Browsing by Author "Mutyaba, E. M."

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African Concept of Participation:
(Asian Trading Corporation, 2016) Mutyaba, E. M.
This chapter presents the African concept of participation as having a theological foundation. The African notion of participation is understood in terms of appurtenance to God our source and in whose fraction of vital force we participate. Man cannot give life to another if not by participating in God’s creative power through which he communicates life. This explains why the traditional Banyarwanda leave a small hole in the middle of the roof of their hats called endoleroy’Imana through which God (Imana) sees when the couple have intercourse and together with them creates a new life (baby). This common appurtenance and participation in one source makes us participate in each other’s vital force too. This explains why the life of an African is tied to his community (expressed by John Mbiti as “I am because we are, because we are therefore I am”) and it has a religious overtone, so much so that he does not distinguish between the sacred and the profane.
A Study of Housing, Good Health and Well-Being in Kampala, Uganda
(Springer, 2021) Mutyaba, E. M.
This chapter presents adequate housing as a necessity for health and well-being. To the literature it adds a theoretical argument aimed at convincing African governments and peoples that adequate housing is a human right that needs to be respected in the bid to promote the health and well-being of people as demanded by the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 3. It is argued that human beings do not desire adequate housing for luxury or aesthetic reasons but as a natural imperative to which governments must respond. Given that a home should be a place where people feel safe and relaxed while feeling a sense of belonging and self-esteem and acquiring moral values therein, it is also noted here that only an adequate house can constitute a home. The chapter used a case study research design and a qualitative approach. It was mainly a desk study research. Further information was collected from field research. It was concluded that type of dwelling influences one’s physical and emotional state as well as productivity. It is recommended that the right to adequate housing as not merely a dwelling place should be taken seriously for realization of SDG 3, which relates to people’s health and well-being.