TABLE OF CONTENTS
DECLARATION ........................................................................................................................ i
APPROVAL .............................................................................................................................. ii
DEDICATION .......................................................................................................................... iii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ......................................................................................................... iv
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ...................................................................................................... v
LIST OF STATUTES ............................................................................................................... vi
LIST OF CASES ...................................................................................................................... vii
CHAPTER ONE ........................................................................................................................ 1
1.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................. 1
I .2 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY ....................................................................................... 1
I .3 STATEMENT OJ' TilE PROBLEM ...................................................................................... 2
I .4 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY ........................................................................................... 2
I .4.1 GENERAL OB.IECTIVE .................................................................................................... 2
1.4.2 SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES ................................................................................................... 2
1.5 RESEARCH QUESTIONS .................................................................................................... 2
1.6 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY ....................................................................................... 3
1.7 THE SCOPE OF THE STUDY .............................................................................................. 3
1.8 LIMITATION OF THE STUDY ........................................................................................... 3
1.9 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY .......................................................................................... .4
1.10 DEFINTTION OF KEY TERMS ......................................................................................... 4
1.11 LITERATURE REVIEW: ................................................................................................... 7
CHAPTER TWO .................................................................................................................... 11
THE LIWAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK GOVERNING WORKER
RIGHTS IN UGANDA ............................................................................................................ 11
2. I INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................... 11
2.2 THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANJSA TION INSTRUMENT ............................ II
2.3 THE 1995 CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA ...................................... l2
2.4 THE EMPLOYMENT ACT 2006 CAP 6: ........................................................................... I 4
2.5 THE RIGHTS lJNDER THE TRADE UNION ACT CAP 223 ............................................ 18
2.6 THE NATIONAL SOCIAL SECURITY FUND ACT CAP 222: ......................................... 19
2.7 THE LABOUR UNIONS ACT 2006 CAP 7 ........................................................................ 20
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2.8 THE WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT CAP 225 .......................................................... 21
2. IO THE PENSIONS ACT CAP 286 ....................................................................................... 22
2.I I THE LABOUR DISPUTES (ARBITRATION AND SETTLEMENT) ACT 2006 CAP 8 .. 23
CHAPTER THREE ................................................................................................................ 25
3.0 GENERAL STUDY AND APPLICABILITY OF THE EMPLOYMENT ACT 2006 CAP 6
FOR THE UNFAIR TERMINATlON OF EMPLOYEES IN UGANDA ................................... 25
3.I INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................... 25
3.2 EFFCTIVENESS OF THE LAW FOR THE UNFAIR TERMINATION OF EMPLOYES IN
UGANDA ................................................................................................................................. 25
3.2.I IN SHELL (UGANDA) LTD V GEORGE NDYABAWE ................................................ 25
3.2.2 TUMUSSIME FIDE LIS VA TTORNEY GENERAL ....................................................... 28
3.2.3 ANDREW MLJKASA V UGANDA ELECTRICITY BOARD ........................................ 3I
3.2.4 IN KAGWA ANDREW V MINISTER FOR INTERNAL AFFAIRS ................................ 32
3.2.5 IN JABI V MBALE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL.. ................................................................ 32
3.2.6 ELETU V UGANDA AIRLINES CORPORATION ......................................................... 33
3.2.7 RIDGE V BALDWIN AND ORS ..................................................................................... 33
3.3 CONCI.USION ................................................................................................................... 35
CHAPTER FOUR ................................................................................................................... 36
4.0 CHALLENGES OF ITS APPLICATION IN UGANDA ...................................................... 36
4.I INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................... 36
4.2 LIMITATION ON THE EFFECTIVE APPLICABILITY OF THE LAW ON THE UNFAIR
l'ERMINATION OF EMPLOYEES IN UGANDA ................................................................... 36
4.2.I PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ............................................................................................. 36
4.2.2 DELAY OF JUSTICE; ..................................................................................................... 37
4.2.3 LACK OF UNDERSTANDING OF LANGUAGE OF LAW ........................................... 37
4.2.4 POOR FUNDING: ........................................................................................................... 39
4.2.5 PROCEDURAL CONSTRAINT ...................................................................................... 39
4.2.6 CORRUPTION ................................................................................................................ 39
4.2.7 POOR GOVERNMENT POLICY ................................................................................... .40
4.2.8 JUDICATINCJ CAPACITY ............................................................................................. .40
4.2.9 CONCLUSION ................................................................................................................ 41
CHAPTER FIVE .................................................................................................................... .42
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS .................................................................... 42
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5. I INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................. .42
5.2 CONCLUSION .................................................................................................................. .42
5.3 RECOI\11\1 ENDATION .......................................................................................................
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MARIAM, KAGERE . "A Critical Analysis On the Applicability of the Employment Act Cap 6 Of 2006 For The Unfair Termination of Employees in Uganda" Afribary (2022). Accessed September 07, 2024. https://afribary.com/works/a-critical-analysis-on-the-applicability-of-the-employment-act-cap-6-of-2006-for-the-unfair-termination-of-employees-in-uganda