Papers by MIRIAM KYOMUGASHO
This thesis examines the socio-economic effects of oil industry on the people of Kabaale Village,... more This thesis examines the socio-economic effects of oil industry on the people of Kabaale Village, Hoima, and Bunyoro region in Uganda. The thesis analyses the current political economy of Uganda and how Uganda is prepared to utilize the proceeds from the oil industry for the development of the country and its people. In addition, the research examines the effects of industry on the people of Uganda by analyzing how the people of Kabaale in Bunyoro region were affected by the plans to construct oil refinery in their region. This field research was done using qualitative methods and the Historical Materialism theoretical framework guided the study. The major findings include; displacement of people from land especially women, lack of accountability from the leadership, and less citizen participation in the policy formulation and oil industry. Ugandans, East Africans and the wider Pan-African world need to re-organize their socio-economic structure to enable people own means of product...
This excellent book provides one of the few detailed studies of the changing nature of (hetero)ma... more This excellent book provides one of the few detailed studies of the changing nature of (hetero)masculinities in a specific social context. Using a variety of anthropological techniques, Wyrod explores the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in a deprived community in Kampala. This provides the basis for a sensitive and nuanced analysis that traces the changing nature of gender relations within which AIDS has been embedded.
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This thesis examines the socio-economic effects of oil industry on the people of Kabaale... more ABSTRACT
This thesis examines the socio-economic effects of oil industry on the people of Kabaale
Village, Hoima, and Bunyoro region in Uganda. The thesis analyses the current political
economy of Uganda and how Uganda is prepared to utilize the proceeds from the oil
industry for the development of the country and its people. In addition, the research
examines the effects of industry on the people of Uganda by analyzing how the people
of Kabaale in Bunyoro region were affected by the plans to construct oil refinery in their
region. This field research was done using qualitative methods and the Historical
Materialism theoretical framework guided the study. The major findings include;
displacement of people from land especially women, lack of accountability from the
leadership, and less citizen participation in the policy formulation and oil industry.
Ugandans, East Africans and the wider Pan-African world need to re-organize their
socio-economic structure to enable people own means of production; participate and
form labor organizations. Additionally, there is a need for oil producing African countries
to unite and setup and oil fund for resources and investment instead of relying on
foreign multinationals or become rentier states.
Key words:
oil industry, oil in Uganda, Historical Materialism, Kabaale & Bunyoro
regions
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Papers by MIRIAM KYOMUGASHO
This thesis examines the socio-economic effects of oil industry on the people of Kabaale
Village, Hoima, and Bunyoro region in Uganda. The thesis analyses the current political
economy of Uganda and how Uganda is prepared to utilize the proceeds from the oil
industry for the development of the country and its people. In addition, the research
examines the effects of industry on the people of Uganda by analyzing how the people
of Kabaale in Bunyoro region were affected by the plans to construct oil refinery in their
region. This field research was done using qualitative methods and the Historical
Materialism theoretical framework guided the study. The major findings include;
displacement of people from land especially women, lack of accountability from the
leadership, and less citizen participation in the policy formulation and oil industry.
Ugandans, East Africans and the wider Pan-African world need to re-organize their
socio-economic structure to enable people own means of production; participate and
form labor organizations. Additionally, there is a need for oil producing African countries
to unite and setup and oil fund for resources and investment instead of relying on
foreign multinationals or become rentier states.
Key words:
oil industry, oil in Uganda, Historical Materialism, Kabaale & Bunyoro
regions
This thesis examines the socio-economic effects of oil industry on the people of Kabaale
Village, Hoima, and Bunyoro region in Uganda. The thesis analyses the current political
economy of Uganda and how Uganda is prepared to utilize the proceeds from the oil
industry for the development of the country and its people. In addition, the research
examines the effects of industry on the people of Uganda by analyzing how the people
of Kabaale in Bunyoro region were affected by the plans to construct oil refinery in their
region. This field research was done using qualitative methods and the Historical
Materialism theoretical framework guided the study. The major findings include;
displacement of people from land especially women, lack of accountability from the
leadership, and less citizen participation in the policy formulation and oil industry.
Ugandans, East Africans and the wider Pan-African world need to re-organize their
socio-economic structure to enable people own means of production; participate and
form labor organizations. Additionally, there is a need for oil producing African countries
to unite and setup and oil fund for resources and investment instead of relying on
foreign multinationals or become rentier states.
Key words:
oil industry, oil in Uganda, Historical Materialism, Kabaale & Bunyoro
regions