4.12 .Employees' annual
income before and after working in Huye water enterprise
Whilst assessing conduction, the researcher was interested to
know real possible improvements made through evaluating household income before
and after joining activities piloted by Huye water
enterprise.
Table 4.7 Households
annual income before and after joining in Huye water enterprise
|
Annual income(rwf)
|
Before working
within Huye water enterprise
|
After the working
|
|
Number of
respondents
|
%
|
Number of
respondents
|
%
|
|
<60000
|
49
|
76.5
|
17
|
26.5
|
|
60000-100000
|
13
|
20.4
|
39
|
60.9
|
|
120000-240000
|
2
|
3.1
|
5
|
7.8
|
|
240000-360000
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
4.6
|
|
360000-480000
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
480000-600000
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
> 600000
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
TOTAL
|
64
|
100
|
64
|
100
|
(Source: primary data)
Table 5. depicts that after working in this enterprise,
moreover the contribution of Huye water enterprise occurred in economic
development of Rwanda basing on those data obtained above, surveys back ago
identified nearly 48.11% of households in Huye district who have declared spend
year with only earn less than 30000rwfs as income, 38.6%, 30000rwfs and 12.26%,
60000rwf. Only 26.5 percent of the respondents earn less to 60000wfr after
joining in Huye water enterprise.
Therefore the majority of respondents have shown positive
increment in income as 60.9 percent declared to have earned between 120000-
240000rwFs annually. Thus, above the poverty line compared to current Rwanda
poverty standards and 76.5% of respondents who depended on less than 60000rwf
ever characterized most of households in selected regions before the
project.
4.13. Respondents opinions
about their categories according Ubudehe survey (household's categories).
Accordingly, nutritional as well as a health conditions has
been improved, essentially because of milk production, income from milk
production and increased the industrial level due to the manure use, etc.
Table 4. 8 Respondents by
households' categories
|
Household
category
|
Before working
in Huye water enterprise
|
%
|
After working
in Huye water enterprise
|
%
|
|
Frequencies
|
Percentage
|
Frequencies
|
Percentage
|
|
The poorer
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
The very poor
|
10
|
15.6
|
0
|
0
|
|
The poor
|
35
|
54.7
|
5
|
7.8
|
|
The middle-rich
|
19
|
299.6
|
50
|
78.1
|
|
The rich
|
0
|
0
|
9
|
14
|
|
The money rich
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
TOTAL
|
64
|
10
|
64
|
100
|
(Source: primary Data)
Some aspects of availability of food are above target and this
is an encouraging sign. From the responses, it appears that food security,
healthcare and education no longer pre-occupies the minds of parents as they
are now able to provide these for their families. Distribution in table4.4
indicates 78.1(%) and 14 % of the total respondents surely declared to be in
the category of the middle-rich and food rich respectively. This, quietly
differ from 54.7 percent lived poor before this enterprise began.
4.14. Respondents views on
the enterprise impact on welfare benefits
Table 4.9 Respondents
views about Huye water enterprise impact on their wellbeing
|
Individual welfare
|
Number of respondents
|
Percentages
|
|
Very good
|
14
|
21.21
|
|
Good
|
51
|
77.27
|
|
Slowly good
|
1
|
1.5
|
|
Poor
|
0
|
0
|
|
Extremely poor
|
0
|
0
|
|
No change
|
0
|
0
|
|
Total
|
66
|
100
|
(Source: primary data)
Given that this enterprise has provided more things to their
workers, more taxes to the government and as well generates daily income from
efforts used in production process, during the research activity the researcher
was concerned on income generated in the study areas.
Respondents' views enclose the overall objective of Huye water
enterprise «to increase the industrial income and improve the nutrition of
their employees». The table 4.6; shows 92.4 percent of technical staff and
respondents (beneficiaries) agree that Huye water enterprise achieved to
increase industrial output and income to the people in the different areas. 61
respondents representing 92.4% witnessed that their individual welfare have
been improved since benefiting from Huye water enterprise's activities.
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