Survival Of The Urban Poor In Nabutiti Neighborhood 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
neighborhood in Kansanga ward in Kampala City. This was after the realization that
the liberalization of the economy in the late 1980s and early 1990s and the rapid
urbanization 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 neighborhood. 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
purpose sampling in which the data sought were qualitative. A sample of 35
respondents was purposely 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 In Nabutiti Neighborhood, Kansanga Ward