The aim of this study was to examine the association between Intimate Partner Violence, Depression and Contraceptive Usage among Women. The study followed the following objectives; to find out whether there is an association between Intimate Partner Violence and Contraceptive Usage among women, depression and Contraceptive Usage among women and Intimate Partner Violence among women. The study targeted 191 men and a quantitative study design which employed a correlation research design method to establish the association between variables was used. A purposefully constructed self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data from the 191 respondents. Collected data was analyzed using software called Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS-24) to find the level significance of the hypothesis. In conclusion, the study results showed that there is no significant relationship IPV and Depression. Furthermore, results showed that there is no significant relationship between IPV and Contraceptive Usage and the IPV is not significantly related to Contraceptive Usage among women. Lastly, results revealed that there is no significant relationship between Depression and Contraceptive Usage and the Contraceptive Usage is not significantly related to depression among women. This study recommends policy makers and the community at large to understand the nature and extent of the harm caused by IPV, especially as it relates to women‘s reproductive health and autonomy, and highlights opportunities for action. Policymakers can combat IPV and its consequences by promoting integrated policies and dedicating financial resources to support systems, programs, and services to address the intersection of IPV, health, and women‘s empowerment.

Potential voters face difficulty when registering to be legitimate voters, some of these difficulties includes: the long distances to be traveled for registration process, the long queues at the registration sites, the short time duration provided for registration, updating and viewing the voter register. In an effort to make the voter registration and voting process easier, this project report outlines the implementation of the electronic voting system based on current literature on voter registration and voting process, web security and latest software application. The electronic voting system allows the voter to register electronic and ensure the existence of his/her name on the voter register. Furthermore, it allows the voter to cast his/her vote and check for election results updates. Although the electronic voting system focused on the GULU UNIVERSITY Electoral Commission (UEC), it is important to note that it can be implemented for other electoral commissions in other Universities worldwide. The electronic voting system was evaluated and validated in terms of usability and feasibility. The electronic voting system is both usable and feasible, though fixes are recommended to meet the limitations. Trends in the quantitative data and logical inference based on the context of the evaluation suggest that the electronic voting system might help the electoral commission to produce more accurate voting process.

The project aimed at developing a Records Retention and Disposition Schedule for the registry of Masindi Municipal Council. This was achieved by examining the current records retention and disposal practices, identifying the necessary requirements for developing a records retention and disposal schedule and, designing and implementation of a records retention schedule for Masindi Municipal Council. The qualitative approach was used together with a case study project design in which interviewing was the only data collection method that was used in this project. This led to the use of an interview guide as data collection instrument. The sample size was nine (9) participants which was obtained through the application of the data saturation principle. Findings revealed that MMC is faced with several consequences such as loss of valuable documents, cost ineffectiveness, congestion of records in office, denied access to information, informal decisions, audit queries and penalties, time consuming, inaccurate data and delays in the retrieval which were all attributed to an uncontrolled records retention and disposition. All these resulted from the appraisal of records based on registry official’s personal whim. Findings also identified the requirements (functional and nonfunctional) necessary for designing and creating a RRDS for MMC. Major conclusions were; the need for written policies to regulate records retention and disposition, streamlining of lists identifying all forms of records and providing professional training and workshop to records managers in MMC registry. Major recommendations included regularly revisiting and updating the developed RRDS by MMC records managers together with a team of experts, ensure that all the available records regardless of their format, are covered in the developed RRDS with proper retention periods well aligned against each of them in particular, conducting continuous professional training for all records officers and the continued management of records destruction certificate as well as their inclusion on the list of records for scheduling.