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The Effect of Digital Broadcasting Migration on Television Viewership
(African Humanities Conference - College of Humanities, University of Dar es Salaam, 2023) Jane Mercy Muthoni Kamunyi
The effect of digital broadcasting migration on television viewership study was done in Rubaga Division. The objectives were to assess the levels of knowledge about digital broadcasting migration and evaluate the digital broadcasting migration process in Uganda. A cross-sectional research design was used on a sample of 347 household and 10 key informants. The study showed that levels of knowledge about digital broadcasting migration was only 1.7%. The transition staggered from 2015 to 2018 with, 28.1%, 43%, 18.5% and 3.5% migrating in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 respectively. The study concluded that delays in erecting required structures strained the transition with television viewers sensitization inadequately done. The standardization and importation were hampered causing last minute stampede and escalating transition costs. The study recommends the following be carried out: a) sensitization about use and benefits of digital broadcasting for consumers; b) a review to harmonize and standardize subscription fees; and c) a study review on the digital migration status for appropriate adjustments.
The Effect of Digital Broadcasting Migration on Television Viewership: A Case of Rubaga Division, Kampala District.
(Department of Journalism and Communication - Makerere University., 2019-11) Jane Mercy Muthoni Kamunyi
The study on the effect of digital broadcasting migration on television viewership was carried out in Rubaga Division. The study scope was the period after analog switch off on 17th June, 2015 to December, 2018. The aim was to understand how television viewers migrated, settled and have experienced the digital broadcasting benefits. The study assessed: the levels of knowledge about digital broadcasting migration; digital broadcasting migration process; factors that affected digital broadcasting migration process; and factors hindering digital terrestrial television viewership. The study was descriptive mainly inclined to qualitative method. A total of 347 household head respondents and 15 key informants drawn from policy implementers, signal distributors and content providers, parliamentarian, judiciary and the academia were interviewed. The questionnaire and interview guide were used to collect data.
The study found out that under objective one: only 1.7 percentage of the respondents had knowledge about digital broadcasting migration. Objective two found out that 93 percentage of the respondents had migrated to digital broadcasting. However, 51.7 percentage of the respondents indicated that they had no choice but to migrate. Objective three found that use of equipment posed as major challenges to the respondents such as using the remote control 29 percentage; setting up the new television set, 28 percent; mounting the antenna 22 percentage and connecting the television set with the decoder. 21 percentage. Objective four found out that 69.1 percentage of the respondents were not on air continuously due to inability to afford subscription fee.
The study conclusions indicated that knowledge levels about digital broadcasting was low and the diffusion of the digital terrestrial television was slow. The costs of subscriptions were not sustainable by majority of the respondent’s with viewers not on air continuously. The study recommended that government carry out an assessment to identify the challenges in the digital terrestrial television viewership, harmonize and standardize the pricing of decoders and subscription fees against channels provided. The signal and content providers to play their roles.
A Framework for Sharing Information Among Criminal Justice Agencies: A Case of Uganda Police and Judiciary
(College of Computing and Information Science - Makerere University, 2022-11) Ivan Mutekanga
The study aimed at designing a framework for sharing information among criminal justice
system considering Uganda Police and Judiciary. The criminal justice system in Uganda is a
complex national enterprise consisting of many independent units of government (jurisdictions
and agencies) that must coordinate their activities to achieve a common goal: an efficient and
effective justice system. To effectively coordinate these activities, stakeholders must effectively
share information. However, due to its diversity and decentralization, the criminal justice system
lacks a common framework for sharing information. The study was guided by three specific
objectives which were; to investigate the challenges of criminal information sharing between the
Uganda police and the judiciary in order to determine requirements for a framework for criminal
information sharing; to design a framework for criminal information sharing between Uganda
police and the Judiciary; and to evaluate a framework for criminal information sharing between
the Uganda Police and Judiciary
The study adopted a case study design which provided an exemplifying case and enabled an
inquiry in information sharing practices and challenges between police and judiciary. The
requirements from the results of the field study were used to extend the Portsmouth information
sharing framework in order to derive a suitable one that explains the approach to criminal
information sharing in the Ugandan context.
Generally, the most significant discrete challenges to information sharing within the sampled
criminal justice agencies were processes and technology, individual unwillingness, and
organizational unwillingness. Although there is no prescriptive answer to solve all of the
information/sharing dilemmas within organizations, a number of options are available to mitigate
the impediments by improving coordination mechanisms and the context in which sharing
occurs. This framework combines the tested strengths of information sharing and technology
(information systems) for effective information sharing among criminal justice agencies. The
framework is generic and can be adopted for use by other agencies in transitioning countries with
similar contexts as Uganda in terms of information sharing environment.
Kiganda and Christian Ideas of Ekibi in Contemporary Baganda Society
(The University of Edinburgh, 2004) Olivia Nassaka Banja
This study examines kiganda and Christian ideas of ekibi among the Baganda between 1962 and 2001. The ideas of ekibi (which might approximately be translated as 'evil') are discussed and analysed within the socio-political tensions and dynamics of the contemporary evolving Baganda context. Although there are a number of anthropological studies on the Baganda, on their customs and beliefs, there is hardly any study on the kiganda ideas of ekibi. This study therefore seeks to redress this imbalance by discussing and assessing the interaction between kiganda and Christian ideas of ekibi and the extent to which they contribute to the Baganda Christian ideas of ekibi in the Church of Uganda. The research makes use of oral tradition and qualitative fieldwork comprising informal and formal interviews with different age groups made up of both male and female participants. These belong to the enzikiriza ey'obuwangwa (kiganda religion) and to groups within the Church of Uganda such as the Bakulisitaayo (ordinary Christians), the mainstream Balokole (Revivalists), the Bazuukufu (Reawakened) and the Beegayirizi (Intercessors) in both rural and urban areas of the dioceses of Mukono and Namirembe, in the Kampala and Mukono Districts.
The study is divided into three main parts. The first part introduces the study and investigates kiganda ideas of ekibi. The pre-colonial ideas of ekibi as derived from oral tradition such as engero (narrative) are examined with a view to exploring the background of the ideas of ekibi in contemporary Baganda society. The ideas of ekibi in the contemporary kiganda worldview are also examined with reference to the kiganda practices and rituals such as the observance of emizizo (taboos), okuloga (sorcery), obusawo (healing), okufa (death) and okwabya olumbe (last funeral rites) within the tensions between the rural-urban dynamics and the forces of change which characterise Baganda contemporary society. The second part of the study discusses the Christian concepts of ekibi among contemporary Baganda in the Church of Uganda, and the extent to which they impact upon their perceptions, attitudes, practices and ways of life. The ideas of ekibi based on the interpretations of both the Old and New Testaments are also discussed with a view to assessing the extent to which they impact and contribute to the ideas of ekibi among contemporary Baganda in the Church of Uganda. The third part of the study focuses on the interaction and dialogue between kiganda and Christian ideas of ekibi in the Church of Uganda. It assesses the extent to which these ideas integrate and enhance the process of inculturating the ideas of ekibi in the contemporary Baganda context. The research findings indicate clearly that the concept of ekibi remains a vital element of the Baganda's perception of and aspirations for the wellbeing of the society. The teachings and practices in the Church of Uganda also reveal some conflicts, complexities and dynamics existing in the ideas of ekibi among contemporary Baganda Christians. In addition the findings highlight the challenges confronting the Baganda Christians as they attempt to integrate Christian teaching into their kiganda values while at the same time the Church of Uganda continues to condemn some of the practices which some Baganda still value. The conflicts and condemnatory attitudes of the church have also led to the development of 'secret practices' among some of the Christians, who attempt to draw on both the values of kiganda beliefs and Christianity. Nevertheless the research reveals that among all the groups studied, kiganda ideas, church teachings and the different interpretations of the Bible together form the theological articulations and teachings on ekibi in the Church of Uganda.
Non-renewable energy consumption and economic growth: evidence from Uganda
(Journal of Energy Research and Reviews, 2025-01-29) Geoffrey Ssebabi Mutumba; Naome Kakundwa; Emmanuel Twinamasiko; Sanday Kifanta; Simon Lule; Elijah Erugu
Back Ground: This paper concerns itself with an investigation on non-renewable energy consumption and economic growth, the case of Uganda. The arguments of a causal relationship between non-renewable energy consumption and economic growth have dissenting view.
Methods: It used time series data econometric techniques to establish a causal link between variables of study. The Vector error correction and structural vector autoregression, Granger for causal linkage and Johansen co-integration test was carried out to ascertain if there exists a long run relationship between non-renewable energy consumption and real GDP.
Results: The results support the growth hypothesis between non-renewable energy consumption and economic growth in the long run as shown in the VECM. This SVAR shows that these results are not significant
Conclusion: The conclusion therefore is that non-renewable energy consumption in regard to economic growth is mainly attributed to imported fossil fuels particularly diesel that is used in thermal generators to run electricity hence unable to support the growth process over the long run.
Novelty: This paper provides insights on how energy drives economic growth and sustainable development. It also captures the impact of investment into overall economic growth that is in line with the contemporary global agenda.