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The contribution of national and international institutions to the security of the republic of Sudan
(Direct Research Journal of Social Science and Educational Studies, 2021-11-12) Mansour, Arbab Younis Omar; Asiimwe ,Muchwa Solomon; Edaku Charles
The study sought to investigate the role of national and international institutions in Sudan's security. The study was also founded on phenomenological ontology, which entailed describing the experiences as they occurred. The study used qualitatively selected categories of respondents, such as officials in the Executive, Judiciary, and Legislative arms of government, as well as respondents from social institutions and opinion leaders, in conjunction with Sudanese archival data. The study discovered that national institutions in Sudan had failed to deal with local disputes that had widened again, and international institutions had either perpetrated the interests of aliens as faced during State formation, or had exacerbated societal, environmental, and political threats through policies based on the assistance provided. The study advocated for the strengthening of State institutions and the harnessing of democracy in order to accommodate international institutions within State structures as a means of instilling a strong sense of security in the Republic of Sudan.
The implementation of decentralisation policy in Rwanda: study findings from “the impact of democratic governance on the development of urban areas in Rwanda”, a case of Kigali city (2003-2013)
(International Journal of Advanced Educational Research, 2019-08-14) Omar, Khalfan; Salomon, Asiimwe Muchwa
Decentralisation policy has been adopted by the Government of Rwanda in 2000 and since then it has been promoting good governance especially service delivery and fight against corruption. As it was new type of governance in Rwanda, it has been a useful way of the governing body with some resistance at the centralized government to give up some of its responsibilities in the benefit of decentralized entities. This was a key victory of implementing decentralization policy in a way that citizens got administrative entities near them and participated in one way or in another to their respective entities’ decisions making. Thus, local entities become the hubs and promoter of development, in Kigali city in particular.
Rethinking community security in Uganda: Integrating community policing with intelligenceled policing
(RoutledgeTaylor & Francis Group, 2023-01-30) Abaho, Anne
Contemporary changes in crime reveal the need to enhance law enforcement methods such as Community Policing with intelligence based approaches for sustained community–police partnerships and improved community participation in ensuring safety. Community participation and partnership with law enforcers is essential for identification of threats and vulnerabilities, collection, analysis and sharing of crime data and problem solving. Uganda’s Community Policing has since 1989 focused on image construction, trust and confidence building for the police within the community and underscoring police relevancy in a transitional democracy while crime remained steadily high. The introduction of crime preventers and Local Defense Units (LDUs) to back-up police in handling crime, patrol neighborhoods and gather intelligence has instead attracted accusations against law enforcers for excessive use of force, human rights violations and involvement in crime. Intelligence led policing (ILP) aims at enhancing community safety based on analysed information for strategic, operational and tactical benefits in crime prevention. Using secondary sources of data, the paper argues that while Community Policing has been preferred in crime prevention, intelligence gathering for purposes of investigating and preventing crime has remained poor. It recommended that Community Policing is integrated with ILP for effective detection, prevention, management of crime and enhanced community security.
Administrative management practices and service delivery in selected non-governmental organizations in Ibanda district, a case study of Ibanda municipality
(Nkumba University, 2025-10) Mwebesa, Timothy Rutehenda
Service delivery by Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) to beneficiaries remains a major challenge in most communities in the developing world. Though management practices are important and fundamental in enhancing service delivery in the NGO sector, they have received little attention. This study examined the relationship between administrative management practices and service delivery in selected NGOs in Ibanda Municipality. Specifically, the study examined the relationship between: planning, policies/laws and monitoring and evaluation and service delivery in selected NGOs in Ibanda Municipality. The study employed a cross-sectional and correlational design. A total of 84 participants including 80 workers in the selected NGOs and 4 community development officers were recruited to participate in the study from October to November 2025. Descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation and linear regression were used. Data were obtained from workers of NGOs using a self-administered questionnaire and interview guides from community development officers. Statistical Package for Social Sciences was used for analyzing data from questionnaires. Thematic analysis and quotes from qualitative data were used in triangulation. Of the administrative management practices, 1.3% (p = 0.161), 4.6% (p=0.032) and 14.8% (p=0.000) were the positive contributions of planning, administration of policies/laws and monitoring/evaluation respective to service delivery in selected NGOs in Ibanda Municipality. The relationship between administrative management practices and service delivery in NGOs in Ibanda Municipality was positive with least effect of planning followed by monitoring/evaluation and the most administration of policies/laws effects on service delivery. Interventions targeting administrative management practices, especially, planning is vital.
Assessment of the effectiveness of the 1997 Otawa convention in eliminating anti-personnel landmines, a case study of South Sudan
(Nkumba University, 2025-07) Wani, James
The purpose of the study was to assess the implementation of the 1997 Ottawa Convention in eliminating Anti-personnel landmines in South Sudan so as to come up with strategies to address any challenges. Its specific objectives were: to examine the nature of anti-personnel landmines and its effect on the environment in South Sudan, to assess the contribution of the 1997 Ottawa Convention in ensuring elimination of anti-personnel landmines in South Sudan and to investigate the challenges that South Sudan is facing and how they affect implementation of the 1997 Ottawa Convention. The study used a mixed-method of quantitative and qualitative research approaches. It employed cross-sectional survey whereby the researcher studied and analysed data from a different category of respondents without altering them at a single point in time. A total of 52 respondents who were selected either purposively or by simple random sampling techniques participated in data collection. The questionnaire and interview methods were used with the questionnaire and interview guide instruments. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze data and findings presented in tables and figures. Findings according to the regression coefficients on Objective One, the correlation analysis findings revealed a positive and moderate significant effect of the nature of anti-personnel landmines on the environment in South Sudan (β = .498 p ≤ 0.05). This meant that a unit improvement in the nature of anti-personnel landmines would result in a 49.8% improvement on the environment in South Sudan. Furthermore, findings of R2 = 0.268 indicated that the nature of anti-personnel landmines account for 26.8% of the effect on the environment in South Sudan. Objective two indicated a moderate positive significant relationship between the 1997 Ottawa convention (r (226) = .532, p<0.01) and elimination of APLs in South Sudan. The implication of this finding is that in instances where the 1997 Ottawa convention demonstrates exemplary implementation, there would be a significant elimination of APLs. In addition, the magnitude of the dependency was given by the value of the adjusted R2 (.274) which implied that the independent variable (1997 Ottawa convention) account for about 27.4% of the variations in the dependent variable (elimination of APLs). While objective three findings indicated that there was a moderate positive significant effect of challenges that South Sudan faces on implementing the Ottawa Convention as shown by the value of the standardized coefficient of (β = .538 p ≤ 0.05). This meant that there was a moderate linearly association between challenges that South Sudan faces and implementation of the Ottawa Convention. Furthermore, the statistics of R2 = 0.366 indicated that challenges which South Sudan faces predicted 36.6% as a change in the level of implementing the Ottawa Convention, implying that for any improvement in the challenges which South Sudan faces there would be 36.6% improvement on implementation of the Ottawa Convention, while other factors contribute 63.4%. The study recommended under objective one, that the Government of South Sudan should work with the Humanitarian NGOs to put in place policies and strategies to provide financial and material support to the people whose environment, economic activities and sustainability were affected by the national political insecurity. For objective two, that the central government should improve the mechanisms of increasing community awareness on its progress on implementing the 1997 Ottawa Convention and to ensure that favourable government policies on national security mine action equipment clearance requirements are in place, and concerning objective three, the study recommended that the Government should work hand in hand with all stakeholders of the elimination of APLs to agree on regulatory provisions and strategies of addressing the existing challenges which do limit the implementation of the 1997 Ottawa Convention objectives.