Decentralized Urban Planning Challenges in a City of a Developing Country:The Case of Kampala Capital City, Uganda

Decentralized mode of governance has been adopted by many developing countries since mid-1980s, with the objective of bringing decision making closer to the communities, increase public participation and improve the quality in management. This was lauded as a move away from top-down model of governance to that addressing the local needs at grassroots level. This mode has been fast tracked in Uganda since the late 1980s with urban and district authorities. Among the Urban authorities, Kampala City Council, then a Local Government, took the lead in decentralizing urban planning and land management as by the Local Government Act. Cap 243. For instance a change of administrative set up under the Kampala Capital City Authority Act.2011 revamped service delivery including urban planning.  However there was de facto recentralization of urban planning to the centre. This move disenchanfrised the population at the grassroots and gone against the spirit of the constitution of the Republic of Uganda on decentralization. Hence this paper examines the constraints that face decentralization and emphasizes that its role cannot be reversed. Consequently, strategies that can be applied to streamline the process of decentralization and make it functional. Keywords. Decentralisation, urban planning, disenchanfrise, Kampala Capital City Authority DOI: 10.7176/JEES/9-4-11 Publication date: April 30th 201

FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE PREVALENCE OF MALARIA AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN IN BURUNDI. A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY OF PRINCE LOUIS GWAGASORE CLINIC AND KAMENGE MILITARY HOSPITAL.

Background: Malaria infection during pregnancy is a major public health concern in tropical and subtropical countries with significant risk for the pregnant woman and her fetus. It has been reported that in sub-Saharan Africa malaria can cause as many as 10,000 cases of malaria-related deaths in pregnancy per year, usually due to severe maternal anemia. Besides, each year, malaria in pregnancy is responsible for 20% of stillbirths and 11% of all newborn deaths in sub-Saharan Africa. The aim of the study was to investigate the factors contributing to the prevalence of malaria among pregnant women in Burundi country. Methodology:  The study employed a cross-sectional descriptive survey design to collect information from three hundred and twenty-six pregnant women from the two hospitals enrolled in the study sample using the systematic sampling technique following obtaining consent to participate and data were collected using a validated questionnaire and analyzed using the computer-assisted software statistical; package for social sciences (SPSS)version 20 to generate frequency distribution of responses. Results: Climate change, stagnant water around the house, visits of community health workers, sources of information, health care staff, mosquito net provided, education (nonformal, primary), and employment status (agriculture, civil servant) were the factors contributing the prevalence of malaria among pregnant women in Burundi. Conclusion:  A significant relationship existed between factors contributing to the prevalence of malaria and pregnant women in Burundi, Bujumbura District. This implied that on all these objectives, more efforts are needed to improve the welfare of pregnancy and decrease the prevalence to ensure the protection of the mother and the healthy child. Recommendation: The Ministry of public health could strengthen the IEC to improve the health of pregnant women by using correctly mosquito nets from the first antenatal consultation

Diagnostic study of reading difficulties in a third grade

This item was digitized by the Internet Archive. Thesis (Ed.M.)--Boston Universityhttps://archive.org/details/diagnosticstudyo00duf

Los principios políticos tradicionales yansi

Jean Berchmans Labana Lasay'Abar es doctor en ciencias políticas por la Universidad de Zaire, especialista en antropología política. Fue rector de la Universidad de Kinshasa.El profesor Labana Lasay'Abar presenta un pequeño estudio sobre el alcance político de los proverbios en la sociedad Yansi (región del Kwilu), una de las entidades políticas tradicionales del Zaire, hoy República Democrática del Congo. En dicho grupo comunitario ágrafo no se conoce la autoridad central ni el aparato administrativo. Sin embargo, ello no quiere decir que su sociedad sea anárquica: en cada una de sus comunidades ciertas personas, por razones hereditarias, detentan un determinado ejercicio del poder y presiden los actos y ceremonias sociorreligiosas. En este contexto, los proverbios operan como mecanismos para el control social, pero también como inhibidores o facilitadores del proceso de desarrollo de la vida en común. Son formas orales de carácter sapiencial que regulan el diario vivir de los individuos y que cumplen funciones culturales, morales, sociales y jurídicas. Su naturaleza oral y su origen anónimo no les impiden ser factores decisivos en la cohesión del grupo

Aphasia in childhood: language development based on the association method

Thesis (Ed.M.)--Boston Universit

The Impact of The COVID-19 Pandemic on Indonesian Retail Companies' Working Capital Management

Indonesian government imposed a social distancing policy in response to the declaration of COVID-19 as a pandemic but still allowed companies to operate their business with several restrictions. As a result, retail companies had to manage their working capital more prudently in order to keep the stability of their business operations. This research aims to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the working capital management of Indonesian retail companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange. The results of the current study showed that the COVID-19 pandemic did not affect profitability (measured by return on assets and return on equity) and the working capital management (measured by cash conversion cycle and working capital requirement) of retail companies. However, other proxies of working capital management (i.e., net liquid balance and operating cash flow) were found to be significantly different before COVID-19 and during the pandemic

Preparation of rare earth - transition metal (RE: Y, Tm: Co) intermetallic compounds by calciothermic reduction diffusion process

Rare earth cobalt alloys have many special magnetic properties and can be used to prepare magnetic and magneto-optical components. The yttrium - cobalt intermetallic compounds are prepared by calciothermic reduction - diffusion (CRD) process at temperature of 1000 ºC, under argon atmosphere. Yttrium oxide, metallic cobalt powder, metallic calcium are used as raw materials in this process. Calcium acts as the reductant, which is used to prepare the YCo5 magnetic material. XRD, SEM, EDAX and some thermodynamic valuation have been carried out on the products. The chemical reactions controlled by unreacted core model theory were studied.  http://dx.doi.org/10.5937/metmateng1401035

Synthesis of Y- Ni alloy by calciothermic reduction diffusion process

In this study, magnetic material of the Yttrium based alloy such as nickel intermetallic compound is prepared by calciothermic reduction process (CRD), at different temperatures, for 7 hours, under Argon atmosphere. Kinetic analyses have been used to calculate the conversion rate and the rate constant at different temperatures. Thermodynamic calculations have been performed to estimate the Gibbs free energy at different temperatures. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction and EDX analysis have been performed to characterize the samples produced at 1273 K. Magnetic properties have been estimated using Vibrating Sample Magnetometer