A Review of the Public Order and Management Act and Its Implications On Public Gatherings: A Case Study of Kampala

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION .............................................................................................................................. i

APPROVAL ................................................................................................................................... ii

DEDICATION ............................................................................................................................... iii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .............................................................................................................. iv

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ......................................................................................................... v

CHAPTER ONE ............................................................................................................................ 1

INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................... 1

1.1. Background to the study .................................................................................................... I

1.1. Background to the study ................................................................................................... 2

1.2 Statement of the Problem ................................................................................................... 3

1.3 Objectives of the study ....................................................................................................... .4

1.3 .1 General Objectives ....................................................................................................... 4

1.3 .2 Specific objectives ....................................................................................................... .4

1.4 Research hypothesis ........................................................................................................ 5

1.5 Scope of the study ...................................................................................................................... 5

1.5. 1 Geographical scope ................................................................................................................. 5

1.5 .2 Time scope .............................................................................................................................. 5

1.6 Significance of the study .................................................................................................... 5

CHAPTER TWO ........................................................................................................................... 6

LITERATURE REVIEW ............................................................................................................. 6

2.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 6

2.2 History of Public Order Management in Uganda ............................................................... 6

2.3 The Public Order Management Act,2013 is enacted .......................................................... 7

2.4 The Uganda Police Force ................................................................................................... 9

2.5 Freedom of Peaceful Assembly ........................................................................................ 10

2.6 Conclusion ........................................................................................................................ 12

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CHAPTER THREE ..................................................................................................................... 13

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................... 13

3.0.Introduction:-.................................................................................................................... 13

3 .1. Research Strategy ............................................................................................................ 13

3.2. Research Design .............................................................................................................. 13

3 .3. Data Collection ................................................................................................................ 14

3.4. Source Of Data Collection .............................................................................................. 14

3.5. Data Collection Methods ................................................................................................. 14

3.6. Ethical Considerations ..................................................................................................... 14

3.7. Anticipated Constraints ................................................................................................... 15

CHAPTER FOUR ....................................................................................................................... 16

THE PUBLIC ORDER MANAGEMENT ACT AND ITS IMP ACT ON PUBLIC

GATHERINGS IN KAMPALA ................................................................................................. 16

4.1. Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 16

4.2. Definition of public order ................................................................................................ 16

4.3. Public order management. ............................................................................................... 17

4.4. Freedom of peaceful assembly ........................................................................................ 17

4.5. Provisions of the public order management act ............................................................ 18

4.5.3 Facilitation of Simultaneous assemblies and counter demonstrations .......................... 21

4.5 Duties of the police .......................................................................................................... 24

4.6. International standards regarding the public gatherings and their management.. ........... 26

4.7. International policing standards and the management ofpublic ..................................... 27

4.8. The Uganda Police Force ................................................................................................ 29

4.9. The pre-2016 general elections period ................................................................................... 32

4.10. Methods and equipment used ............................................................................................... 33

CHAPTER FIVE ......................................................................................................................... 36

RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSION ....................................................................... 36

5.1 Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 36

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5.2. Recommendations ........................................................................................................... 37

5.2.1. Under elections ............................................................................................................. 37

5.2.2. To the Government ofUganda ..................................................................................... 37

5.2.3. To the Ministry of Internal Affairs ............................................................................... 38

5.2.4. To the Uganda Police Force ......................................................................................... 39

5.2.5. To the Parliament of Uganda ....................................................................................... 39

5.2.6. To the UN special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful ........................... 39

Assembly and of association .................................................................................................. 39

5.2.7 To the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights ....................................... 39

5.3.Conclusion ........................................................................................................................ 39

BIBLIOGRAPHY ........................................................................................................................ .41