Browsing by Author "Nuwagaba, Augustus"

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    Access to Land for Urban Agriculture in Kampala
    (Urban agriculture magazine, 2003) Kiguli, Lillian N.; Nuwagaba, Augustus; Mwesigwa, David; Kiguli, Juliet
    Agriculture in Kampala is practised mainly in valley slums where the poor live in informal settlements. Although urban agriculture offers easy access to services and markets, gaining access to land to grow food and rear animals is a challenge for the urban poor
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    Dualism in Kampala: Squalid Slums in a Royal Realm
    (Palgrave Macmillan, London., 2006) Nuwagaba, Augustus
    Different land-tenure regimes have left their mark on the evolution and growth of urban dualism in Kampala. In 1894, when Captain Lugard established Uganda as a British protectorate, the Kabaka (king) of Buganda had his headquarters in the vicinity of the current city. Kampala then, as now, was characterized by undulating hills affording majestic hilltop views of Lake Victoria eight kilometres away. The Buganda region was highly politically organized with administrative institutions that the colonial state sought to preserve and use to spread their control throughout Uganda. Kampala thus became the colony’s capital.
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    Household Coping Strategies in Response to the Introduction of User Charges for Social Service : A Case Study on Health in Uganda
    (Institute of Development Studies, 1999) Lucas, Henry; Nuwagaba, Augustus
    This study examines approaches to health care seeking and financing by households living in communities in two poor rural districts of Uganda. It seeks to explore differences in the choice of provider and methods of funding care between the two districts, and the economic circumstances and social attitudes which influence these differences. It considers the impact on households budgets of health care charges, both at public facilities (licit and illicit) and by private sector providers. Qualitative fieldwork was used to determine attitudes to the introduction of user charges, the extent to which they have influenced health care seeking behaviour and whether attempts by households to find sustainable coping strategies, either individually or through community organisations, have been successful in ensuring adequate health care for all their members. The research raised issues as to the appropriate definition of utilisation of services in circumstances where profession staff are often substituted by 'assistants' and drugs are frequently prescribed in public facilities but then have to be purchased from private suppliers. It stresses the relative autonomy of facility staff and constraints on effective supervision. Under these circumstances there is room for considerable confusion between sanctioned user-charges and illicit demands by providers. Many households face difficulties with what they see as a multiplicity of demands for cash payments, of which education and health charges are a major component. Community organisations do not appear to make a major direct contribution to meeting such charges. However, community based savings and credit societies, where they exist, appear to play a central role in overcoming seasonal fluctuations in cash availability. Making these more accessible to poor households or developing effective and sustainable systems for providing services on credit might alleviate current problems.
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    Toward addressing skills development and employment crisis in Uganda
    (Organization for social science research in eastern and southern, 2012) Nuwagaba, Augustus
    The paper explores the relevance of education in the transformation of the country through skills development. Socio-economic transformation is not based on mere education but on human capital development. The latter comprises skill formation manifested in innovation, and individual competitiveness which defines one's employability in the competitive job market. The paper considers the role of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) in enhancing skills development and employment. It discusses the situation analysis on education in Uganda, employment levels, existing contradictions and the realities that prevail in the education system, the relationship between the education curriculum, job market and employment. It also captures the binding constraints to human resource development and ways of unlocking these constraints. The paper shows the need for Uganda to create a knowledge and skills-based economy and developing national ethos on human capital development. The paper is premised on a research conducted in twelve districts drawn from all the regions of Uganda. The major objective of the study was to analyse the changing character of education under the macro-economic policy reforms and the coping mechanisms adopted by households to ensure that their children access education. The methodology followed comprised: a quantitative survey conducted among scientifically selected households; focus group discussions with men, women and youth - both educated and uneducated - and key informants, including policy makers as well as local community leaders. The central argument is that, contrary to earlier suppositions, privatization and liberalization of the economy has not born much fruit because, while many institutions of learning have been established (largely by private entrepreneurs) and many graduates have been registered, the majority of these graduates are unemployable due to lack of skills demanded in labour markets. There is a contradiction characterized by soaring numbers of highly educated people amidst high levels of unemployment. In order for Uganda to learn lessons from success stories, "best practices" in human Capital and skills development are explored from countries like, Singapore, Malaysia, and Mauritius. Without being overly pedantic, it is re-iterated that education and training need to be refocused toward vocationalisation. However, given the unpopularity of and the negative attitude toward vocational training in Uganda, it is recommended that vocationalisation should be integrated into formal training structures and systems in all institutions of learning. As a way forward regarding what should be done in order to address the critical issues of education, skills development, employment and productivity, the paper underscores the need to adopt a new national qualification framework comprising two strands of award, namely the award for formal training, and its equivalent for vocational training. Such a framework will improve the recognition of vocationalisation and enhance the social status of the graduates of vocational training, hence, improved motivation for others to pursue vocational training. At the same time, it is pertinent that the private sector catalyze employment opportunities through increased investment and job creation.