| dc.description.abstract | Uganda is still grappling with welfare challenges ranging from poor housing of government employees. The Uganda Police Force has come up with a number of welfare programmes to increase motivation and productivity among the officers. These have been in place for quite a long time but, the police officers still grapple with severe welfare challenges. The study investigated the role of police welfare programs towards satisfaction among police officers. The study employed the following objectives; (i) To explore the level of access to welfare programs that exist in the Uganda Police Force programs, (ii) to examine the factors that influence accessibility to different welfare programs in Uganda Police Force (iii) to examine the satisfaction of accessing the welfare programs (iv) to explore the perceived implication of the level of satisfaction of the Police welfare programs in Uganda Police Force case of Katwe Police station. Through a cross sectional research design, the study deployed a mixed approach where data was collected by both qualitative and quantitative methods. With a response return rate (84% of 169), descriptive statistics and a one sample t-test were automatically run in Statistical Package for Social Scientists (SPSS) version 23 to analyse the quantitative survey data. Content analysis was subjected to the qualitative data obtained from eight Key informants and two focus group discussions. Results revealed that although the police officials were highly aware of the existing police welfare programs, few were able to access them with only exodus savings scheme and SAACO that could be highly accessed followed by Training and development that was averagely accessed. Access to health and medical support, financial assistance during emergency, recreation activities, family planning, housing, visiting the sick in hospital and economic empowerment were poorly accessed. Oofficer‟s position/rank, boss-employee relationship, age, and division in their line of significance were perceived to influence access to the police welfare program. Police officers were somewhat satisfied to only training and development program, and dissatisfied with all the other police welfare programs. This level of satisfaction was perceived to lead to corruption, stress, resignation, early retirement, desertion, demotivation, suicide acts, domestic violence, disrespect for seniors, using office time for side jobs and drug abuse. In conclusion, despite longstanding welfare programs in the Uganda Police Force including at Katwe Police Station, officers face challenges in accessing and expressing satisfaction with these initiatives, potentially leading to adverse consequences like corruption and demotivation. Addressing these gaps through a holistic approach is crucial for enhancing officer well-being and maintaining a motivated and productive police force | en_US |
