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Busoga clans and history

Omulangira Mulungi Peter Kabaale Director Abasoga Tuseetule encourages Youths of Busoga to love their clans We have clan system among the Basoga. A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived relationship and ancestry, even if the lineage details are not clearly known, clans claim descent from a founding member or a common ancestry. In Busoga, clan must have a name, a totem ( Omuziro ), a motto ( omubala ), an ancestor ( Enkuni ), a common origin ( ensibuko ), and a clan head ( Omukungania ) Basoga and many other societies in Africa are organized in a clan system where every individual belongs to a clan. There are over 300 clans in Busoga that can be grouped into two major groupings according to their origins or movements. 1. Clans that came with the Royal family, these are characterized by the burial of their dead facing Bunyoro. It's assumed that after death the person returns to Bunyoro where they migrated from. 2. Clans that came via lake Nalubaale ( Vic

Retention in service: a case study of academic staff at Ugandan universities. International journal of academic research in business, arts and science (IJARBAS.COM)

David Waigolo (Phd Economics) Selinus University of Sciences and Literature Email : davidwaigolo2017@gmail.co m Abstract T he study explores the determinants of academic staff retention in private and public universities in Uganda. Since universities in Uganda are operating in a highly competitive environment, one of the challenges they face is employee retention. Universities have been occasioned by globalization which has intensified competition and increased the mobility of highly skilled employees, yet universities depend on these staff for success and sustainability. Literature was reviewed in line with specific objective of the study as it established the impact of remuneration on academic staff retention in university A and university B. The study was conducted through a survey research design. Both qualitative and quantitative research approaches were employed to collect data; from the population. The target population of the study was 771 and the sample size was 186