ABSTRACT This study sought to examine the influence of monitoring and evaluation practices on the performance of road infrastructure projects. The study objectives were; to establish the influence of M&E planning on the performance of road infrastructure projects, to examine the influence of M&E capacity on the performance of road infrastructure projects, and lastly to examine the influence of M&E communication on the performance of road infrastructure projects, in the study context. The stu...
ABSTRACT Hostels play a significant role in the lodging industry throughout the world and even in some locations in the Uganda where there is a university. In recent years a preference of staying in hostels has increased rapidly among university students and parents in Uganda, currently according to the National Council for Higher Education the number of registered universities is 47. This study explored the factors that affect the occupancy rates in hostels in Uganda’s a case of Makerere ...
ABSTRACT This study was about Post Audit Practices and Internal Control Implementation in Local Government in Uganda using a case of Wakiso District. The study sought to investigate the relationship between post-audit practices and internal controls implementation in Wakiso district. Using a cross-sectional design approach, the study considered a sample of 357 out of a population of 5102staff of Wakiso district drawn from selected constituencies of Wakiso which were; Makindye, Nansana and Wa...
ABSTRACT The main purpose of the study was to assess the relationship between procurement planning and effective service delivery by local government procurement system in Uganda with a case study of Lira District local government and municipal. The study was guided by three objectives: To establish whether procurement planning process contribute to effective service delivery, to examine the procurement planning practices that contributes to effective service delivery and to examine the rela...
ABSTRACT This study set to examine the relationship between television advertising scope and sales performance, using Movit Products Limited as a case study. The study examined the relationship between television advertising scope and sales performance, established the relationship between television advertising scope and consumer behavior, assessed the relationship between consumer behavior and sales performance and examined the mediating role of consumer behavior in the relationship betwee...
ABSTRACT This study set to examine human resource planning and labor turnover in the hotel sub-sector of Uganda. The study established the effect of organizational targetson labor turnover, found out the influence of current human resource capacity analysis on labor turnover and established the effect of man power forecasts on labor turnover in the hotel sub-sector. A quantitative and cross sectional design using a sample of 181 respondents was adopted. Simple random sampling techniquewas us...
ABSTRACT Tuberculosis remains a major health problem affecting about a third of the world population despite a number of preventive and control measures taken in the past few decades. Eighty-five percent of all Tuberculosis cases are concentrated in Asia and Africa due to lack of education and health infrastructure. This study examines the “effect of education on Tuberculosis control in the Eastern Region of Ghana: A case of Lower Manya Krobo and New Juaben Municipalities”. To obtain this...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this current study was to examine the impact of interest margin on the profitability of banks in Ghana with the focus on Fidelity Bank Ghana. Purposive sampling technique was use to select Fidelity Bank for the study. Secondary data (Annual reports of Fidelity Bank Ghana Limited for 2013-2017) was analyzed. Data was analyzed with Pearson Correlation. The findings revealed that positive relationship exist between interest rate margin and bank profitability (ROA and ROE)...
ABSTRACT The general objective of the study was to analyse people’s perceptions and management of diabetes and hypertension in some rural communities of Ghana. In conducting the research, qualitative method was mainly used to elicit information from the selected communities through semi-structured questionnaire from the selected communities (N340) and twenty (N20) diabetics/hypertensives patients from the diabetics and hypertensive association in the district for in-depth interviews. The st...
ABSTRACT The study was based on assessing the effective implementation of property tax system. It was conducted in Dodoma Municipal Council. This study specifically focused on three issues which are to analyse the extent of property tax implementation in Tanzania economy, Property tax base definition and the property tax systems operating in local government Authorities in Tanzania. The study employed a cross sectional design with a case study meant to get in depth data. Respondents in this ...
ABSTRACT The link between economic growth and human development has been a subject since the year 1970‟s. Education, which is an important component of human development, has been found to explain varying levels of return and economic growth. People‟s opinions have not been taken into considerations which led to a failure of projects which were incepted by the government in different periods of time. The main objective of this study, was to assess the perceptions of stakeholders towards ...
ABSTRACT The study focused on Perception of Young Couples on Contraceptives Use in Siha District. The use of contraceptive methods is a key constituent of health services and it benefits the health and wellbeing of women, men, children, families, and their communities. The widespread adoption of family planning represents one of the most dramatic changes of the 20th century. This study guided by three specific objectives which are to examine awareness and attitudes on young couples about con...
ABSTRACT The gold mining industry is a price taker, a predicament that makes cost control and management the most important consideration to maximise profit. Despite the growing concern for employing management accountants to utilize modern management accounting techniques to control cost, mining companies continue to adopt traditional methods of cost control. The study, therefore, seeks to investigate the perceptions of non-finance managers on the role of management accountants and the exte...
ABSTRACT A much-discussed criterion for evaluating development NGO activities concerns the "sustainability of their projects - that is, their ability to remain viable after external support ceases - and their replicability - the degree to which groups not directly assisted by the NGO take up NGO projects on their own. If the benefits of NGO work cease when the resources do, the NGO is merely providing “aid”, if the benefits continue past the period of NGO involvement, “development” ...
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to assess the contribution of decentralization towards improvement of secondary education service provision in Tanzania with the specific case of Dodoma Municipality. The study was conducted under three objectives. First, to investigate on how decentralization of secondary education has contributed to the availability of teaching and learning materials, good teaching and learning environment in secondary schools. Second, to examine on how community members ...