Performance Contract System and Decentralised Education Service delivery in Kayonza District of Rwanda. by Mugabo Seth, Asiimwe

“…The effectiveness of the system in education service delivery was found out to be influenced by factors such as teachers’ awareness and adoption of the system, motivation, level of happiness and commitment involvement of implementers at all levels, working environment, availability of resources and teachers attitudes on the importance of performance contract while the challenges in the implementation of the system were found to include limited awareness, dishonesty, low motivation, poor learning environment poor perception and adoption, lack of ownership of the process and poor evaluation criterion. …”
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Design of An Appropriate Sunflower Threshing and Cleaning Machine for Small Scale Farmers. by Kabutetsi Charity

“…The different sources that were used include: text books, journals and websites.The study found out that sunflower threshing is mostly done manually though a few sophisticated machines have been employed in developed countries. The limitations of the existing sunflower threshing methods were found to be: expensive, large space requirement by the mechanized systems, labor-intensive, time consuming and tiresome for the case of manual threshing. …”
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Design of an Appropriate Sunflower Threshing and Cleaning Machine For Small Scale Farmers. by Kabutetsi Charity

“…The different sources that were used include: text books, journals and websites.The study found out that sunflower threshing is mostly done manually though a few sophisticated machines have been employed in developed countries. The limitations of the existing sunflower threshing methods were found to be: expensive, large space requirement by the mechanized systems, labor-intensive, time consuming and tiresome for the case of manual threshing. …”
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Food Safety Analysis of Milk and Beef in Southwestern Uganda by Phyllis Candy, Natabo, Keneth Iceland, Kasozi, Sarah, Namubiru, Dickson Stuart, Tayebwa, Andrew, Tamale, Pwaveno H., Bamaiyi

“…Inorganic pollutants in milk and beef are of major public health concern; however, information in Africa is still limited due to low food safety monitoring practices. …”
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Comparison of Deep Learning Techniques in Detection of Sickle Cell Disease. by Mabirizi, Vicent, Kawuma, Simon, Kyarisiima, Addah, Bamutura, David, Atwiine, Barnabas, Nanjebe, Deborah, Oyesigye, Adolf Mukama

“…However, training and testing of these methods are limited to one model and separate datasets which may lead to biased results due to implementation in a variation of these models which affects the results produced. …”
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Effect of Small and Medium Enterprises on Growth of Business in Kabale Municipality: A Case Study of Kabale Central Market. by Atukunzire, Pross

“…The findings revealed that most businesses in the market are small due to their limited marketing strategies, primarily catering to existing local customers familiar with the market's location. …”
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Role of Commercial Banks on the Performance of Small Scale Businesses in Uganda: A Case Study of Centenary Bank Kabale Branch Uganda. by Akatwijuka, Isaac

“…These challenges have limited the ability of small-scale businesses to obtain loans and other financial support, thereby hindering their investment and performance and leading to poor performance and collapse of many small-scale businesses in Kampala and other parts of the country. …”
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Impact of Social Inequality on Education in Bumbaire Sub-County Bushenyi District. by Ainembabazi, Mollen

“…Educational disparities are deeply rooted in the socio-economic stratification of the area, and specific measures targeted at vulnerable groups have been empirically shown to have limited impact. Overcoming educational inequalities requires profound systemic changes. …”
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Poverty and Family Relationships: A Case Study of Bukimbiri County Kisoro District. by Kamusiime, Daniel

“…Findings reveal the socioeconomic challenges faced by families, such as limited access to clean water and exploitative marketing practices. …”
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Pesticide use in vegetable production in rural Uganda - A case study of Kabale District, South western Uganda by Hannington, Ngabirano, Grace, Birungi

“…Some of the farmers (42%) used mixed different pesticides in the vegetables. Limited knowledge about pesticide application, inability to interpret instructions, non-observance of pre-harvest intervals, mixing pesticides and lack of training on pesticide use contribute to pesticide use malpractices which may put farmers’ health at risk and reduce food quality. …”
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Credit Risk Management Practices and Loan Performance of Commercial Banks in Uganda by Agaba, Francis, Tamwesigire, Caleb, Eton, Marus

“…The bank should adopt the tool of 5cs of credit management, with this it will develop a good loan book that shall lead to good loan performance. Limitations: We still don't know clients' perceptions of the different credit risk management practices. …”
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Credit Risk Management Practices and Loan Performance of Commercial Banks in Uganda by Francis, Agaba, Caleb, Tamwesigire, Eton, Marus

“…The bank should adopt the tool of 5cs of credit management, with this it will develop a good loan book that shall lead to good loan performance. Limitations: We still don't know clients' perceptions of the different credit risk management practices. …”
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Operation Wealth Creation and Poverty Reduction in Kabale District: A Case Study of Rubaya Sub-County by Marion, Katusiime

“…Operation Wealth Creation (OWC) faced a number of challenges, such as poor coordination among stakeholders at both national and district levels across the agricultural sector, low quantity and quality inputs, huge losses due to no or limited extension services, a lack of supervision and monitoring of OWC activities, corruption, and elite capture, among others.…”
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The Effect of Internal Control System on the Financial Performance of SACCOS in Rukiga District: A Case study of Rukiga SACCO in Rukiga District. by Katwesigye, Joshua

“…The study recommends that the management of Rukiga Sacco should design effective internal control systems by ensuring that adequate asset listings is done by management, capital assets purchased are approved by appropriate level of management and asset numbering is done to show location and protection of the assets. …”
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Design of a Modern Car Parking at the Faculty of Engineering, Technology Aplied Design and Fine Art. by Byamukama, Samuel

“…It includes bench marking, data collection, and design among the many Lastly chapter four explains the future works, conclusions and recommendations.…”
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The Role of Public Libraries in Promoting Digital Literacy for Community Empowerment in Western Uganda. by Rwotolonya, Sarah Kakuru

“…However, they encounter a number of challenges such as limited funding, unstable power supply, few ICT facilities, and few staff within the libraries. …”
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The Contribution of Tour Companies Towards the Development of the Tourism Industry in Rwanda: A Case Study of Primate Safari Tour Company by Diogene, Habimana

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Kabale University Interdisciplinary Research Journal (KURJ) by Siraje, Kaaya, George Stanley, Kinyata

“…In a bid to continue promoting the research agenda, the Kabale University Interdisciplinary Research Journal (KURJ) as a platform for disseminating research findings, routinely accepts high quality original research articles, letters and commentaries on a wide range of disciplines including but not limited to education, social sciences, agriculture and environment sciences, economics and management sciences, medicine and the engineering sciences among others. …”
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Spatial and temporal variations of trophic state conditions of LakeBunyonyi, south‑western Uganda by Alex, Saturday, Thomas J., Lyimo, John, Machiwa, Siajali, Pamba

“…The negative value of TSI-Chl-a–TSI-TP deviation pointed out that the lake is not phospho-rus limited, while the positive TSI-Chl-a–TSI-SD mean deviation value revealed the effect of Chl-a and TP on the lake’stransparency. …”
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