UCU Digital Institutional Repository
Welcome to the Uganda Christian University Digital Institutional Repositoy (UCUDIR). This is the University's official Institutional Repository. It aims to collect, preserve and showcase the intellectual output of staff and students of UCU. This growing collection of research includes peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, working papers, theses, and more.
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Demystifying the Order from Above: the people versus the Attorney General, when the forces exceed their constitutional mandate
(Jescho Publishing House, 2021)The law of criminal procedure lays down the machinery by which suspects are brought to court, tried and if found guilty, punished. Criminal procedure can also be defined as the means by which criminal law is enforced and ... -
Socio-Institutional Drivers of Groundwater Contamination Hazards: The Case of On-Site Sanitation in the Bwaise Informal Settlement, Kampala, Uganda
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021)Socio-institutional factors are poorly addressed in the risk assessment of groundwater contamination. This paper contributes to the development of a socio-institutional assessment framework based on a case study of ... -
Effect of Unstable Mix under Severe Traffic Loading on Performance of Asphalt Pavements in Tropical Climate
(Advances in Civil Engineering. Hindawi, 2020)This paper is aimed at assessing the in-service performance of asphalt pavements in tropical climate under severe conditions. 'emain defect observed on the asphalt pavement was rutting of the asphaltic surfacing, with ... -
Relationship between water quality and physical conditions of domestic storage tanks supplied by a water utility in a rapidly growing city
(Water SA, 2021-01)Domestic water storage tanks are commonly used in urban centres of developing countries such as Uganda to enable reliable access to water. However, little work has been done on the conditions of domestic water storage tanks ... -
Effectiveness of bylaws in supporting sustainable crop intensification: A case of potato farming in Southwestern Uganda
(Journal of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, 2021)The study assessed the effectiveness of formal and informal bylaws in supporting sustainable crop intensification in potato farming regions of Southwestern Uganda. An exploratory case-study descriptive design was adopted, ... -
Amplifying local voices to reduce failure in the water, sanitation and hygiene sector
(Royal Academy of Engineering, 2021)WASH endeavours regularly fail. Sometimes this means that entire programmes do not achieve their stated aims, sometimes these failures are setbacks which can be rectified with sufficient reflection and action. This ... -
The Law of Forensics: a proof beyond the shadow of doubt
(Jescho Publishing House, 2021)This book gives an understanding of the application of forensic sciences to the law. It covers the crime scene investigation process, and provides an overview of the various kinds of forensic evidence that may be collected ... -
Freedom through law
(Jescho Publishing House, 2021-08-16)“If the legal system or a particular law is wrong or not good enough, and should be changed: if that is against the law, then the law is an ass – an idiot….” said of a law that one thinks is unnecessary or ridiculous. The ... -
Intelligent Design and the African Ontological and Epistemological Aesthetics: a legal philosophical discourse
(Jescho Publishing House, 2021)This book introduces the controversy over intelligent Design; introducing some closely related views, such as creationism, theistic evolutionism and naturalistic evolutionism. It deals with the relationship of African ... -
Women and Taboo a case study on Buganda in Uganda
(Acton publishers, 1996)Women, as persons belonging to the Kingdom of God, are located through-out the world. In their different locations, they experience diverse cultures, customs and beliefs which influence and affect their well-being at ...
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