FACTORS LIMITING ACCESSIBILITY OF YOUTH LIVELIHOOD) PROGRAMMES IN KIRA MUNICIPALITY, WAKISO DISTRICT- UGANDA

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION

APPROVAL

DEDICATION iv

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT v

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS vi

TABLE OF CONTENTS vii

ABSTRACT viH

CHAPTER ONE 1

1.1 Introduction 1

1.2 Background to the Study

1.2.1 Historical Background 2

1.2.2 Theoretical Background 4

1.2.3 Contextual Background 5

1.2.4 Conceptual Background 5

1.3 Problem Statement 5

1.4 General objective 6

1.5 Specific Objectives 6

1.6 Research Questions 6

1.7 Conceptual framework 7

1.9 Significance of the Study 9

1.10 Justification for the Study 9

1.11 Scope ofthe Study .10

1.11.1 Content Scope .10

1.11.2 Geographical Scope .10

1.11.3 Time Scope .10

1.12 Operational Definitions 10

CHAPTER TWO 10

LITERATURE REVIEW 11

2.1 Introduction 11

2.2 Overview of Key Concepts of the Study 11

2.3 Youth livelihood prcgrammes being implemented 12

2.3.l Civic participation 12

2.3.2 Education Attainment 13

2.3.3 Life skills and Critical Thinlcing 13

2.3.4 Alumni Participation in Restless Development 14

2.4 Factors limiting youth accessibility to livelihood programmes 14

2.5 Mitigating the limiting factors of the Youth Livelihood program 22

2.5.1 Role of Religion to the accessibility of YLP 23

2.5.2 Role of Family tvieinbers and Peers to the accessibility of the YLP 24

2.5.3 Contributions of cultural Values to the accessibility to the YLP 25

2.6 summary of literature 27

CHAPTER THREE .28

METHODOLOGY 28

3.1 Introduction 28

3.2 Research Design 28

3.3 Study Population 28

3.4 Sample size 28

3.5 Sampling techniques and procedure 29

3.6 Data Collection Procedure 30

3.7 Data Collection Methods 30

3.7.2 Secondary data 30

3.7.1 Interviews 30

3.7.2 Questionnairc 31

3.7.3 Observation 31

3.7.3 Focus Group Discussions 31

3.9 Data Analysis 31

CHAPTER FOUR 33

PRESENTATION, INTERPRETATION AND ANALYSIS OF THE FINDiNGS 33

4.0 Introduction 33

4.1 Demographic data 33

4.3 The ways through which youth access the Youth Livelihood Programme in kira municipality wakiso district 38

4.4 The effect of YLP on income level and skills development among the youth 39

4.4 Training under YLP.~41

4.5 A Cross tabulation of the division and enterprise sector 42

4.7 Challenges faced by the Youth Groups in Kira municipality in accessing youth livelihood programmes in wakiso district 42

CHAPTER FIVE 43

DISCUSSION, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS 44

5.1 Conclusion 44

5.2 Recommendations 44

REFERENCES 47

APPENDICES 50

APPENDIX I: QUESTIONNAIRES 50

ABSTRACT 

The purpose of the study was to determine the factors limiting the accessibility of youth livelihood programs in Kira municipality Wakiso district Kampala Uganda. The study was guided by three objectives namely; to find out youth livelihood programs being implemented in Wakiso district, to establish factors limiting youth accessibility to livelihood program, to find out how these limiting factors can be mitigated.. The study used research design, study population, sample size observation, questionnaire and interviews and during the study to collect data, descriptive research design was used as both quantitative and qualitative research methodologies were also used while a sample of 90 respondents was used. The study recommends that there is need to train youth groups by handling on a case by case basis depending on the nature of the enterprises specialized in while considering the group dynamics, the design of the program should take into consideration the social constraints.