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Acholi Manyen made us Fight': Understanding the Metaphor in the Former Lord’s Resistance Army Female Fighters' Battle Spaces
(2019) Komakech, Daniel
Drawing on from literature on women‘s agency in wars and case studying the various battlespaces occupied by the former Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) female fighters, I seek to argue that theformer LRA female fighters' role in the war was unthinkable without the nonutilitarianattitudinal-psychovalue motivation construct of Acholi manyen (New Acholi).Therefore, the repertoire of violence participated in by the former LRA female fighters, was constructed around the Acholi manyen ,making it pervasive in the LRA war discourse and system. In a sense, I try to validate the point that the stage of the politicalin the LRA rebellion was majorly the reconstruction of Acholi many through re-Acholicisation. This reconfiguration and imagining, was to reconstitute the political, economic and social land scape of Acholi. A transition from the 'outside'-the bush (a metaphor for old Acholi, Acholi B) that was ambiguously inhabited, to the 'inside'-a restructured and re-spatialised continuum. A new'Jerusalem' (asAcholi manyenwas alternatively referred), asplaceholder of the normal (Prugl, 2003).Second, by typifying the former LRA female fighter status, I connect to the broader literature on female fighter status (Coulter, 2008) and literature on the motivation of the female fighters.
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.
African ethics as a conduit to development
(The PhilPapers Foundation, 2023) Musoke Mutyaba, Emmanuel
The objective of this work is to contribute to the existing literature, a theoretical argument that, African ethics can help in effecting a holistic development. African ethics with its emphasis on the common good and guided by the two cardinal virtues of community and fraternity, can lead to the improvement of people’s quality of life as those virtues are vital in effecting progress in meeting economic, social and environmental betterment. Such a communitarian and fraternal ethics emphasizes good character for all members thereby mal practices like: egoism, corruption, embezzlement, theft, cheating, laziness, violation of human dignity, etc. which hinder the overall wellbeing of people, are detested. Instead, good practices such as accountability/reliability, hard work for sustainability, innovativeness, charity, cooperation, responsibility for fellow human beings and nature at large, and good governance are encouraged which leads to the attainment of social progress and the achievement of a holistic well being for all. African ethic’s principle of participation where all members participate in the matters of their community which is the gist of democracy is of great help in building democratic states. As a way forward, this chapter encourages African communities to revisit African ethical values for their relevancy in the attainment of individual and social progress. The method used in writing this chapter was a desk study research method that was purely qualitative in approach.
Africans and their Environment: Challenges and Possibilities of Restoring the Link Constrained by Resource Conflicts
(Uganda Martyrs University, 2017) Kamugisha, Marsiale
Agro-ecology Systems Approach to Achieving Sustainable Livelihoods in Africa: Contributions of Uganda Martyrs University
(Uganda Martyrs University Press, 2018) Mwine, Tedson Julius; Muwanga-Zake, John Wycliffe Frank
Attempts Towards Progressive Teaching and Learning at the Faculty of the Built Environment of Uganda Martyrs University
(Uganda Martyrs University Press, 2018) Ndibwami, Alex
Basooka kwavula
(2008-02-14) Mulindwa, F. Henry
Bleeding
(IntechOpen, 2020-12) kizito, Omona
Fibroid, also called leiomyomas, is common tumor of the uterus. Usually, women of reproductive age are at risk of getting it. However, majority of these women develop fibroid (s) by the age of 50 years. This condition usually causespainful and unpleasant symptoms such as; heavy bleeding, prolonged periods, inter-menstrual bleeding, abdominal pain and cramps, anemia, pelvic pain and pain during sexual intercourse, among others. Abnormal bleeding, such as bleeding that occurs with fibroids and heavy periods, often lasts more than 10 days per month. This fibroid symptom involves persistent bleeding between cycles, which can severely impact one’s quality of life. Abnormal bleeding, especially in fibroids, can be taken as missing three or more periods in a woman who had been having regular monthly period, or periods that last less than 21 days or more than 35 days apart from each other. Another indication of an abnormal period is bleeding through multiple pads and tampons in a short amount of time.
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(2010) Angucia, Margaret
Chelpi-den Hamer’s book on the youngest recruits brings to attention the prevalence of the problem of children involved in conflict in Cotê d’ Ivoire. This is important because the problem of the involvement of children in conflict in the West African region has been dominated by the cases in Liberia and Sierra Leone. In this regard, the book flags another area where attention needs to be paid in relation to children in war. However, as the reader goes on, the lack of comprehensive information on the conflict in Cotê d’ Ivoire as the context for Chelpi-den Hamer’s “child soldiering” does not clarify to the reader if the phenomenon occurs in Liberia, Cotê d’ Ivoire or in both countries. By use of the term “child soldiers”, Chelpiden Hamer’s book is part of the dominant literature referring to children who have been involved in conflict as such. This reference is the unforgiving stigma the academia, the humanitarian industry and the common man attach to these children who have been both victims and victimizers. She has no reflections on how to change the discourse on “child soldiers” by use of alternative language to be able to see such children, for instance, as “war-affected”, however differently.
Breaking the Terminal Nature of Primary Teacher Education in Uganda: Innovations at Uganda Martyrs University
(Uganda Martyrs University Press, 2018) Byaruhanga, Aloysius; Mushabe, Charles
Cancer Care in Countries in Transition in Africa: The Case of Uganda
(Springer, Cham, 2016) Mwaka, Amos Deogratius; Wabinga, Henry; Garimoi, Orach Christopher
Uganda is a low-income country experiencing epidemiological transition with a double burden of communicable diseases including malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV as well as a rising incidence of noncommunicable diseases including cancers, hypertension, and heart diseases and diabetes. The country has a high population growth rate of 3.5 %. The population of the older people who are more prone to cancers is increasing exponentially and cancers related to lifestyles and old age are on the increase. This is in addition to the high rates of infection-related cancers including cervical cancer (most common cancer among women in Uganda), Kaposi sarcoma, and hepatocellular carcinoma. These infection-related cancers predominantly affect the young economically productive age groups and hence contribute negatively to economic production and poverty eradication. Majority of cancer patients in Uganda are diagnosed with advanced stage cancers and experience poor survival. There are few specialized cancer care facilities and cancer specialists in Uganda. Hospice Africa Uganda contributes immensely to the care of the terminally ill cancer patients while the Kampala Cancer registry provides high quality data on cancer exposures, incidences, and mortality to guide planning, research, and policy on care for cancer.
Capacity building in adaptive reuse through collaborative workshops for students: on-site and remote experiences in Rwanda and Zanzibar
(European Union, 2021) Ahimbisibwe, Achilles; Louw, Michael; Michieletto, Manlio; Olweny, Mark R. O.; Papanicolaou, Stella; Lans, Berend van der
The idea of ‘adaptive reuse’ is relatively new in the African built environment. The value of working with existing under-utilised buildings as a resource for the future lies in the inherent potential for addressing sensitive issues that often originate from their colonial past or previous regimes during which they were built or occupied. As part of the International Forum Cultural Spaces for Kigali, a workshop for students was hosted at the University of Rwanda’s School of Architecture and Built Environment from 10 - 14 March 2019. The participants included the University of Rwanda (UR), Uganda Martyrs University (UMU) and the University of Cape Town (UCT). The objective of the workshop and the Forum was to test the adaptive potential of unused buildings near Kigali’s city centre, and to evaluate whether disused buildings – such as the Kigali Central Prison (also known as Nyarugenge Prison, Gikondo Prison, or simply “1930”) and the Ecole Belge (the former Belgian School) – could be adapted for use as precincts for the production and performance of art and culture. The project was launched and run by the Rwanda Arts Initiative (RAI), with African Architecture Matters and the Centre for Fine Arts Brussels (BOZAR), and funded by the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles. The workshop targeted students, who, navigating their cultural differences, presented a variety of options or possibilities using visualisation methods. This was done in cooperative workshops, with presentations by students and professionals from across Africa, developing an independent, continent-specific approach. The success of the Rwandan workshop, and its reiteration in Zanzibar, are presented here.
Challenges of Diagnosis and Treatment of Epilepsy at Mulago National Referral Hospital in Kampala, Uganda
(Springer, New York, NY, 2015) Ddumba, Edward
Epilepsy is a common condition in Low Income Countries like Uganda. These countries are overburdened by infectious diseases like Malaria, Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS. Uganda is going through an epidemiologic transition from communicable diseases to non-communicable diseases including epilepsy. The country has not put in place strategies to address the new realities of the increasing burden of non-communicable diseases like diabetes, hypertension and epilepsy. There are tremendous challenges in terms of infrastructure, human resources for health, diagnostics and medical supplies for effective treatment of these conditions. Many communicable and non communicable diseases may present with symptomatic seizures which are often mistaken for epilepsy the disease. This article discusses the challenges health workers meet in diagnosing, investigating and treating epilepsy in a limited resource setting at Mulago National Referral Hospital in Kampala, Uganda.
The Church in Africa:
(Little Sisters of St. Francis Publication., 2016) Namuli, A.; Bwangatto, A.; Kamweri, J. M. M.; Okello, L.; D’Arbela, P. G.
The authors of this book have attempted to assemble in one volume basic information about the Church in the setting of the Uganda social fabric, in many respects applicable to the African situation south of the Sahara, with some local variations. They have tracked the Church’s evolution right from mid nineteenth century when explorers and colonizers plotted their advance into the continent then referred to as the Dark Continent – for development and business. Alongside these missions for exploration and business exploitation came the missions for evangelization... The Catholic Church in Uganda thriving on the seed of the blood of the Uganda Martyrs, is well entrenched in the community. The clerical profession has been well accepted and continues to attract a good number of young people, and shows increasing growth. The Church is exerting its moral influence on national policy; it has impacted in a major way on the development of educational, health and other social services in the country. Outstandingly, the Church in Africa has started sending out missionaries to the West where often personalities there refer to the status of their countries as post-Christian. They need to be re-evangelized (By His Eminence Emmanuel Cardinal Wamala, Archbishop Emeritus of Kampala Archdiocese).
Complexity and risk in IS projects: a system dynamics approach
(Fountain Publishers, 2007) Ssemaluulu, Paul Mukasa; Ddembe, Williams
In spite of ongoing research on IS risks and the increased sophistication of the tools and techniques developed, IS risks continue to be a challenge to IS professionals and managers. Increased complexity leads to increased risks. When we are confronted with a complex system, our knowledge and understanding of how different components work and interact, and accordingly how the system as a whole works, will always be incomplete. While many researchers have dwelt on project management techniques, it is apparent that we cannot have all the answers in advance since we cannot foretell the future. Due to the increasing complexity of IS solutions it is seen that existing information system development methodologies do not tackle this adequately. The primary purpose of this paper is to highlight how System Dynamics which employs systems thinking can be used to deal with the study of organizations (companies, public institutions, and other human organizations) as complex systems of human activity, with plurality of interest and values. It also shows how System Dynamics models can help companies to manage the risks and uncertainties related to complex IS projects. This paper partly describes some variables in an ongoing research where we aim to use the system dynamics methodology to create a better understanding of the link between information quality and customer satisfaction. We critically look at two variables that we deem important in the search for this relationship. These are complexity and risk in IS projects
Conceptual modeling of nodding syndrome: a system dynamics and sequence approaches
(The Centre for Democracy, Research and Development (CEDRED), 2017-06) Ongaya, Kizito; Ssemaluulu, Paul Mukasa; Oyo, Benedict; Bongomin, Pido
Conceptual modelling of nodding syndrome (NS) has hardly been considered in most scientific literature although symptoms of the disease has been widely studied. A conceptual model is a representation of hypothesis about a system under investigation and enables a comparison between hypothesis and data. Since nodding syndrome is an unexplained neurological illness that mainly affects children aged between 5 to 15 years, without specific diagnosis and treatment, the aetiology remains unknown and under investigation, conceptual modelling may be a crucial ingredient in understanding the disease. Purpose of the Study: The purpose of the study is therefore, to represent nodding syndrome occurrence and immune-pathogenic pathways in the causation of nodding syndrome using system dynamics approaches. Methodology: We have used systematic review method to filter literature on nodding syndrome from the year. We also used Systems Dynamic Approach and we emphasized confirmed scientific investigation to enable the relationships conform to reality. Vensim software was preferred for implementation of the casual-loop diagrams. Microsoft Office Visio 2007 was identified as suitable for implementation of the sequence conceptual model of nodding syndrome for its ability to show interactions between electrolytes and other actors. Findings: Our findings were that system dynamics approach has not been used research of nodding syndrome. More so, conceptual modeling were not considered by most articles.
Creaducation: a Focus on Dynamic Education for Development in Uganda.
(Uganda Martyrs Univrsity: Mtafiti Mwafrika Monograph Series., 2017) Najjuka, Salome
In discussing creaducation as a new focus forming a critical part of dynamic education for development in Uganda, this discourse builds on the work of five key theorists namely: Csikszentmihalyi (1996); McClelland (2015); Sternberg and Lubart (1995); and Levinger (1996); to propose an education pathway that will propel us to development on our African continent and specifically in Uganda. Creaducation is prescribed as a new type of education that focuses on, and awakens the creativity of a learning individual to metamorphose into “a development individual”. This education aims to hone within an individual, the tools that will be fundamentally contributory to the development endeavours in our country and elsewhere. Creaducation arouses, creates, and invigorates the latent elements within an individual to begin a fathomable process of creative thinking, problem solving, process improvement, and to actions leading to self-betterment and community development. This form of education calls forth the latent genie that lies within us, to a perpetual unleashing of creative works of profundity and brilliance.
Cultural Identity and Gloablisation Among the Contemporary Lugbara: Towards Plural Cultural Identity
(Uganda Martyrs University, 2017) Ika, Lino
Current State of Palliative Care in Uganda
(Springer Nature, 2020-10-30) Namukwaya, Elizabeth; Mwaka, Amos Deogratius; Namisango, Eve; Mwesiga, Donald Mark; Downing, Julia
The need for palliative care in Uganda has exponentially increased due to the ageing population, the increased number of non-communicable diseases and the high prevalence of HIV/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that 1% of the population needs palliative care; therefore, as the current population of Uganda is 40,308,000, an estimated 403,080 people need palliative care. Uganda has made significant progress in palliative care services and research since 1993, when palliative care was introduced. Uganda was the highest-ranking African country and 35th ranking country worldwide in the Quality of Death Index of 2015 out of 80 countries assessed for quality and availability of palliative care services for adult populations in the world. Uganda had the largest number of palliative care services among the countries surveyed in Africa for the recent African Palliative Care Association (APCA) Atlas of 2017. In 2019, 90% of the 112 districts in Uganda had palliative care services. Most palliative care services were developed in the pre-antiretroviral treatment era as a response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic and its complications, including cancer. Most palliative care services offer care mainly for HIV/AIDS and cancer patients, with a few now taking on other illnesses that cause serious health-related suffering. The majority of palliative care services in Uganda are health facility-based. Home-based and community-based services are few and are mainly provided by non-government organisations. The palliative care service matrix for palliative care services in Uganda includes pain and symptom control, social and psychological support, patient and family healthcare education, cancer screening, day care services, food and school education support, provision of antiretroviral therapy, HIV testing, transport assistance and bereavement support. Community and hospital volunteers have played a big role in palliative care in Uganda, which bridge healthcare professionals with the community. This chapter discusses the current state of palliative care services in Uganda. Focus will be on services that offer home-based and community-based palliative care, as most people live in rural areas with little access to health facilities; this is where most people should receive most of their care as the majority of patients prefer to die at home. The five-pillar approach to the integration of palliative care into health systems, as proposed by the World Health Organisation, has been pivotal in the palliative care development in Uganda. Therefore, this chapter will highlight the development and current state of palliative care using these pillars. The challenges faced by palliative care in Uganda will also be discussed.
Decolonisation Pathways: Postcoloniality, Globalisation, and African Development
(Centre for African Studies, Uganda Martyrs Univrsity Book Serries (UMU BS), 2017) Ssentongo, Jimmy Spire
One of the perennial questions in all former colonies is that of how to break the chains in which they are still entangled in various ways long after official ‘independence’. Subsequent developments, such as globalisation, continue to make the situation even more complex. Marks of colonial chains are boldly imprinted in many Africans’ psyches and relayed in practice in ways quite often contradictory to the continent’s development demands. This book is an effort by Ugandan scholars at making sense of the intricate challenges of the African postcolonial situation. It tackles a wide range of areas, including: education, research, gender, migration, cultural identity, and environment. The overarching theme that binds together the different chapters is how to theoretically understand the dynamics behind Africa’s colonial history and postcolonial performance/identities in the wake of globalisation. The theoretical analysis is then used to draw out ideas on how Africa can move forward on a self-decolonisation path to meaningful development.

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