dc.contributor.author | Niwagira, Andrew | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2025-06-16T08:26:33Z | |
dc.date.available | 2025-06-16T08:26:33Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013-10 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://dissertations.umu.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/1711 | |
dc.description | Twinomuhwezi Ivan | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | The study was conducted to examine the factors affecting performance of rural electrification
programme in Uganda with Rukungiri district as a case study. The factors studied included
Rural housing characteristics, household size, Household income level, connection
costs/charges and price of electricity with the sole purpose of determining their impact on
performance of rural electrification programme.
A cross sectional research design was adapted whereby a total sample of 113 respondents
with electricity and 54 respondents were selected for quantitative data using systematic
random sampling and purposive sampling respectively. 29 key informants were also selected
for qualitative data using purposive sampling. The primary data was collected using
structured and semi-structured questionnaire and interview guides as well as secondary data
from reports. Data collected was analysed using Stata.
The study found out that performance of rural electrification programme was significantly
and negatively affected by household size (β2= -0.6339819; P=0.0000<0.05) and connection
costs (β4= -0.2147675; P=0.037<0.05); price of electricity also having a positive significant
impact (β5=0.6292673; P=0.0000<0.05) while rural housing characteristics and household
income level had a positive insignificant impact on performance of rural electrification
programme with (β1=0.1121203; P=0.059>0.05) and (β3=0.0616083; P=0.085>0.05)
respectively. The model specified exhibits R2 = 0.6918 implying that factors under this study
explain up to 69.18% of the variations in performance of rural electrification programme
which reflects that the variables and data used were fit for this study.
The study recommends government to provide Incentives to recover the costs by permitting
projects below 3 MW to operate with minimal government regulation such that investors can
charge realistic tariffs that cover operating costs and yield a return on investment but
consistently conducting studies into the trends of household incomes and peoples’ perception
on the existing price levels to mitigate the risk of power companies misusing incentives to
charge exorbitant prices for abnormal profitability; Develop a mode of payment for electricity
connection where by households pay in installments or make the period of electricity
connection payment longer for example six months or even one year; Roll out the use of pre
paid meters and subsidize the price of these electricity meters by reducing taxes on
companies importing them to reduce upfront connection costs; Prioritise development
strategies that increase income generations among households and at the same time promote
rural electrification; population control measures like family planning, girl child education
and make use of population control policies | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Uganda martyrs University | en_US |
dc.subject | Income | en_US |
dc.subject | Rural electrification | en_US |
dc.title | Factors affecting performance of rural electrification programme in Uganda | en_US |
dc.title.alternative | case study: Rukungiri district | en_US |
dc.type | Dissertation | en_US |