INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND DISSEMINATION CONFERENCE –
APRIL 20-21, 2015 AT HOTEL AFRICANA, KAMPALA
Conference Theme:
“Em pow ering Com m unities through R esearch,
Innovations and K now ledge Translation”
DETAILED PROGRAMME
DAY 1 – MONDAY APRIL 20 , 2015
MORNING SESSION 08.00 – 12.45
VENUE : NILE HALL
08.00 – 09.00
Registration of participants
09.00 – 9.30
Welcome Remarks, Chairperson, Conference Organising Committee
Session 1: Plenary: Invited Papers
Chairperson : Prof. George Nasinyama, Makerere University
Special Paper 1: ViralHaemorrhagic Fevers (VHFs) by Dr. Monica Musenero Masanza,
Assistant Commissioner, Epidemiology and Surveillance, Ministry of Health
09.30– 10.30
Special Paper 2: The future of food security in Africa’ By Prof.George William Otim- Nape,
African Innovations Institute AFRII
10.30 – 11.00
11:00 – 12.00
HEALTH BREAK
OPENING SESSION:
CHAIRPERSON – Prof. Charles Kwesiga, Executive Director, Uganda Industrial Research
Institute, Nakawa - Kampala
The Uganda National Anthem
East African Community Anthem
Anthem of the Government of Sweden
Makerere University Anthem
Remarks by the Vice Chancellor, Makerere University – Prof. John Ddumba-Ssentamu
Remarks by the Chairperson Makerere University Council , Eng. Dr. Charles Wana-Etyem
Remarks by the Ambassador of Sweden to Uganda, H.E Urban Andersson
Remarks by the Chancellor Makerere University, Prof. George Mondo Kagonyera
12.00 – 12.
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12.30 – 12.45
Address by Chief Guest, Minister of Education, Sports, Science and Technology, Hon. Jessica
Alupo
Keynote paper by Prof. Love Ekenberg, Professor of Mathematics, Stockholm University,
Sweden
Discussion
12.45 – 14.00
LUNCH BREAK
BREAKOUT/PARALLEL SESSIONS
SUB-THEME 1: HEALTH AND HEALTH SYSTEMS
CHAIRPERSON : Dr. Jaran Eriksen, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet
VENUE : ORANGE HALL
Key Paper : by Prof. John David Kabasa, College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources
14:10 – 14:45
and Biosecurity, Makerere University
OP 101: Cerebral palsy in Children in Kampala, Uganda: Clinical subtypes, Motor function
14:45 – 15:05
and Co-morbidities by Angelina Mwesigwa Kakooza
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17.00 – 17.30
OP 102: Frequency of RANTES gene polymorphisms and their association with incidence of
malaria among children in Iganga district, Uganda by Catherine Lwanira
OP 103: Prevalence And Factors Associated With Low Birth Weights Among Teenage
Mothers In New Mulago Hospital by Louis Bayo
OP 104: Maternal near misses from two referral hospitals in Uganda: a prospective cohort
study on incidence, determinants and prognostic factors by Dan. K. Kaye
OP 105 : Symptom-based approach for diagnosis of acute asthma and pneumonia among
young children in Uganda by Rebecca Nantanda
OP 106: Vitamin D Receptor fok I Gene polymorphism and vitamin D status in pulmonary TB
patients at Mulago National Referral Hospital Uganda by Ester Acen L.
TEA BREAK
Viewing Posters
SUB-THEME 2 : NATURAL RESOURCE UTILISATION, CONSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL
SUSTAINABILITY
CHAIRPERSON : Prof. Christine Dranzoa, Vice Chancellor, Muni University
VENUE : KAFU HALL
14:10 – 14:45
14:45 – 15:05
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17.00 – 17.30
17.00 – 17.30
Key paper : by Dr. Andrew Seguya, Executive Director, Uganda Wildlife Authority, Kampala
OP 201: Trends of climate extremes and farmers perceptions in the cattle corridor of Uganda
by Brian Owoyesigire
OP 202: Analysis Of Future Climate Scenarios Over Central Uganda Cattle Corridor by Alex
Nimusiima
OP 203: Improved access to climate information as a pre-requisite to increased production
and welfare for rural farmers by Goretti Linda Nassanga
OP 204: Dissolution kinetics of natural halite from Lake Katwe (Uganda) in aqueous salt
solutions by Hillary Kasedde
OP 205: Prevalence and Management of Garciniabuchananii in Lake Victoria Basin, Rwanda
and Uganda by Celestine Bigirimana
OP 206: Historical Deposition Of Persistent Organic Pollutants In Three Equatorial Lakes
From East Africa: Insights Into Atmospheric Deposition From Sedimentation Profiles by
Kenneth Arinaitwe
TEA BREAK
Viewing Posters
Viewing Posters
SUB-THEME 3 : FOOD SECURITY, SAFETY AND VALUE ADDITION
CHAIRPERSON : Prof. Ulf Magnusson, Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of
Agricultural Sciences (SLU)
VENUE : ZAMBEZI HALL
Key paper : by Assoc. Prof. George W. Byarugaba-Baziraake, Kyambogo University,
14:10 – 14:45
Kampala
OP 301: Barriers faced by urban farmers when seeking for agricultural information in Kampala
14:45 – 15:05
Capital City Authority in Uganda by Hellen Musanabera Byamugisha
OP 302: Influence of finishing duration of supplemented grazing animals on meat quality of
15:05 – 15:25
selected beef breeds in Uganda by Kanifa Kamatara
OP 303: A big data approach to management and analysis of a large crop disease
15: 25 – 15:45
surveillance dataset by Grace Kamulegeya Bugembe
OP 304: Evaluation of the Performance of different Organic fertilisers on Maize Yield in
15:45 – 16:05
Kampala Uganda by John Allan Komakech
OP 305: Solving the invisible hunger crisis among school children through service learning by
16:05 – 16:25
Donald Rugira Kugonza
OP 306: Makerere University Transforms the Soybean Sector in Uganda through
16:25 -16:45
development and release of high yielding-rust resistant soybean varieties by Tony Obua
16:45 – 17:00
TEA BREAK
Viewing Posters
17.00 – 17.30
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SUB-THEME 4 : CULTURE, SOCIO-ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION, SOCIAL JUSTICE, GOVERNANCE,
CONFLICT AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT
CHAIRPERSON : Prof. Joy Contance Kwesiga, Vice Chancellor Kabale University
VENUE : SEZIBWA HALL
Key paper : by Mr. Gideon Badagawa, Uganda Private Sector Foundation
14:10 - 14:45
14:45 - 15:05
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17.00 – 17.30
OP 401: Increasing Capacity for Inclusive Service Delivery to Women and Youth’s Energy
needs: The case of Briquettes group enterprise, Wakiso District, Uganda by May Sengendo
OP 402:Myths and Puberty: Knowledge and Understanding of the 10 -14 year old Primary
School Boys and Girls in Jinja District, Uganda by Sarah Natono Bunoti
OP 403: Uncontested Masculinities in HIV/AIDS prevention and mitigation in Hoima and
Kabarole districts by Consolata Kabonesa
OP 404: State repression and Walk-to-Work oppositional protests in Uganda: Silencing citizens
demand for a voice by Andrew Ellias State
OP 405:Displacement Experience and Community Livelihood Strategies in Post-conflict
Northern Uganda by Mary Ejang
OP 406:Rethinking the Self-reliance strategy in Kyangwali Refugee Settlement, Hoima District
by Robert Ayine
TEA BREAK
Viewing Posters
SUB-THEME 5: ADVANCES IN EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
CHAIRPERSON : Prof. Charles Kwesiga, Executive Director, Uganda Industrial Research Institute (UIRI)
VENUE : MAYANJA HALL
14:10 – 14:45
14:45 – 15:05
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17.00 – 17.30
Key paper : by Prof. A. B. Kasozi, Associate Fellow, Makerere Institute for Social Research
OP 501: Experimental study on the performance of gas burner for producer gas based on swirl
flow and continuous air staging by Joseph Ndemere Arineitwe
OP 502: Characterization of ten Uganda bio-waste residues under proximate analysis for
briquettes production by Gaston R. Byamugisha
OP 503: Design and Implementation of a GSM based Fuel Leakage Monitoring System on
Trucks in Transit by Kedi Wagongera & Sula Nsamba
OP 504: Operational Characteristics of Passing Zones on Two-Lane Rural Highways in Uganda
by Godfrey Mwesige
OP 505: Individual, Organizational Factors and
Teacher Turnover Intentions among Primary Schools, in Mbarara District by Mary Gyezaho
OP 506: Copyright Infringement for Academic Authorship in Uganda: Implications on
Exemptions of Fair Use for educational purposes in Universities by Elisam Magara
TEA BREAK
Viewing Posters
POSTER PRESENTATIONS 20TH – 21ST APRIL 2015 9:00 – 17:00
COORDINATOR : Professor David Okello Owiny, Directorate of Research and Graduate Training,
Makerere University
VENUE : FOYER
SUB-THEME 1: HEALTH AND HEALTH SYSTEMS
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Strengthening health facilities for maternal and new-born care: experiences from rural eastern
Uganda by Gertrude Namazzi
Mortality and Cause of death in children aged below five years: The utility of Health &
Demographic Surveillance sites in monitoring key health indicators in rural Uganda by Edward
Galiwango
Lipid lowering potential of malakwang (Hibiscus) leaf aqueous extract of Uganda in high fat diet
Wistar Rats by Gertrude Miriam Ojera
Intensive management protects pigs from smallholder farmers in Gulu and Soroti against nontyphoidal salmonellosis by Ikwap Kokas
Antigenic types of toxin-producing Escherichia coli from diarrheic piglets in rural households
from Gulu, northern Uganda by Ikwap Kokas
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Uganda Translation and Cross-Cultural Adaptation of the Paediatric Evaluation Disability
Inventory (PEDI) by Angelina Kakooza Mwesige
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Surviving childhood in Uganda: Determinants of under-five mortality by Noah Kasunumba
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Use Of Herbal Medicines Among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Clinic At Kiryandongo
Hospital by William Kyegombe
Modelling hepatotoxicity of antiretroviral therapy in the liver during HIV mono-infection by
HasifaNampala
Causes and trend of adult mortality in Iganga/ Mayuge Health and Demographic Surveillance
Site for the period 2007 to 2011 by NdyomugyenyI Donald Bruce and Noah Kasunumba
Factors Associated with Health Facility Deliveries in Kabale Municipally, Uganda by Said Moalin
Human brucellosis: Sero-prevalence and associated risk factors for persistence among people
living in an agro-pastoral community in Uganda by Gabriel Tumwiine
A comparison of the institutionalization of ART programs in four categories of health facilities in
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Uganda by Henry Zakumumpa
SUB-THEME 2: NATURAL RESOURCE UTILISATION, CONSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL
SUSTAINABILITY
Polychlorinated Biphenyls In Air And Precipitation Samples From The Northern Region Of Lake
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Victoria, East Africa by Keneth Arinaitwe
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PP202
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PP206
Collaborative forest management framework and its implementation effect on community men
and women’s right to access and use forest resources by Julius Mugisa
Evaluation of Napier grass clones for performance and tolerance to Napier stunt disease in
Eastern and Central Africa by Zaina Nampijja
Impact of Soil and Water Conservation Technology Adoption on Smallholder Farms in South
Western Uganda by Alice Turinawe
Nakulabye Briquettes Making Technology by Alice Zalwango
Rampant indigenous biodiversity destruction: a precursor for disaster in livelihood opportunities
in Offaka Sub County Arua district Uganda by Edward Andama
SUB-THEME 3: FOOD SECURITY, SAFETY AND VALUE ADDITION
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PP305
Perceptions of Consumers on Safety of Ready-to-Eat Pork in Metropolitan Kampala by Francis
Ejobi
Effect of concentrate supplementation on foraging behaviour of finishing Mubende-Boer
crossbred goats in Uganda by Abasi kigozi
Cassava Viral disease diagnosis and modeling by Solomon Nsumba
Nutritional and Phytochemical Composition of Canariumschweinfurthii Fruits from Buikwe district
in Uganda by Francis Omujjal
Current status of Banana Xanthomonas Wilt (BXW) prevalence in South Western AgroEcological Zone of Uganda by Charles Mugisa
Factors for post-partum resumption of ovarian activity of dairy cows under open and zerograzing farming systems in urban/peri-urban Kampala, Uganda by Benon Kanyima Mbabazi
SUB-THEME 4 : CULTURE, SOCIO-ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION, SOCIAL JUSTICE, GOVERNANCE,
CONFLICT AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Knowledge and Attitudes of Commercial Motorcyclists towards Road Safety Measures in Mbale
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Municipality by Damalie Nsangi Kajumba
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Women-friendly Low-Income Housing by Eiman Ahmed Elwidaa
Ethics and integrity for sustainable livelihoodsby Wilfred Lajul
SUB-THEME 5: ADVANCES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
A review of biomass briquetology to suit high temperature applications in Uganda by Gaston R.
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Byamugisha
The Influence Of Perceptions On Educational Technology Uptake For Teaching And Learning At
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Makerere University: Academic Staff And Students’ Experiences by Consolata Kabonesa
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Getting Computer Uptake High: Influence Of University Students’ Gender Symbolism by Ruth
Nsibirano
Behind the Curtains: Factors Influencing the Uptake of Technology for Teaching at Makerere
University by Ruth Nsibirano
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