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Internal Audit and Cash Management in Non-Governmental Organizations: A Case of Compassion International Rwanda

ABSTRACT The study was about the relationship between internal audit and cash management in NGOs a case of Compassion International Rwanda. Cash management is the one of important areas that a project should focus on, if it has to achieve its goals and objectives. In the problem statement, it was found out that Compassion International Rwanda Office assists 196 projects and some of them are faced with difficulties in meeting required professional standards in cash management. They have poor p...

Microfinance Loans and Economic Development: A Case of Kanungu Town Council, Kanungu District

ABSTRACT The text section of the Dissertation is made up of 5 chapters presented in the order below, chapter 1 intToduction and Backgrom1d of the study, chapter 2 literatme reviews, chapter 3 Methodology, chapter 4 presentation and discussion of Major fmdings, chapter 5 smnmary, conclusion and recommendations, On introduction information on microfinance loans and economic development history was discussed as indicated in the Dissertation The problem statement was to fmd out the contributions ...

An Evaluation of the Role of the Investment Code Act, 1991, in Promoting, Facilitating and Supervising Investment in Uganda

ABSTRACT The study investigates the effect of investment promotion, facilitation and regulation on investments in general and banking as a specific sector in Uganda. Since enactment of the Investment Code Act 1991, there has been no recent serious academic inquiry into the effectiveness of these tools that were put in place. The few studies that exist are very old such as those of Obwona (2000) and Kibikyo (2000). The study uses mostly secondary data and interviews on investments in Uganda. S...

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Examination of the Gaps in Human Rights Law During Internal Armed Conflict; A Case Study of Burundi (1993-2005).

ABSTRACT Burundian and UN representatives have been trying since March 2006 to agree on plans first set forth by the Arusha Peace Accord in 2000 to establish the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and a Special Tribunal within the Burundian judicial system. Despite commitments made to high ranking UN officials/ such as the High Commissioner for human rights/ Louise Arbou0 in May 2000 Burundian officials continue to reject the UN's call for an independent prosecutor for the tribunal. Governme...

The Relationship Marketing Strategy in Competitive Market: A Case Study of Ethiopian Airlines Branch Office in Uganda

ABSTRACT The research was done to assess the Relationship Marketing Strategy satisfaction of Ethiopian Airlines (EAL), and the research used customer satisfaction and the airline’s overall performance as its measure. Purposive sampling technique was used to select sample respondents, and twenty two (22) Ethiopian Airlines’ employees and ticketing agents in Uganda were chosen purposely for the survey. Unstructured interview was also conducted with five (5) purposely selected EAL’s employ...

Employees Motivation and Performance of Selected Telecommunication Companies in Bosaso Puntland State of Somalia.

ABSTRACT The study is on employee motivational and their performance in the telecommunication sector of Puntland Somalia. The main objectives of the study were to establish the relationship between, compensation, job design and career development motivational and employee performance in selected telecommunications companies in Puntland Somalia. The study used a cross sectional study design using a quantitative approach on a population of 250 employees consisting of both managers and employees...

“Corporate Transformation as an Enhancement of the Marketing Function”

ABSTRACT ~9oo ~ Today the most intriguing issue affecting Business in Uganda and Africa~as~ - a whole is poor management which has led most their businesses their death beds. And after going into such a crisis most of them throw the blame to their marketing unit for failure to competitively market sell their business output, of particular concern to this study is the intriguing situation in federation of Uganda Football Association (FUFA) which has led the Federation into the hands of greedy ...

Gender—Based Stress and Employees Performance, in the Ministry of Health Government of Southern Sudan, Juba

ABSTRACT The study entitled Gender—Based Stress and employees’ performance in the Ministry of Health, Government of Southern Sudan. The deterioration of employee’s performance was the research Problem, the study was guided by four main objectives: (1) to identify respondents’ demographical characteristics; (2) to determine the level of employee work performance; (3) to determine which Gender faces greater Stress; and (4) to examine the stress factors that lead to poor performance in t...

Border Conflicts and Uganda -South Sudan Trade

ABSTRACT The study revealed that the causes of border conflict and Uganda-South Sudan trade are: Poor demarcation of borders; resentment by South Sudanese; high influx of Ugandans into South Sudan; high taxes charged on Ugandan goods by South Sudan Government; volatile security at the borders of the two countries. The methodology used was both qualitative and quantitative and involved text content analysis, the sample of 136 respondents participated in the study and the instruments used were ...

Participation of Selected Ngo’s in Conflict Resolution in Mogadish U-Somalia

ABSTRACT This thesis is entitled “Participation of Selected NGOs in Conflict Resolution in Mogadishu, Somalia”. The study had seven objectives; determination of respondents profile; determination of level of NGO participation in conflict resolution; establishing current extent of NGO participation in conflict resolution; extent determination of challenges faced by NGOs in resolving conflict; determination of opportunities available to NGOs in resolving conflict: determination of actions t...

Fiscal Decentralization and Local Revenue Generation in Local Authorities: A Case of Rukungiri District - Uganda

ABSTRACT The study explores the relationship between fiscal decentralization and revenue generation in selected sub-counties and divisions of Rukungiri District Local Government. The objectives of the study include: To establish the implication of fiscal decentralization, the effect of assignment of appropriate revenue and functions and to establish the effect of appropriate Intergovernmental transfer systems of local revenue generation in Rukungiri District Local Government were analyzed. Th...

Value Added Tax and Cost of Living in Selected Divisions of Kampala Uganda

ABSTRACT This report presents the approach that was used by the researcher to achieve the objectives of the study. The topic ofthe study was value added tax and cost ofliving in Kampala. The purpose of the study was to establish the degree of effectiveness of value added tax in Kampala. The general objective was broken down into four spec~ic objectives which are: To determine the value of VAT in selected divisions ofKampala, to establish the degree of the cost of living in selected divisions ...

Mobilization of Capital for Mortgage Loans Portfolio Funding at Banque De L’habitat Du Rwanda (Bhr)

ABSTRACT This paper entitled “MobNization of Capit& for Mortgage Loans Portfoho Financing at Banque de VHabitat du Rwanda (BHR)” is a result of research conducted in Rwanda in the above-mentioned bank. The overriding objective of the study was to uncover suited assets-funding tools that bank may embrace in order to raise sufficient loanable funds for the housing sector. Current estimates show dire shortages of housing in Rwanda with supply falling short more than 75 percent of demand. The...

Payment and Condition of Service as Determinants On the Performance of Teachers in the Universal Primary Education: A Case Study of Bulamagi Sub county Iniganga District

ABSTRACT The topic was about payment and condition of service as determinant on the performance among Universal Primary Education a case study ofBulamagi Sub County The objectives of the study include finding out when payments are effected, the performance of teachers and the relationship between payment and performance The methodology was the survey design, the research was a descriptive research where both qualitative and quantitative techniques of data collections were used. The population...

The Effectiveness of Problem Based Learning Approach on the Academic Performance of the Economics Students of Kampala International University, Kampala, Uganda

Abstract The study dwelt into the Effectiveness of Problem Based Learning Approach on the Academic Performance of the first year students of economics, of Kampala international university. The study aimed at examining the mean scores in both the pre-test and posttest for both experimental and the control group, whether there is a significant mean posttest gain, and asses whether there is a significant difference in the mean post-test gain in both experimental and control group. A test questio...

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