http://dissertations.umu.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/91 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 22:57:43 GMT 2026-04-07T22:57:43Z http://dissertations.umu.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/1663 Senior citizens grant interventions and livelihoods of beneficiaries; case study: Kibiga sub-county, Kiboga district Ramathan, Ssenyondo The study was carried out in Kibiga Sub-County in Kiboga District. It established the impact of the Senior Citizens Grants interventions on the livelihood activities of beneficiaries. The study further sought to achieve three research objectives notably; to establish the different livelihood activities in Kibiga Sub County, to find out how Senior Citizens Grants impact on livelihood activities of beneficiaries in Kibiga Sub County and lastly to find out whether the local politics of cash transfers impact on the success of Senior Citizens Grants in the sub county of Kibiga and Kiboga district as a whole. The study was guided by the Theory of Change that was published by Carol Weiss (1995). It employed a single case study research design and a qualitative approach. A total of 69 respondents participated in the study that included Kiboga district community development officer (DCDO), Resident District Commissioner (RDC) Kiboga district SCGs district technical personnel, beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries of the grants. The researcher used data mostly from primary sources using interview guides, focus group discussions and observations. The data collected was analyzed and findings revealed that: key livelihood activities in Kiboga district particularly Kibiga Sub County included but were not limited to, Agriculture where crops like maize, bananas, beans, were grown this was followed by livestock farming where animals like cows, pigs, sheep, goats as well as poultry keeping was also another livelihood activity, small scale businesses were also found to be a livelihood activity where residents sell general merchandise and farm products. It was also found out that alternative livelihood strategies undertaken by the state and other civil society organizations were National Agricultural Advisory Services and these were so key in supporting the present livelihood activities in the sub county and in the district in general. Functional Adult Literacy was also found to be another alternative livelihood strategy which had positive impacts in promoting the key livelihood activities in the area in that it helped beneficiaries of the SCGs to acquire knowledge and skills in practicing agriculture, poultry and small scale business enterprises. The study also found out that politics of cash transfers play an important role in achieving desirable outcomes of the Senior Citizens Grants outputs right from program planning through implementation and to evaluation. Indeed politics of Cash Transfers are a key to achieving expected objectives especially reducing chronic poverty whereby all decisions that may make the program effective are taken by political leaders. For example, a decision to take Yumbe as one of the beneficiary districts in was politically motivated and at the same time, districts which were scaled after the initial pilot program were also politically decided. The study recommended that, implementers and beneficiaries must continuously be sensitized about their roles and responsibilities so as not to miss inform other stakeholders of the same program and to allow for easy monitoring of the program activities. Therefore, to address information needs about social protection, it is hereby recommended that public education must be done so as to create thorough awareness of issues related to social protection. Ssentongo Jimmy Spire; Angucia Margaret Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT http://dissertations.umu.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/1663 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z http://dissertations.umu.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/1536 Uganda’s safe male circumcision policy: examining citizen’s participation, barriers and strategies for uptake; a case study: Rukungiri municipality Tumushabe, Robert The study focused on Uganda’s circumcision policy which was launched in 2010.The study had four objectives namely; to examine the existing interventions, citizen participation, barriers and strategies for uptake of SMC in Rukungiri Municipality. Since 1986, circumcision has been linked with low HIV prevalence through its efficacy of lowering HIV transmission from females to men with a relative risk reduction of 51-60% which was hailed as evidence by World Health Organization (WHO) as a crucial HIV intervention in countries where there is high HIV prevalence and low circumcision prevalence. Its acceptability in Sub Saharan Countries ranged from 29-87%. Additionally, safe male circumcision fulfils the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG, 2016-2030) numbers three – Ensuring health lives and promotes well-being for all at all ages. The study followed a descriptive case study design and used mixed methods approach where quantitative questionnaires and interviews were conducted in data collection. Data was analyzed using Microsoft excel computer program and Statistical packages for social sciences (SPSS). The study was guided by Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) of Bandura, 2005; which suggests that ‘behaviors, environmental influences, and beliefs are highly interactive and dependent’ (Kalichman 1998: 42). The framework identifies three main sources of influence on people’s attitudes, perceptions and intentions to act and their ability to carry out their intentions. SCT is centered on the idea that self-efficacy, self-motivation and knowledge, as well as having the required skills to implement a behavior change will lead to action, in this case going for the procedure. The major findings were; creating awareness through IEC campaigns, Health services infrastructure already available and accessible, trained (qualified) personnel are available in most health facilities, public- private partnership, Strong support from political leadership and Facilitation of Staff. . However, this is a challenge in the Ministry of Health where 72% of the Health facilities do not have constant supply and 70% of the Essential medicines and supplies are not provided for in the budget, yet the demand for other interventions including SMC are on increase. The SMC policy was top down where the technocrats formulated the policy and the citizens were used at the implementation level. The barriers of SMC from the study were; excessive pain, bleeding, long queues , too old for circumcision, loss of sexual pleasure, long healing and abstinence period, fear of losing the job, adverse events post circumcision, death and mandatory HIV Counseling and testing (HCT). The community was used as a means towards circumcision policy implementation as the policy was top down, the health officials were used as technocrats in national and regional meetings and they defended their supervisors at the central government level as participation in policy making process was counterfeit. It’s true that the citizens were empowered to get involved in the circumcision policy making process using IEC campaigns about the benefits of safe male circumcision to increase the demand and uptake. The study therefore recommended that: Comprehensive sensitization of the public using information, Education and Communication (IEC) on the proper benefits of SMC, increased funding to procure equipment and supplies including emergency and resuscitation equipment xii with observation facilities to carryout SMC interventions, refresher training, conducting the circumcision at school and in holidays, engagement of community leaders, providing the SMC hotline, Post-operative follow-up services, TT vaccination, provision of free transport, training of community mobilizers, supervision of male circumcision services in public and private health facilities, compliance with infection control and establishing referral system in case of adverse events post circumcision and follow up care, integrating neonatal circumcision into the health system, dialogue meetings and citizen participation for ownership and sustainability of the program. Musinguzi Denis Mon, 01 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT http://dissertations.umu.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/1536 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z http://dissertations.umu.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/1439 Resourcing social protection policy for the economic empowerment of the elderly; case study: Koboko district Aliowaku, Isaac This study discusses the resourcing component of the social protection for the economic empowerment of the elderly in Koboko district. The research focused on investigating three fundamental questions of understanding the sources of funding for social protection, the factors that determine its accessibility and provision to the elderly and the possible strategies to promote the provision of social protection services to the elderly. The study employed multiple designs and approaches to investigate the quest for knowledge in this area and thus the study was primarily rooted in interpretive phenomenology as the main overriding design. Meanwhile, case study design and narrative design were used as a supplementary design to interrogate the social protection needs of the elderly. Above all, the study anchored these designs on the transformative paradigm to change the statuesque of the participants, in this case, the elderly. Data were collected using in-depth interviews, focus group discussion and observation. This data was organized and analyzed using ATLAS. ti based on the thematic, narrative and content analysis that suits the selected designs of this study. The findings of the study reveal that SAGE, pension and Gratuity, NSSF and other mainstream programs like the NAADS, NUSAF3, and PRDP 3 were the main sources of funding for the elderly in the district. The study found out issues of poor health, limited funding, and housing as some of the issues affecting the policy implementation. As a result, the study recommends rigorous financial strategies by the government, undertaking reforms and reviews on the policy guidelines like the age factor, decentralizing the policy implementation and evaluation to the local government, improving housing and infrastructure development of the elderly and pursuing public-private sector arrangement and as well as strengthening multi-sectoral mechanisms with the relevant government Ministries, Departments and Agencies. Mawa Michael Tue, 01 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMT http://dissertations.umu.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/1439 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z http://dissertations.umu.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/483 Decentralized programs and youth employment Kwihangana, Manasseh The study was to assess the decentralization Programs and Youth employment considering a of Youth livelihood program in Murora Sub County, Kisoro district. The study was guided by specific objectives which were meant to establish development initiatives under the YLP in Murora Sub County evaluate the benefits of the YLP to youth inMurora, Kisoro and assess the compliance to monitoring strategies of the Youth Livelihood Program by the local government implementers in Murora Sub County, Kisoro District. Regarding the review of literature; in chapter two, variable by variable was reviewed under themes that constituted sub-headings which are aligned to the study objectives. They included development Initiatives, benefits of YLP to the youth, and compliance to monitoring strategies. The research study used a case study of the YLP considering both explanatory and descriptive designs. Explanatory design was used to explain the decentralization program (youth livelihood program) whereas descriptive design was used to explore the magnitude of the problem of unemployment that was under study. The selection of respondents was by simple random and purposive sampling basing on a sample size of 72 respondents who included the district technical officers, Sub-County officers, Murora community members and youth who have directly and indirectly benefited from the livelihood program. Focus Group Discussion (FGD)and Interview method were used to acquire the data that was needed for the research. Data collected was analyzed to get sample characteristics, distribution of frequency and to generate the intended results in form of tables and pie-charts and bar graphs. In chapter Four, Findings from development initiatives revealed that YLP has introduced the youth led agricultural cooperatives which was revealed by 29% of the respondents. Other findings showed that YLP has significantly increased self-employment, participation, growth of microfinance interventions and many others. However, further findings showed that the majority of the respondents did not understand how monitoring of the youth livelihood program is done, thus this leaves the program hanging and at times youth misuse funds because they are not followed up. Respondents also raised concern over the bureaucracy that prevents the youth from acquiring the livelihood money, most of local government officers who want a share on the loans youth seek to acquire from the government among other challenges. Basing on findings, it is therefore recommended that the Ministry of Labor, Social development through the local government put in place clear monitoring strategies for the YLP and recommend for a committee at the local government level (Sub County) in order for the youth to get access to monies as requested from the local government because of the youth complained about the local government leaders need a portion of the funds yet the youth beneficiaries are required to pay back the loans. Musinguzi Denis Mon, 01 Oct 2018 00:00:00 GMT http://dissertations.umu.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/483 2018-10-01T00:00:00Z