A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE RIGHT TO EXPEDITIOUS TRIAL OF DETAINEES IN UGANDA -A SOCIO- LEGAL APPROACH.

ABSTRACT

This research paper analyses pre-trial detention (remand) in Uganda. It digs deep into the

causes and effects of lengthy pre-trial detention and provides suggestions to end it. The paper

gives appropriate hist01y of the wider context of pre-trial detentions in Uganda that spans Ji-om

the immediate post-colonial times of Uganda to the recent, highlighting major historical events

that have shaped the law on pre-trial deten 1;1m. It goes ahead to provide an analysis of the

literature both local and international and compares it while giving a critic of it. The paper goes

ji,rther to investigate the existence of the !all's relating to pre-trial detention at the national,

regional and international level highlighting the particular provisions of law that state the

confines within this kind of detention should take place and be dealt with. With the central region

as its geographical scope, the research paper entails afield work report of the findings Ji-om the

study. The main method of research used here is the quantitative method where data is extracted

Ji-om the case study with the guide of information Ji-om the target group. The findings ji-0111 the

field study relating to pre-trial detention are circumstantial of the count,y 's level of

development, economic status and the social- political state of affi.iirs in the counhJ'. In a

conclusion, the paper is comprehensive in analysis, investigation and reporting of pre-trial

detention in Uganda and is rich in comparison of the present ·with the past of Uganda in relation

to the topic; local legal ji-mnework with international and concludes with recommendations Ji-om

the author to various stakeholders in this country towards ending lengthy pre-trial detention in

Uganda.