Survival of the urban poor in Nabutiti neighbourhood in Kansanga ward in Kampala City
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2015-06
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Kampala International University,School of Education
Abstract
This study was conducted to explore the survival of the urban poor in Nabutiti neighbourhood in Kansanga ward in Kampala City. This was after the realisation that the liberalisation of the economy in the late 1980s and early 1990s and the rapid urbanisation of Kampala City had left tens of thousands of the city residents in squalid conditions where abject and absolute poverty rule with services going mainly to paying clients following the withdrawal of the state as the principal actor.The study specifically sought to achieve the following objective: to find out how the urban poor survive in Nabutiti neighbourhood. To achieve the stated objective, the study was guided by the following research question: how do the urban poor survive in Nabutiti neighbourhood?
The study design took the form of a case study of the survival of the urban poor in
Nabutiti neighbourhood in Kansanga ward in Kampala city. The study also involved
purposive sampling in which the data sought were qualitative. A sample of 35 respondents was purposively selected for the study. These included five female-headed households, five male-headed households, five local leaders, five bachelors, five spinsters and five social service providers (Le., in health, education, water, housing and transport). The data were collected using interviews and observations for primary data and documents analysis for secondary data.
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A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of bachelor of arts with education of Kampala International University
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Urban poor, Nabutiti neighbourhood