Browsing by Author "Muriisa Kabeba, Roberts"

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    Combating Post-Covid-19 Social Inequality among Learners in Primary and Post-Primary Schools in Uganda
    (Africa Journal of Public Sector Development and Governance, 2020) Kyohairwe, Stella B.; Muriisa Kabeba, Roberts; Karyeija, Gerald K.
    Following the World Health Organization (WHO) announcement that COVID-19 is a global pandemic because of the many lives it had claimed worldwide in March 2020, education institutions are some of the hard-hit areas of the economy. With many countries taking drastic decisions to close education institutions, the biggest dilemma faced by governments and policymakers between closing schools within barely weeks of opening for the first quarter of the 2020 calendar year, was a trade-off between accomplishing the required curriculum of the education programs and saving lives from the coronavirus. Education institutions, including schools, colleges and universities, proved to be among the high population concentration centres4. The challenge facing schools is that apart from having many people interacting on a daily basis (both learners and instructors), there is a dynamic, interactive exchange between external persons and those residing within the physical boundaries of schools. This increases the chances for the spread of the deadly coronavirus infection. The complexity of having the non-boarding educational institutions where learners and teachers interact regularly with local communities, poses a threat with regard to community transmission of coronavirus, which is likely to create a health crisis that Uganda’s weak economy is currently ill-prepared to handle.
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    The Effect of Forest Management Initiatives on Sustainability of Forests: Evidence from Uganda
    (Journal of Popular Education in Africa, 2018) Niyongere, Pierre Celestin,; Atukunda, Gershom; Muriisa Kabeba, Roberts
    The study looked at the effect of forest management initiatives on sustainability of forests in Isingiro District, South western Uganda. The study adopted a cross-sectional descriptive design and targeted district forestry and environment officials, local residents, local leaders (LC II-III) and environment committee representatives at local councils II & III in Isingiro district. Purposive and simple random sampling techniques were used to select respondents. Questionnaire and interviews were used as a data collection method. Data analysis used descriptive statistics in form of frequency and percentages while data from primary source particularly interview guide was compared, validated and confirmed with data from secondary sources. Findings from the field established that forest management has promoted sustainability of forests in the district through gazetting forest premises, existing forests being carefully monitored and proper land management being maintained. Sustainability of forests was being hindered by Limited resources for implementing forest management policies and negative perceptions towards forest management. Promoting sustainability of forests in Uganda is an enormous work that requires concerted efforts from all the different stakeholders. There is need to increase funding in the forestry department to enable the planners make plans and enforce them at up to the community level.