Browsing by Author "Namayengo, Lydiah"

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    Online political participation and electoral democracy in Uganda
    (Kampala International University, College of Humanities and social Science, 2023-10) Namayengo, Lydiah
    Globally, Electoral Democracy is one of the cornerstones of democracy that without free, inclusive, fair, transparent, open, credible elections being conducted, representation of the people cannot be achieved. However, Uganda’s General elections have had limited access to traditional media, limited voter education, non- engagement of the diasporas and prisoners in voting, limited conduct of physical political rallies, have inhibited electoral stakeholders from engaging in fair elections. Therefore, the ability of internet use in elections to reduce/address these issues prompted the need to conduct a study on whether internet use in elections in Uganda will contribute towards a fair election. Anchored on Uses Gratification theory and General Systems Theory, this study investigated how Online Political Participation (E- Enabling, E- Engaging and E- Empowering) can promote Electoral Democracy in Kampala(Central), Mbarara (Western), Gulu (Northern) and Jinja districts/ cities(Eastern region) in Uganda. Convergent parallel mixed methods design and Descriptive Co-relational Survey design were utilized on a sample of N= 472 respondents. Statistical Package for Social Scientists was used to analyze the quantitative data while thematic analysis was used under qualitative data analysis. Findings indicate that E- Engaging with R-value = .518, and P value = .000; E- Engaging with R-value = .547 and P value = .000 and E- Empowering with R-value = .653 and P value = .000 were strongly related with Electoral Democracy. Multivariate model established that E- Enabling (Beta value of 0.52) and P value of 0.000, E- Engaging (Beta value of 0.55 and P value of 0.000), and E- Empowering (Beta value of 0.65 and P value of 0.000) had a significant impact on Electoral Democracy. However, there was a significant difference in levels of Electoral Democracy by Age with (F value = 3.14 and P value of 0.025), and specific district/ place of residence with an (F value = 11.61 and P value of 0.000). Providing platforms like fair electoral policies and guidelines to enable people freely adopt and utilize internet in elections through free social media, free/ low cost internet, good nationwide network, minimizing internet shut downs for all electoral stakeholders can enable people freely express themselves and actively engage in entire electoral process with fairness, transparency and accountability will ultimately promote Electoral democracy.
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    Social class and voting behaviour of the people in Mukonjo municipality, Kampala, Uganda
    (Kampala International University, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2012-09) Namayengo, Lydiah
    This study established the relationship between social class and voting behavior in the people of Mukono Municipality, Mukono district. Specifically it was guided by four objectives, (1) to determine the demographic characteristics of the participants, (2) to determine the level of influence of social class, (3), to determine the level of voting behavior, and (4) to establish whether there is a significant relationship between social class and voting behavior. The study used descriptive correlation survey and data was collected from 150 participants from Mukono Municipality using questionnaires. Data was described using frequencies for the participants’ profile, means for the level of social class and voting behavior and analyzed using Pearson linear correlation coefficient to establish the relationship between social class and voting behavior. The study found out that majority of people in Mukono Municipality are female (58.7%), there are more Catholics (30.7%) than other religions, most were married (48.7%) and age group ranged betweenl8 and 30 year. Diplomas (22%) and secondary participants (32.6)% constituted more than 50 %, and most participants were renting (53.3%) as their housing status. The findings also indicated a significant relationship between social class and voting behavior since the sig. value was 0.001. From the findings, the following conclusions were made;- People or individuals are usually grouped into classes basing on their economic positions and similar political and economic interests meaning that income levels do influence one’s voting behavior and people of the same social class vote in a similar way for the same candidates, people in the same class share the same information which also influence one’s voting behavior, some attend rallies and campaigns together while others influence their colleagues to listen to, watch and attempt the same media channels, People of a similar social class may listen to different radio stations, televisions. Therefore people of the same class vote similarly or in a similar way for the same candidates, considering the same issues before voting which include one’s education level, personal traits of the candidate, can be affiliated to the same party, their employment affiliation and others vote in a similar way like their family members.