Mass media welfare and effective journalism in Uganda look into the problems Ugandan media houses and journalist face as they carry out their duties. The results of the methodology shows that the media houses and their staffs are not given the best care. The journalism in Uganda based on what is obtainable and the proper welfare of Ugandan journalists. Journalists also should be objective and honest so as to bring journalism in Uganda back to her former honor. The government should allow journalists and the media houses to function freely without disturbance of any kind. These caused Ugandan mass media to be what it ought to be. The researcher used a case study of Uganda broadcasting cooperation Nakasero hill, Kampala. I found out what can make for the welfare of the media staff and how effectiveness can be achieved in the discharge of their duties. The area the researcher covered the media houses and media staff welfare of Uganda and journalist of Uganda broadcasting cooperation Kampala. The population for the study was comprised of the media house, staffs and journalists of Uganda Broadcasting Corporation Kampala and all the practitioners within the area. The researcher used members of Uganda Broadcasting Corporation in media houses and newspaper including staff and the journalists. From the findings, the number of respondents who Strongly agreed that, “Mass media helps in sensitizing the community / nation about the important information which needs to be disseminated “were 96% which was more than those who Agreed with 4% and none of the respondents disagreed, strongly disagreed or were not sure. Upon the findings, the government should also allow the journalists to practice freely in disseminating information to the Public. And the journalists should also try as much as possible to be fearless and objective as they carry out their duties hence following the ethics of their profession.

The study focused on investigating the relationship between the role played by the non-governmental organizations and poverty alleviation in Uganda but with a bias in Bugili municipality local government. The study was guided by several research objectives and research questions. The researcher used by qualitative and quantitative methods to collect and analyze both primary and secondary data to draw collusions on the subject matter. The study is expected to be of great significance to the government authorities as it will guide the policy formulation and strategies to eliminate poverty and its impact in Bugili municipality local government. The study found out that there is a close correlation between the role played by the non-governmental organizations and poverty alleviation in Uganda. This calls for instant government and non-state intervention by both government and non-government organizations so as to eliminate the scourge. From the findings, it was observed that the majority of the respondents strongly agreed (100%) that there a number of other challenges facing the non-governmental organizations while executing their mandate in Kabale District. 20% of the respondents agreed that there was a problem of limited finance which affect their deliberations for poverty alleviation in the subcounty.10% agreed that there was political interference in their roles which has put a number of projects on a standstill as different stakeholders hold varying interest, while 30% agreed strongly that limited funding stands to be the big challenge making it the biggest hinderance to efficient funding of all the necessary activities in the subcounty. The government should facilitate fully all agencies involved in the municipality for efficient monitoring and supervision including civil society so as to harmonize their efforts and initiatives towards the division’s success.

The research study was primarily aim at assessing the effect of operation wealth creation to youth farmers’ development. a case study of Kirima sub county, Kanungu district. The research study was base on various objectives that includes establishing the contribution or role of operation wealth creation towards improving livelihoods, establishing the different challenges met by Operation wealth creation program in extending services to farmers and finding out the extent to which operation wealth creation program was improving the productivity of agriculture in, Kirima Sub-County, Kanungu district. The study further sought to establish relationship between Operation wealth creation program and the level of food and nutrition security in rural areas. According to the study findings on the challenges met by OWC program in extending services to households, shortage of agricultural inputs, uncooperative members, unfavourable climate and low value addition to agricultural production were the major challenges. This was because 17% strongly agreed and 83% of the total respondents agreed with both challenges that they were affecting them badly. The researcher recommended that farmers need to take on the advice from different technical teams if the operation wealth creation program is to perform to their expectations. Policy makers especially parliament representatives should try to follow up the OWC programme in conjunction with the evaluation teams to know how the programme is being implemented. They should also try to deal with the problem of corruption whereby it is claimed that much of the OWC program funds were embezzled when they reached at the sub-county level which is the level of implementation.

This study was aiming at examining impact of poverty on the increasing rate on domestic violence: Case Study of Wattuba Sub-County, Kyankwanzi District. This study was directed by objectives and these include: To examine the main cause of poverty in wattuba sub-county, Kyakwanzi District, to identify the cause of domestic violence in the area of the study Suggest ways of eliminating or reducing the occurrence of domestic violence in the wattuba subcounty Kyakwanzi district. The study employed the descriptive design, since poverty and domestic violence can be described easily, in the collection of data, the research design is preferred because it enabled the researcher systematically collect and present data to give a clear picture regarding poverty over domestic violence. Both quantitative data was used because they involved carrying out interviews and conducting group discussions. Under quantitative method, questionnaires were used to establish the parties affected and how they are affected. It was found that 46.3% of the respondents were married and those of 31.3% were of single, 12.3% were divorced as well as 10.0% those who never got married. According to the researcher it indicates that most of people who participated and affected by the poverty and domestic violence are those who have been married in terms of violation of human rights, beating of women and as well as children. The design of the study enabled the researcher to examine the impact of poverty on the domestic violence in wattuba sub-county Kyankwanzi district. It included the finding from the respondent, presentation and conclusion as well as recommendation.

The purpose of the study was to discover the prevalence of defilement on the learner’s academic performance in Nansana municipality in Wakiso District. The study was based on the results from the 230 respondents who presented accurate data to be retrieved out of the sample size of over 310 respondents. The objectives of the study were to find out the level of knowledge the people have on when there is defilement, to find out the rate of defilement cases reported monthly, to assess the academic performance of students who are victims of defilement and finally to identify the main perpetrators of defilement in the community. Data was collected from the defilement victims, teachers, parents and finally police officers at Bufumbira Police station in Wakiso District. The results of the study in this report indicate that over 40% of the respondents stated that they understand defilement as the act of having sexual intercourse with a child who is below the age of 18 years, 80% of the most reported cases are always in the community, results also indicated most of the victims of defilement perform poorly and finally this report shows that the main perpetrators of defilement are the peer groups outside school. Key findings indicated that majority (196, 85%) of the respondents had knowledge about defilement compared to the minority that had no knowledge about defilement (30, 14.7%). Findings further revealed that majority of the defilement cases (80%) were reported at the police station compared to the 20% of the cases that were reported at the municipal council. The researcher concluded that there was a high prevalence of defilement in Nansana and therefore recommended that in regard to the maximum number of recorded cases coming from the community, the police should make plans to make sure that the people are aware about the dangers of defilement and the possible legal outcomes to the people who plead guilty of defilement.

According to Sollish and Semanik (2012), procurement refers to events handled by a company for proper management of the supply chain. Manufacturing organizations should readjust their procurement practices with the aim of enhancing efficiency and promoting environmental conservation. Interviews were conducted, data collected and analyzed and finally recommendations were made based on the results. This research focused on achieving efficiency and effectiveness within the procurement department so as to improve overall organizational performance. This study’s objective was to determine how organizational performance is affected by procurement practices. Questionnaires were used as a form of data collection. The study population for this research were the finance and procurement employees of National Water and Sewage Cooperation, Kampala. This research embraced a descriptive design, which depicts participants in an accurate way; it describes the people who take part in the study. The research findings revealed that 80% of the population sampled were of the opinion that joint improvement activities positively influenced the operations of the organization, 20% disagreed with this. 57% believed sharing of information intensively but selectively increased organizational performance, while 43% disagreed. The study recommends the building of robust relationships with key suppliers to guarantee unfailing supply and quality of inputs. Manufacturing companies must assess where their greatest investments are made and the benefit procurement can bring to each category. After significant investments are made in machinery, equipment and facilities, the next largest investment should be made in inventories. This is where the organization can produce savings through more efficient production, better utilization of floor space, better service and products to customers.

The study was carried the role of product packaging towards the sales volume of Baking Industry Company Uganda limited. The study was guided by the following objectives; to identify the forms of product packaging used by dairy products company Uganda limited in promoting their sales, to examine the role played by product packaging towards the sales volume of the Baking Industry company Uganda limited, to identify the challenges faced in product packaging their products towards improving success of their business and to find the relationship between product packaging and the sales volume Baking Industry. The researcher used descriptive, cross-sectional and explanatory research designs. Data was collected using questionnaires, interview guide. Data was collected from two sources; primary and secondary source using a sample size of 50 respondents. It was found that Hot loaf bakery company widely used various forms of packages with 100% respondent of made on the type of package that is plastic, plastic paunches, plastics bottles, Automatic pouch making, Hot loaf bakery filling & pouch sealing machines with a printing provision. The study concluded that the findings also indicated that not only Packages that affect sale volume but there are other factors such as research and development, good customer care, price reduction, good after sale service and wide coverage which influenced consumption behavior of the customers in the market. The researcher recommended that Hot loaf bakery need to understand the product packaging towards the sales volume and which media to communicate to consumers. It should put a lot of emphasize in planning promotional programs and set promotional goals and strategies and should ensure to carryout evaluations and control of packaging and make adjustments where possible.

This research was established the relationship between social motivation and employee job satisfaction in Kamwenge District Local Government Uganda. The study used a descriptive research design which specifically focused on correlation analysis of the study data. Using a questionnaire and an interview guide, data was collected from 152 respondents that included general administration, finance and internal audit, community-based services, production, health and education departments at KDLG. Findings from the first and second study objective about the contributions of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation on employee job satisfaction at KDLG found out that the majority of the responses were on strongly agree side. The study found that there was a significant relationship between the variables. Thus, a statistically positive relationship was observed after correlating motivation with employee job satisfaction. The study recommended that the government should offer support in form of capacity building and staff promotions as a way of realizing quality and good job satisfaction in the local governments and the administration of Kamwenge District Local Government. This is possible when the administration schedules motivation programmes such as awards as a way of recognition, salary increment, promotions, among others.

The study aimed at taxation and performance of small and medium sized enterprises in uganda; a case study of Kebisoni town council, Rukugiri district and it was guided by the following objectives; To examine the relationship between tax compliance and the business performance of SMEs in Kebisoni Town Council, Rukugiri, to assess the relationship between tax rates and the business performance of SMEs in Kebisoni Town Council, Rukugiri and to analyze the relationship between tax incentives and the business performance of SMEs in Kebisoni Town Council, Rukugiri. A descriptive research design was adopted for the study since it focuses on the people as well as their attributes which enable the investigator to understand and examine the influence of taxation on SME performance. This was achieved using a survey questionnaire, observation schedule, and document analysis. The study population concentrated on Managers and employees of SMEs in Kebisoni Town Council. The study area was limited to this one SME in Rukugiri since the majority of the SMEs are established in urban areas. The findings in table 2 above reveal that tax rates had a significant effect on the performance of SMEs in Kebisoni Town Council since p – value (.000) was less that the significance level. The correlation coefficient (0.689) shown a strong positive relationship between tax rates, and the performance of SMEs in Kebisoni Town Council. Tax rates have a statistically significant strong positive effect on the performance of SMEs in Kebisoni Town Council, Rukugiri, Uganda. The study recommends that the government of Uganda should design an effective tax rate in such a way that it is not based on the taxable profits as demarcated in the law but on an economic measure which includes the impact of the tax base. This will lower the cost of production for the goods and services which will eventually ensure favorable prices for the goods and services being provided to the customers and thus increase sales turnover and the performance of SMEs in Uganda.

The study was aimed at investigating the impact of teaching methods on academic performance of students in learning English in Kirima secondary school in Kanungu District. The research was based on three main objectives namely; determining the impact of teaching methods on academic performance of students in English subjects, explain various teaching methods used in English subject, suggest some effective teaching methods used in secondary school, subjects. The researcher used descriptive survey design with both qualitative and quantitative data management approaches. The research was based on a sample size of 220 respondents selected using the purposive sample and simple random sampling procedures from Kirima Secondary School teachers and students. The researcher used questionnaire and interviewing methods of data collection in generating the information. The collected data was analyzed using SPSS tool to for determining the reliability and data analysis. Basing on the study conducted by the researcher, the following findings were made; poor performances in English is as a result of English teacher’s characteristics which includes teaching methods, attitudes, experience, training, availability of teaching resources. A student characteristic includes influence by parents, teachers and peers, interest attitude, expectation and discipline of students. School characteristic include average class size, adequacy of facilities of English and English teachers. Conclusion, Teaching/learning should involve activities aimed at helping students to arrive at the learning outcome. This depends on the method the teacher uses to teach. The teacher should approach his/her lesson in the way students are alert and active to avoid boredom and this will enhance participation. Teachers should also start their lesson from known to unknown and this will make students grasp the subject content quickly. Respondent from Kirima Senior Secondary School are not far from the authors. According to their views, teaching methods contribute in a greater extent to poor performance in English.