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Challenges and Barriers to the Health Service Delivery System in Uganda
(IOSR Journal of Nursing and Health Science (IOSR-JNHS), 2016-04) Nabukeera, M. Sebyala
This paper summarizes the barriers of the health service delivery system in Uganda including but not limited to policy matters, medical staff, transport, distance and referral mechanism, drugs and medical facilities, costs and financing of services, corruption and bribery, culture and attitudes.;the manuscript summarizes with future recommendations to government of Uganda in terms of improving the referral mechanism, encourage community financing health schemes, adopt collaborative practices, conceptualize and implementation of the Alma-Ata-Declaration of 1978, recognize the importance of informal providers of healthcare to the poor, sensitization of health workers on infection control and post exposure prophylaxis, government should develop strategies to enhance public hospital management and awareness of threats related with expiry medicines.
Communication and Employee Performance at the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development (MLHUD) Uganda
(Islamic University Multidiscilpinary Journal, 2018-12) Nabukeera, M. Sebyala; Bwengye, Micheal; Akankwasa, Jacquelin
This study sought to examine the effect of effective communication on employee performance in Ministry of Lands, Housing, and Urban Development. The objective of this research was to determine the impact of effective communication on employees’ performance in Ministry of Lands, Housing, and Urban Development. The study adopted a descriptive survey design on a target population of 208 staffs of Ministry of Lands, Housing, and Urban Development out of which a sample of 194 was drawn using stratified random sampling techniques. Data was collected from 194 employees by means of a questionnaire supplemented with interviews, descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze data under Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) to examine the effects of the variables i.e. effective communication and employee performance. The study results showed that first, organizational and job characteristics have a positive and statistically significant relationship with effective communication by the correlation coefficient of 0.667 with p-value of 0.000. Secondly, organizational and job characteristics have a positive and statistically significant relationship with employee performance as showed by the correlation coefficient of 0.596 with p-value of 0.000. Also, it indicated that there is a significant and positive impact of the predictors on the response variable with an adjusted R2 of 54%. The recommendations given for this study therefore, are that on top of face-to-face communication channel, Ministry should also to improve on the use of email/internet communication as well as emphasizing open and candid communication to ensure effective communication for better organizational performance
COVID-19 and online educationduring emergencies in higher education
(Archives of Business Review, 2020-08-25) Nabukeera, M. Sebyala
Higher education faced unplanned, unwanted, un experienced, tense test in online learning with Novel Covid-19 pandemic. For all the stakeholders participating in this type of training from lecturers, students and support ICT staff its unwelcome but the university systems were stuck on how they have to go through to ensure that they end Semester II academic year 2019/20. Early January 2020, the outbreak of the Covid-19 caused Ugandan universities to close the physical campuses following a presidential directive. On 20thMarch 2020, from lower primary, secondary education to universities. This forced university administration to instruct teaching staff to teach all courses on-line apart from practical courses that need laboratory training. This paper focused on instructional strategies in Uganda and focuses on a case of Islamic University in Uganda Females’ Campus (IUIUFC). Fifteen specific instructional strategies are presented to summarize current online teaching experiences for university instructors who might conduct online education in similar circumstances. The study concluded with 15 high impact principles for online education.
The Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic and theHealth Sector in Uganda
(Quest Journals, 2021-01-10) Nabukeera, M. Sebyala
The cases of Coronavirus disease are on the raise in Uganda, to make matters worse there is increased community transmission of the COVID-19this increases the spread of the disease since there is carelessness within community members in reference to implementation of standard operating procedures.This paper aimed at investing the experiences during COVID-19 in the health sector in Uganda. Specifically,how Uganda health sector managed COVID 19pandemic, the lessons learnt from COVID-19, challenges encountered in the health sector during COVID -19and the impact of COVID 19 on the health sector and way forward. The study used secondary data mainly newspapers to answer the objectives of the study.Findings indicate that Government adhered to WHO guidelines, Ministry of Health designed Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), designated health centers for handling COVID-19patients, quarantine centers, government turned to private hospitals to support in the treatment of coronavirus patients, continued updates from WHO, a taskforce on COVID-19, lockdown of the entire country, quarantines, NGOs in health supported Training of Trainers (TOTs), rapidly mobilized the external and domestic resources to finance the response to COVID -19.
Division Solid Waste Generation and Composition in Kampala Capital City Authority, Uganda
(IOSR Journal of Environmental Science, Toxicology and Food Technology (IOSR-JESTFT), 2014-10) Nabukeera, M. Sebyala; Boerhannoeddin, Ali; Noriza, Raja
Recognition of waste generation trends and composition is a significant phase towards planning, policy making, budget allocation, management and improving the state of solid waste for any particular country. The objective of this paper therefore was to discover the generation of waste by the five divisions of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) and private sector as a quick fix to guide policy makers to make informed decisions in proper management of waste in Kampala. In this paper, a qualitative method was used mainly observation and a few available documents. The researcher and research assistants recorded every refuse truck that off loaded at Kitezi Sanitary Landfill 24 hours a day for a period of one financial year (from July 2012-June 2013). The aim was to determine the number of tonnes per vehicle since the weigh bridge was nonfunctional. The waste tonnage was determined on the basis of the weigh bridge’s archived information and with this information, the total waste produced by each division (daily, weekly and monthly) was quantified. Results indicate that KCCA, a government representative body entrusted to manage Kampala, collects the biggest percentage of waste (64.36%) generated compared to private sector (35.64%), Furthermore, Central Division generates the highest tonnage of waste (64.171 tonnes) per year compared to other Divisions. In conclusion we propose that government allocates funds according to percentage generation of waste and on this basis, KCCA needs to place emphasis on reducing waste generation by encouraging sustainable reuse and recycling as well as addressing key success factors that include expertise, awareness of the public, strengthening partnerships to pool resources and promoting advanced technology
Experiences, associated capabilities and responsibilities of Landfill Management in Kampala Capital City authority Uganda
(Journal of Environmental Science, Toxicology and Food Technology (IOSR-JESTFT), 2015-10) Nabukeera, M. Sebyala; Noriza, Raja; Boerhannoeddin, Ali
Landfills are common dumping places for garbage in many poor and developing countries.Even thought they are associated to environment risks, they remain the preffered means of waste due to their economic factor. Semi structured interviews were conducted with 19 employees of Kitezi landfill between June and November 2013 and they shared their lived experiences of the landfill daily tasks, sustainability ,achievements,mainteanance of infrastructure, control, treatment and monitoring of leachate, quality control, achievements of landfill under KCCA ,continued challenges and recommendations. Results show relatively high pH, Total Dissolved Solids (TDS), Conductivity and extremely low Oxidation-Reduction Potentials (ORP) for Leachate and its path through Bitarabeho’s Farm.Though proud of their contribution for a period of over 10 years, , they were concerned about their long term health outcome.The lived experiences provided rich insights into the experiences of landfill management and exposed the pending challenges for poor developing country like Uganda.
An Exploration Of Students’ Lived Experiences In Females’ Campus In Uganda
(Quest Journals, 2018-11-03) Nabukeera, M. Sebyala
The purpose of the transcendental phenomenological study is to describe the lived experience of female students in Islamic University in Uganda Females’ Campus (IUIU FC). A qualitative method was used specifically exhausting Moustakas’ methods, framework and data analysis guidelines, coupled with interviews and focused group discussions used Seidman’s three-interview process. Thus, the study was based upon the results of interviews of 12students from different under graduate courses in IUIU FC and three (3) focused group discussions who collaboratedovera period of fourmonths. It was important to capture this phenomenon, as it occurred within the university at a time of broad educational reform, strategic planning,uncertainty that would allow others to understand howstudents respond to the lived experiences to understand how their stay impacted on their learning and intended to increase on the students’ royalty in the university. This research examined the following objectives: (a) establish the challenges that students encounter while at IUIU FC (b)explain the factors that determine the choice to study at IUIU FC (c) to examine the policies of IUIU FC and (d) identify the benefits of studying in such environment. The fundamental textural-structural synthesis revealed six common themes aswell as a variety of sub-themes across all participants. Themes like; policies, social life, professionalism and reduced communication plus external circumstances as well as internal conditions they encountered.The insights from this study may inform management of the perception of students on university policies, policy implementers to accept amendments, address the challenges and forecast on where they want to see the university in future.
The Gender Issues in Uganda
(SCHOLINK INC., 2020-07-23) Nabukeera, M. Sebyala
This manuscript analyzed Gender disparities in Uganda including asset ownership and employment as well as Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV)and their persistence in Uganda.The study used a descriptive design with secondary data obtained from Uganda Bureau of Statistics UBOS (2019). The study established that women are going through alot of physical and sexual violence,and few of them are owning assets inspite of the efforts made by Government of Uganda and development partners.The study recommended need to increase on awareness in order to fight gender discrimination within the Uganda.
Governance Of Electoral Processes In Uganda
(Quest Journals, 2018-11-03) Nabukeera, M. Sebyala
This article offers the continuation of election systems but sets beginnings of understanding electoral management in Uganda specifically designing an election management model, electoral governance, electoral commission, election management body, legal framework, constitutional changes, major developments, challenges, continuous improvements, and post-election, democratization. The historical lack of a comprehensive framework for Electoral administration bodies have indebted election spectators and managers to make declarations on the basis of imperfect evidence, regularly collected on the day of the vote and count and on the basis of political convenience rather than the facts on ground. The intent in this article is the new framework provided for electoral management bodies to support them to perform their duty effectively. A qualitative method of analysis was used through library research. The framework delineated here will make it possible to identify arrangements for the success and failure in the fairness of elections. It should enable all stakeholders to focus on the challenging areas of election administration, where the government might then choose to focus its efforts to improve the quality of subsequent elections.
The Impact Of The Country’s Health Services’ Expenditure On The Success Of Mdgs, Goal 4/Sdg 3
(Archives of Business Research, 2020-08-25) Nabukeera, M. Sebyala
Safeguarding access to health services is a serious challenge for poor countries if the Sustainable Development Goals are to (SDGs) are to be achieved. This paper scrutinizes the case of Uganda, a country which is trying to improve its health sector amid a lot of challenges between 2000-2016 to assess how the country has performed in the reduction of child mortality given its expenditure. This study involved analyzing the available data drawn from various sources i.e., time series data on public health expenditure was obtained from Ministry of Health reports and the budget and Ministerial Policy Statements for the period 2000-2016. This data was further demarcated into parameters such as per capita government spending on health in Uganda shillings, health spending as a proportion of Gross Democratic Product (GDP) and private health spending as a proportion of total health spending. Findings revealed that non-significant negative effect of GDP per capita growth on infant mortality rate from 2000 to 2016, a negative effect of GDP per capita on under-five mortality in Uganda from 2000 to 2016, albeit the effect is non-significant (P>0.05), decline in Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) from 527 death per 100,000 live birth in 1995 to 336 death per 100,000 live birth in 2016, and there is a negative but insignificant effect of health sector budget allocation on the MMR in Uganda since the P-value (0.199). Maternal mortality fell significantly in Uganda due to some interventions in the health sector. The decline is likely to have been cause due to supply and demand situations. There is need to improve funding in the health sector in order to improve quality health services through better coordination, health management, transportation, access, infrastructure at the district level.
Insecurty In Maska District
(Quest Journals, 2018-11-03) Nabukeera, M. Sebyala
This article examines the problem of insecurity in Uganda in areas of Masaka district in the western part of the country. It provides a typology of the insecurity incidents which occurred in areas of Bukomansimbi, Lwengo, Rakai, Sembabule, Kalungu, Nyendo, Lyantonde districts and Kingo sub-county and examines the steps which government and other stakeholders have taken to address the problem. Using a qualitative approach, interviews were conducted in the affected areas with LCI chairpersons, locals and area members of parliament together with library research to explain why these measures have failed to reduce the high level of crime that takes place in and around the country. The article focuses on three related issues: the political economy of the Uganda state;catalysts for insecurity and the manner in which the government and other actors have sought to manage the country's insecurity situation.
Non-Financial Rewards, Motivation and Employee Performance in Ministry of Internal Affairs (MoIA) Uganda
(Islamic University Multidiscilpinary Journal, 2019) Nabukeera, M. Sebyala; Bwengye, Micheal; Buwembo, Mohammed
The success for any organization is implied in achieving its strategic objective and goal, which is mostly achieved while relying and focusing on motivation level of its employees, and it is non financial rewards that increase intrinsic motivation within employees yet most organizations have been emphasizing extrinsic rewards such as money, which for one reason or the other don’t energize or drives employees for better performance. Therefore, the current research study sought to examine the effect of non-financial rewards on motivation and performance in MoIA. The objective of this research was to examine how motivation out of non-financial rewards impacts employee performance in the MoIA, Uganda. The study adopted a descriptive survey design on a target population of 152 staffs of MoIA, Department of Citizenship and Immigration Control out of which a sample of 110 was drawn using stratified random and purposive sampling techniques. Data was collected from 100 employees by means of a questionnaire supplemented with interviews, descriptive statistics, correlation and regression analyses were used to examine the effects of the variables i.e. nonfinancial rewards, motivation and performance. The study results showed that, the correlation coefficient between non-financial rewards and motivation was 0.449 with p-value of 0.000 indicating statistically a positive significant relationship while the correlation coefficient between non-financial rewards and performance was 0.175 with p-value of 0.081 showing no positive significant relationship between motivation and performance. This therefore suggests that when there is effective non-financial reward management, motivation improves accordingly but motivation does not directly influence performance. The recommendations given for this study therefore, are to help MoIA to review its motivational policy in relation to performance
Population Growth and Economic Development
(SCHOLINK INC., 2020-07-16) Nabukeera, M. Sebyala
Much of the anxiety concerning the harmful consequence of a hasty population growth on economic development is grounded mainly on the understanding that in developing countries its linked on numerous challenges such as; poverty, unemployment, high infant mortality, hunger, inadequate social services and poor infrastructure. Secondary data analysis claimed that this view is erroneous implying that unemployment might be as a result of unfortunate education system in Uganda which produces job seekers than job creators, limited experiences, lack of awareness of the prevailing jobs and nepotism. The paper recommended major intervention in skills development for young people and proper implementation of policies and increased Investment in agriculture and other subsequent sectors while offering quantity but low productivity jobs and building skills and equipping labor with requisite knowledge and setup capital will lead to job creation
Recentralisation Of Performance Of Urban Solid Waste Management Service Delivery In Lubage-Kampala Uganda.
(Archives of Business Research, 2020-08-25) Nabukeera, M. Sebyala
Kampala is a government seat and the capital city of Uganda. Kampala has been referred to as an executive slum due to its breakdown in service delivery. Currently the city is facing increased population growth, increased demand for services, changing consumptions, rising income which has caused urbanization that resulted into increased solid waste generated. While Kampala has a lot of challenges i.e., garbage, potholes, sewer service, construction, traffic management, corruption, health services, environment, stray livestock and management of markets. The main objective of this papers was to investigate service delivery during the recentralization of the city in line with garbage tonnage. Secondary data from Lubaga division used with content analysis to analysis the collected data. Results indicated that a small number of trips and fuel consumption in December compared to October and November 2016. The fall in trend of garbage collected could be as a result of some measures like burning which are adopted by some households in Rubaga division. It is also believed that some KCCA garbage vehicles remain on the road sides and this would make it hard for some people who are far from the road to bring their garbage. Keyword
Recentralisation and Urban Service Delivery in Kampala Capital City Authority— Uganda
(SCHOLINK INC., 2020-07-23) Nabukeera, M. Sebyala
Recentralisationin of Kampala City took effect in 2010 under the Kampala Capital City Authority(KCCA) Act with responsibility to manage the city on behalf of government of Uganda with the view to improve service delivery.The dynamics provided for both decentralization and Recentralisation policies during its implementation which led to shift of powers back to the centre.The study focused on quantitative data analysis and finding reviled 60.8 Percent off female under school going age are not attending school,there is 98.9 percent have access to clean piped water,62 percent of solid waste is from residential areas,8.2 percent use commercial toilets and 72.6 percent are 5 kilo meters away from the health facility hence a significant improvement in service delivery.
Recentralization of Kampala City Administration in Uganda
(Sage, 2015-09) Nabukeera, M. Sebyala; Bwengye, Micheal; Boerhannoeddin, Ali; Noriza, Raja
The government disseminated a new constitution in 1995 with the provision on decentralization of Article 176 2 (b) that acted shortly before the rebirth of the local government act in 1997. Devolution as a form of decentralization transferred both political and administrative powers from the center to lower local councils specially to handle the responsibility of service delivery. Following the approval of the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) Act 2010, the city’s administration reverted to the central government. Detractors of decentralization allege that the conveyance in the policy and legislation for change of Kampala city administration was timely because decentralization failed to deliver desired services to residents. This article contends that recentralization of Kampala city administration was a necessary evil, it decreased the autonomy of sub-national governments in civil service administration, eroded accountability to the electorates, and transferred the allegiance of the accounting officer from local governments with and for which they work to the central government that designates and positions. To inflame accountability in local governments, the article champions for the reexamining of the KCCA Act 2010 to allow power sharing between the mayor and executive director to enhance bottom-up accountability, checks and balances, and for participation of central government in appointing of executive director to allow financial and security support. It additionally requests for a reconsideration of the 9th Parliament to lobby for the amendments owing to challenges in its implementation and impact on accountability
The Role Of A Teacher In Developing And Implementing A Holistic Model In Youth Personality Development At Higher Education
(Quest Journals, 2018-11-03) Nabukeera, M. Sebyala
The paper analyzed the role of a teacher in developing and implementing a holistic model in youth personality development at higher education. Using literature review as a method of analysis, the results indicate that, Young people are living, learning and negotiating transitions to adulthood and independence in an increasingly complex and challenging world, in which they face greater levels of choice and opportunity, but also unprecedented uncertainty and risk. This calls for youth empowerment, support, understanding, care, empathy, involvement if the dream of training a holistic child will ever be reached in higher education.
Staff Turnover in Government Institutions in Uganda
(Islamic University Multidiscilpinary Journal,vol. 5 Issue 2, December, 2018, 2018-12) Nabukeera, M. Sebyala
This study explores the causes and effects of employee turnover in government institutes of higher learning and to identify existing practices in human resource retention strategies. In this study, interviews with employees of Uganda Institute of Communication Technology (UICT) who left, senior, middle levels, lower level managers and available employees were carried out and staff exposed that turnover rates stand at 12% with main causes including low salaries are low, organizational instability, staff development, failure to maintain talented staff, lack of job security, lack of substantive principal and deputy principal, lack of access to salary loans and lack of proper promotion methods with internal recruitments being on a halt. This study indicates that managers need fast track the recruitment of the senior managers, reconsider the halting of internal recruitment, consider any form of salary increment and reconsider the 1 year contract extension and reinstate the 5 year contract
Sustainable Management of KCCA Mpererwe Landfill
(IOSR Journal of Environmental Science, Toxicology and Food Technology (IOSR-JESTFT), 2014-11) Nabukeera, M. Sebyala; Boerhannoeddin, Ali; Noriza, Raja
Approximately 1500 tonnes are dumped at Kitezi landfill presently in Uganda, due to increased daily generation of solid waste. Although this state of affairs calls for improvement of the practices at the landfill in a sustainable manner to safeguard the environment and uphold public health, the required technology for the landfill is yet to be attained. The aim of this paper is to ascertain and assess the growth and tendencies in landfil utilization in Uganda. In 1970s management of solid was characterized by the use of the traditional open dumping sites normally found in the suburbs of the city, an approach that was suitable since the population was still low. The period from 1986 embraced a decentralized system of management that was accompanied with rapid construction of residential structures and a reduction in spaces for open dumping. This called for a more organized system for solid waste management. Thus waste management became a responsibility of the five divisions under Kampala Capital City Authority. In early1990s, outsourcing of solid waste management services in all divisions of KCCA was witnessed and in 1996 the first sanitary landfill was launched at Kitezi as the only engineered landfill (called ‘Kitezi Landfill’) for municipal waste. In 2005 the landfill became a nuisance because of bad odour, vermin and this was made worse by scavengers who scattered waste in the neighborhood. In 1999 the National environment regulation for Uganda was implemented for municipal waste to enable cleaner production methods, licenses and to devolve power for inspecting the environment. Although implementation of the regulations is yet to yield modest results, it is clear that it was big step towards a positive foundation establishing a sustainable disposal and solid waste management system in Uganda. Key
Teamwork and Staff Performance at Umar Bin Alkhattwab Islamic Centre(UBAIC)Uganda
(Islamic University Multidiscilpinary Journal, 2018-12) Nabukeera, M. Sebyala; Ssekadde, Fatumah; Bwengye, Micheal
The present study sought to examine the effect of work teams on employee performance in Umar Bin Alkhattwab Islamic Centre. The objective of this research was to examine the effects of teamwork on employees’ performance in Umar Bin Alkhattwab Islamic Centre. The study adopted a descriptive survey design on a target population of 205staffs of Umar Bin Alkhattwab Islamic Centre out of which a sample of 135 was drawn using simple random and purposive sampling techniques. Data was collected from 120 employees by means of a questionnaire supplemented with interviews. Descriptive and inferential statisticswere used to analyze data under Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) to examine the effects of the variables i.e.teamwork, team spirit, team trust, and team leadership and employee performance. The study results showed that, there is a significant and positive impact of the predictors on the response variable with an adjusted R2 of 70.5%. The I.Vs’ of teamwork, team spirit, team trust and leadership has a significant and positiveeffect on employee performance in UBAIC but from a negative perspective unfortunately. The recommendations given for this study therefore, are to aid UBAIC to improve teamwork for better organizational performanc