Oil Exploration and Economic Welfare in Uganda: A Case Study of Kitoba Sub-County Hoima District

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DECLARATION

APPROVAL

DEDICATION Ii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

ABBREVIATIONS v

ABSTRACT xii

CHAPTER ONE 1

1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY 1

1.2 PROBLEM STATEMENT 6

1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY 6

1.3.2 Research objectives 6

1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS 7

1.5 SCOPE OF THE STDUY 7

1.5.1 GEOGRAPHICAL SCOPE 7

1.6 SIGNIFINCANCE OF THE STUDY 8

1.7 CONCEPTUAL FRAME WORK 9

1.8 OPERATIONAL DEFINITIONS 10

CHAPTER TWO 12

LITERATURE REVIEW 12

2.0 Introduction 12

2.1 CONCEPTUAL DEFINITIONS 12

2.2.0 THEORETICAL REVIEW 18

2.2.1 The resource curse theory 18

2.2.2 The theory of environmental externalities 19

2.3 RELATED STUDIES 20

CHAPTER THREE 25

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 25

3.0 Introduction 25

3.1 Research Design 25

3.2 Study population of Kitoba Sub County 25

3.3 Determination of sample size 25

3.4 Sampling techniques 26

3.6 Tools 27

3.6.1 Questionnaires 27

3.7 Data quality control 27

3.8 Data analysis and presentation 27

3.8.1 Regression analysis 28

3.9 Procedure of data collection 28

CHAPTER FOUR 29

PRESENTATION OF FINDINGS AND INTERPRETATION 29

4.0 Introduction 29

4.1 Response rate 29

4.2 Demographic characteristics of the respondents 29

4.2.1 Sex of the Respondents 30

4.2.2 Marital status of the respondents 31

4.2.3 Education level of the respondents 31

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4.3 Objective one; contribution of oil exploration in Kitoba sub-county ....... 33

4.4 Objective two; Level of economic welfare in Kitoba sub-county ..............37

4.5 Objective three; Establish the effect of oil exploration and economic

welfare in Kitoba sub-count~44

CHAPTER FIVE 52

DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS 52

5.0 Introduction 52

5.1.0 DISCUSSION OF THE FINDINGS 52

5.1.1 The profile of the respondents 52

5.1.3 Objective two; to determine the level of economic welfare in Kitoba subcounty 53

5.1.4 Objective three; to establish the effect of oil exploration on economic

welfare in Kitoba sub-county 53

5.2 Conclusions 54

5.3 Recommendations 54

5.4 Limitation of the study ss

5.5 Suggestions for further research 56

REFERENCES 57

Appendices 60

Appendix 60

QUESTIONNAIRE FOR THE RESPONDENTS 60

ESTIMATED BUDGET 63

ABSTRACT

This study was carried out to investigate “Oil exploration and economic welfare in Uganda “A case study Kitoba sub-county Hoima district. The study targeted three major objectives to be explored; to determine the contribution of oil exploration in Kitoba sub-county, to determine the level of economic welfare in Kitoba sub-county and to establish the effect of oil exploration and economic welfare in Kitoba sub-county. The study applied a cross-sectional research design method so as to assess the objectives of the study. The data was analyzed using pie charts, histograms, tables with frequencies and percentages plus a regression model to get relationships in data collected findings on housing, hospitals, educational level among others. Basing on the findings, the data collected was by use of a questionnaire were by qualitative and quantitative approach of analysis was used, a sample of 127 respondents were used and simple random sampling and purposive sampling were used because respondents had equal chances of being selected. Data were coded and entered in the Computer and cleaned, checked and statistically analyzed using (STATA) software package to generate descriptive and inferential statistics. The study found out that there was increased land grabbing correlated with road construction in response to the compensation of residents in areas where road construction took place; respondents strongly agreed that there was creation of temporary employment. It was concluded that oil exploration has not significantly improved the level of economic welfare in Kitoba sub-county. According to the findings, the researcher recommended that the Government of Uganda should encourage private company participation, reduce smuggling of oil, give immediate attention to the indigenes, improve on infrastructures like roads, health facilities, educational level among others

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