in the politics of Uganda when Amin was the ruler for 8 years (1971- 1979). This period saw the political process collapse. Amins regime ...
Abstract The study was carried out with the aim of examining the impact of use of social media on students’ academic performance in institution of higher learning. This research adopted descriptive and explanatory research design. It also employed the use of cross sectional survey method using survey questionnaires with a Likert Scale. The of sample 102 students from selected secondary schools selected using convenient sampling method. The data collected was analyzed using description means...
Abstract The study was designed to establish the impact of taxation on small scale business in Busolwe town council in Butaleja District in Eastern Uganda. The objective of the study included: to establish the types of taxes paid that small scale businesses are required to pay to analyze the effects of the taxes levied on small scale businesses and to analyze the challenges faced by small scale businesses in paying taxes in Busolwe town council. Simple random sampling and purposive sampling w...
Abstract This study attempted to examine the role of the broadcasting media in promoting gender equality in Uganda. It was guided i) To identify the ways of promoting gender equality by media ii) to examine the roles played by broadcasting in promoting for gender equality iii) To examine the attitude of media editors towards gender equality. The research took the form of a descriptive design, and the reason for this is because it aims to describe the current situation so that it can be unders...
Abstract The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of violent content on Television on children. The specific objectives of the study were to find out some of the programs with violent scenes televised on Uganda Broadcasting Corporation; find out the effect of these programs with violent scenes televised on Uganda Broadcasting Corporation on children; and to discover the reasons for televising programs with violent scenes televised on Uganda Broadcasting Corporation. The meth...
This is an addendum to the published paper "The Indo-Europeanization of the world from a Central Asian homeland" published in 2015 by Macrothink institute
This paper explains the dangers and limitations of Marxist Historiography from a non-religious perpective
Introduction: Universities prepare students to play their role in the society and equip students with cognitive and non-cognitive skills. Having the significance of non-cognitive skills in mind, the study was designed to investigate the non-cognitive skills of undergraduate students at university level. Therefore, the objectives of the study were to measure non-cognitive skills of university students and to measure the relationship of non-cognitive skills and academic performance among them.M...
Abstract It has been argued that Aristotle’s Philosophy of Essence is linked to the crisis of relationship and global disorder. In politics, economy and religion, his theory of substance and accidents has been argued as a bivalent metaphysics that draws a line between what is and what is not. This paper argues that, this thesis has wider implication not only in metaphysics but also in all the sciences of human relations because the same line runs through race, faith, gender and ethnicity, ...
Abstract: In Africa, the human person is the supreme force, the most powerful and dominant among all created beings. While this decreed power makes the lower beings subservient to humanity, it is only intended to be a source of harmony in the advancement of the hospitality and the joy of the human species. Today however, the traditional lifestyles of Africans are threatened with virtual extinction by insensitive development over which the indigenous peoples have no participation. Africa has n...
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1.0 BACKGROUND Land continues to be at the forefront of the issues of concern to citizens through out Uganda. Thus proponents of human development advocate for people's participation in decision making so they need to be empowered through information. Broadcast media especially radio is one of the channels that provide information to people. Socially radio stations have sensitized people about the on going land amendment bill 2007.Thus public awareness of the conditi...
ABSTRACT The research on fm radio in promoting children’s rights in Mukono “was conducted in Mukono Municipality in Mukono district found in central part of Uganda. The research involved 110 respondents who included. 15 human rights activists, 30 children, 20 parents both male and female 10 journalists, 5 political leaders and 30 community members. The research was guided by research objectives which involved; finding out role of the radio in promoting children’s rights in Mukono, findi...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY/ABSTRACT This thesis entitled “The effect of customer care on small business growth” is presented as a result of a research that was carried out in Smile Telecom Company limited at their head office in Kampala. The study was based on three specific objectives, i.e.; to examine the various customer care initiatives used in Smile Telecom limited, to establish the impact of effective customer care on business growth in Smile Telecom limited, and to identify the challenges o...