ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to analyse the role of media advertising in moral degenerations of the youth. The problem of advertising has been in existence for long in Uganda, despite various measures taken by the Uganda Government and various NGOs to end these problems. The study sample is based on respondents from St. Balikuddembe market in Kampala city. The selected sample includes businessmen and workers; it comprises the male and female. Data were collected through quantitative and...
ABSTRACT The main purpose of the study was to show the role of media in degrading the Uganda culture so as to find ways that could reduce or prevent the problem. The objectives of the study were; To find out the extent to which the media has changed culture in Uganda. To find out the role played by media in the Toro culture modification. To find out the extent to which media has degenerated Toro culture and, To find possible solutions to the degenerated Toro culture The study population of 3...
ABSTRACT The study on conflict resolution and reconciliation in Molo District, Nakuru County was guided by main four objectives; first to identify existing gaps in conflict resolution and reconciliation, secondly, strategies communities can employ in reconciling various communities in Molo District, thirdly to establish community leaders ability to predict early warning signs of conflict and fourthly, role of communitie~ in ethnic conflict violence and reconciliation in Molo District. The re...
ABSTRACT The study set out to investigate the effect of school environment on dropout rate of students in selected secondary schools of Transmara District, Kenya. The specific objectives of the study were to investigate the level of class size and levels of student drop out and finally the relationship between school environment and academic dropout of students in Transmara District. The study used a descriptive correlative survey research design. The methods of data collection was ques...
ABSTRACT The purpose of study was to ascertain the relationship between accountancy firm services m terms of professional preparation of financial statements, tax advisory services, audit services and tax avoidance in order to get empirical solutions so as to improve the width and depth of the tax base. The objectives of the study were as follow; i) To find out the influence of the profossional preparation of financial statements by Accountancy firms on Tax avoidance .. ii) To establish the ...
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to determine the role of the electronic media in the creation of environmental awareness. The study was done in Kampala city in Uganda. The study objectives were; to identify the role of media on environmental awareness, to find out factors exacerbating environmental problems and to determine the challenges faced by the media in creating environmental awareness in Uganda. The study adopted quantitative and qualitative methodologies. The study involved 90 mal...
ABSTRACT The study covers the results of the findings about the impact of the media on the Kenyan referendum, which was carried out on 21 st November 2005. It covers the period ranging from 2004 to 2005. The research findings were guided by a set of research objectives and questions, both of which were set to assess the role the media played during the process, the problems they faced and other key players and their contribution to the process. The study conducted was based on a sample ...
ABSRACT The study examined the impact of mass media on academic development of pupils in primary schools. The study achieved the following objectives, to examine the role played by mass media in promoting primary education, to examine the challenges faced by primary schools in Uganda to examine government programs aimed at promoting primary education. Therefore the findings were based on the above objectives. Data was collected from a sample of 90 respondents in using self administered q...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was sought to examine the role of media in fighting illiteracy. A case study of Radio 5 in Kiruhura district in Uganda, the study was guided by research objectives of; examining the contribution of radios towards fighting illiteracy in Kiruhura district, analyzing the magnitude of radio accessibility to the community in Kiruhura district. And to find out how media incites learning in Kiruhura district. This was accomplished using primary and secondary data so...
ABSTRACT The study was carried out to find out the Influence of Digital Television and Women life style in Uganda taking a comparative case study of Heavy and Light Viewers in Makindye Division. General aim of this study was to focus on influence of Digital television and women life style in Makindye Division, Uganda. The study aimed at focusing the influence of Digital television and women life style in Makindye Division, Uganda, establishing the measures to be taken to improve the influenc...
ABSTRACT The study examined the “role of mass media in reducing HIV/AJDS among infants in Uganda”. The study was carried out at UBC the national broadcaster. The study achieved the following objectives; to examine the role of mass media in combating HIV/AIDS, causes of HIV/AIDS, Effects of HIV/AIDS and measures to combat HIV/AIDS in Uganda. The researcher adopted the case study research design and correlation study design which explored role of mass media in combating HIV/AIDS in Uganda...
ABSTRACT This study seeks to critically appraise the role of the media in Kenya in the implementation of the new constitution. It attempts to critically analyze how and why the media is important in the process. Ti also shows that there is a direct relationship between press freedom, the roles of the media, and the nature of the govemment ion power. Relations between the media and the implementation of the new constitution cannot be ignored. However, this paper seeks to engage with the m...
ABSTRACT A society is measured by the quality of life it affords children. The reality of many children in conflict contexts is devastating and extends well beyond childhood posing a threat to peace, stability and development. Inter-community violent interactions among pastoralists for decades have generated communal violence affecting the society’s social well-being and particularly children. Among the pastoralist communities, livelihoods revolves around large herds that entails cattle thu...
ABSTRACT This study analyses key literary and social values in Rwandese literary Metagenres known as Insigamigani. Insigamigani means proverb subjects or subjects that have generated proverbs. The study analysed the social values of heroism and patriotism as key virtues that emerged from the selected texts and illustrates how they turned into literary meta-genres collected in ‘Ibirari by’insigamigani’ texts. Insigamigani are considered meta-genres because they entail two oral literary g...
ABSTRACT This study focuses on the utilisation of dramatic elements in the delineation of human interaction in six plays of Francis Imbuga and John Ruganda. The study is motivated by the perceived lacuna in the body of knowledge on the utilization of dramatic elements in the rendering of this thematic concern in the selected plays of Imbuga and Ruganda. The study seeks to investigate the intersection between dramatic elements and the way relationships in the society are presented in the six s...