Browsing by Author "Musinguzi Denis"

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Analysis of pre- and post-departure experiences of returnee Ugandan migrant domestic workers from Saudi Arabia
(Emerald Publishing Limited, 2025-07-21) Munyonyo Asiimwe Florence; Musinguzi Denis
In this chapter, the authors explore the wide range of human experiences, both positive and negative, that Ugandan migrant domestic workers (MDWs) encountered before they traveled to Saudi Arabia to participate in international domestic labor. This research consisted of a research sample of 18 people. This included 12 returnee Ugandan migrant workers from Saudi Arabia and 6 key informants who participated in the study. This group of informants included representatives of the Ministries of Gender, Labor, and Social Development, the Ugandan Association of Employment Recruitment Agency, and directors of recruiting companies. The study also investigated a recruitment firm, payment of recruitment fees, passport processing fees, medical examination checkup fees, and contract signing and departure training fees.
Analysis of push and pull factors influencing the migration of Ugandan domestic workers to Saudi Arabia
(ERRCDF, Rethinking Education for Inclusive Development, 2024-02-21) Munyonyo Asiimwe Florence; Musinguzi Denis
The study explored the push and pull factors driving Ugandan domestic workers to migrate to Saudi Arabia. The research paradigm employed was social constructivism, where individuals seek to understand their world and develop meanings based on their experiences. A qualitative approach using a phenomenological research design was utilised. Data was collected from a sample of eighteen (18) respondents through unstructured interviews to identify the factors contributing to the migration of Ugandan domestic workers to Saudi Arabia. Thematic analysis was conducted during data analysis. The migration factors were presented in concept maps created using Nvivo 10.0. The study uncovered that push factors varied from person to person, but major ones included poverty, unemployment, school dropout, family obligations, marital neglect, domestic violence, personal development goals, poor working conditions, work-related challenges, peer influence, and single parenting. Pull factors include the influence of Arabian family culture that promotes the demand for maids, bilateral labour agreements, adventure, attractive job prospects, free travel documents, cost-effective job processes, and an easy migration process. The study concluded that without effectively addressing push factors to provide long-term solutions, the migration of Ugandan domestic workers to Saudi Arabia will persist. It is recommended that the Government of Uganda take steps to create a conducive environment with satisfying employment opportunities for these young individuals to reduce the number of people seeking jobs outside Uganda. This involves generating employment opportunities to regulate internal domestic work and make it highly profitable, thereby encouraging young people to remain in Uganda.
Digital education for peacebuilding in post-conflict contexts: a systematic review of ICT-enabled learning with insights for rebuilding Sudan
(World Association for Sustainable Development, 2026-07-10) Musinguzi Denis; Ntayi M. Joseph; Mubangizi James; Kiggundu Tonny
This systematic literature review examines Information and Communication Technology (ICT)-enabled education for peacebuilding in post-conflict contexts, offering insights for the rebuilding of Sudan’s education system. Using SPIDER criteria and PRISMA guidelines, 49 peer-reviewed studies were selected via systematic searches of Scopus, Web of Science and databases of grey literature. Results showed a diverse set of ICTs, mobile learning, offline digital tools, blended models, and peace education platforms, deployed in a variety of conflict environments. Recorded impacts included better access to learning and continuity of education, increased social cohesion, leadership strengthening, and recovery from trauma. Enabling factors such as institutional readiness, cultural adaptation, teacher capacity, and community engagement, and barriers such as limited connectivity, funding fragility, and gender differences are highlighted. Twelve key lessons were identified to guide the recovery strategy for Sudan’s education system. ICT can support educational recovery and peacebuilding, but success in Sudan depends on strategic integration, local ownership, inclusive design, policy alignment, and longitudinal, multi-sectoral evaluation to ensure sustainable impact.
Functions of governing boards in Catholic institutions: a multi-dimensional analysis of strategic planning, regulatory compliance, and resource mobilisation in Uganda
(East African Nature & Science Organization, 2025-06-30) Oyo Charles; Musinguzi Denis; Owino Philip
This qualitative study examined governing board functions in Catholic institutions across Uganda through three core dimensions: strategic planning, regulatory compliance, and resource mobilisation. Using interpretive phenomenological design, the study involved 78 participants, including board members, managers, and staff across Catholic schools and health facilities in four ecclesiastical provinces. Data collection utilised semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions, analysed using MAXQDA software with thematic analysis techniques grounded in integrated agency, resource dependence, and stakeholder theories. Findings revealed significant theory-practice disconnections with 68% of boards demonstrating reactive strategic planning approaches, 73% showing reactive compliance management, and 75% exhibiting over-reliance on external funding sources. The study uncovered "ceremonial governance" patterns where boards functioned as validation rather than strategic creation bodies, operating primarily through procedural compliance rather than functional effectiveness. These findings contribute empirical evidence on governance challenges in African Catholic contexts, offering practical implications for enhancing board functionality through integrated governance standards, systematic accountability frameworks, and balanced professional-mission excellence approaches. The research addresses critical gaps in governance literature by investigating board functions beyond financial metrics in mission-driven organisations, providing insights applicable to faith-based institutions globally while recognising the unique canonical-secular accountability tensions inherent in Catholic institutional governance.
Marketization of humanitarian work in the 21st century: balancing the survival and moral imperatives for NGOs: a case of Uganda Red Cross Society
(East African Nature & Science Organization, 2025-05-30) Akol Joseph; Musinguzi Denis
Today’s NGO is a large corporate undertaking in systems and structure in comparison to the early days of a small, humble, locally connected one with a clear vision and mission focus (Gibson, 2019). It is a big service provider dependent on funding from institutional donors rather than individuals or the public. It has elaborate structures for operations, procurement and supply chain management, public relations and communications, fund-raising and business development services (BDS), internal audit and accounting, human resources (HR), monitoring and evaluation, community engagement and feedback receipt, and implementation (Cooley and Ron, 2002; Gibson, 2019). It is staffed with thematic specialists who implement short-term niche complex programmes and projects with tight deliverables, budgets, and timelines. Its staff, while dedicated, suffer from dilemmas of balancing moral motivations and efficient implementation of discrete projects that they are assigned to implement, and the processes needed to operate large-scale undertakings (Gibson, 2019). This is, rather, rational behaviour in response to their existential pressures created by today's market conditions. This has created cracks in the heart of the NGO sector. Identity, mission, and public trust are being threatened by the resultant pressure as increased corporatization, enterprise culture, and principal-agent (P-A) relationships gain momentum in NGO operations (Salamon, 2003). NGOs need to preserve their values as they navigate the distinctiveness and survival imperatives. This article attempts to delve into how NGOs have attempted to balance these imperatives, drawing from an empirical review of the existing body of literature in the subject area and analysis of the set-up and operations of one large Relief Service NGO in Uganda -the Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS).
Politicization of COVID-19 in Uganda: a critical reflection on government interventions and citizens’ perceptions
(Springer Nature Link, 2025-05-25) Ssali Lukwago Vick; Ohira Wakiko; Musinguzi Denis; Musoke Nakabuye Juliet
The COVID-19 outbreak in Uganda coincided with the 2021 general elections. Facing strong opposition, Yoweri Museveni was standing at a critical juncture whether he would mark his 35th year as the president. This chapter situates COVID-19 in Museveni’s regime. It examines how Museveni and his party, the National Resistance Movement (NRM), instrumentalized the pandemic, how citizens perceived the government interventions, and their consequences for Uganda’s political future. We argue that, although the instrumentalization of the pandemic might have worked favorably for the ruling party to win the elections, the government interventions revealed the shortcomings of the semi-authoritarian regime—the skewed relationship between the central and local government and incapabilities of local governments—that might challenge Museveni’s regime in the future.
South Korea’s Development Success: Lessons for Uganda
(African Journals Online, 2017) Musinguzi Denis
From a least developed and aid receiving country to a developed and donor country within six decades, South Korea represents one of the unprecedented world‘s phenomenal and remarkable development experience. A combination of political and economic elements has been the key driver behind Korea‘s development success. Traditional and contemporary factors worked symbiotically to accelerate Korea‘s miraculous economic development and rapid socio-economic transformation. Traditional factors include prodigious savings, focus on exports, investment in human and infrastructure capital, strong macroeconomic policies, and a capable government with a long-term development vision. Contemporary factors include effective economic planning, strong business-government links, investment in research and development, adaptable economic policies and an emphasis on tertiary education. Through effective usage of aid that it benefitted from, Korea now extends the same generosity to developing countries, including Uganda. The article explores this unprecedented and ‗miraculous‘ experience, and draws lessons for Uganda and other developing countries.