ABSTRACT The study analyzed the provisions in the various legislations and case law to establish their relevance and effectiveness in the promotion of human rights in Uganda. The researcher used a comparative analysis method to arrive at his conclusions inter alia that there is no effective legislative frame work for the institution of cases of public interest litigation on the promotion of human rights in Uganda as the country does not have a specific law on public interest litigation cases...
ABSTRACT The purpose of carrying out this research was to get tangible results and was guided by the assumption that decentralization has played a fundamental role in social economic transformation of Lwengo District. The main objective of this study was to investigate the role of the legal and regulatory frame work on decentralization in the social economic transformation of Uganda. And specifically, analyse the legal and regulatory frame work on decentralization in the social economic tran...
ABSTRACT The research paper discuss what torture is, the origin of torture, its historical developments, types of torture both in the ancient and modern, the research further goes on to discuss the illegality of torture citing treaties and convections that prohibit torture this include the UN Convection Against Torture and Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment, The Universal Declaration of Human rights the 1995 constitution of Ugru"lda all prohibit torture practices; however despite this co...
ABSTRACT The study investigated environmental law compliance and its implications for oil and gas exploration and production in Uganda, it was guided by the following objectives; to examine the developments in the oil and gas exploration and production sector in Uganda, to identify and examine the environmental impacts of oil and gas exploration and production in Uganda, to review the activities involved in the oil and gas exploration and production processes, to analyze the national, region...
ABSTRACT The above research was carried out in the Republic of Uganda with an intention of examining the legal regime providing for the rights of accused persons under criminal justice system in Uganda in the republic aforesaid. The research addresses the inherent and inalienable nature of human rights generally. It critically analyses rights of suspects and accused persons putting into consideration the legal initiatives that have been taken by various stakeholders in the justice system. In...
ABSTRACT The study sought to assess protection from torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in terms of promotion and protection of Human Rights, in periocular achieving freedom from the act of to1iure cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. To that end, the study focused on establishing factors responsible for the occurrence and persistence of torture in decentralized administration. It examined the legal framework in place to address the crime of torture, ...
ABSTRACT The thesis analyses the doctrine of Utilitarianism as propounded by the English philosopher, Jeremy Bentham. It encompasses the basic principles that nurture the Utilitarian discourse in all its pursuits. The study also encounters the various types of Utilitarianism and the criticisms thereto in which it is presented that besides laws, even rules, actions and motives must produce the desired happiness of the greatest number of people so as to pass the Utilitarian test. The study the...
ABSTRACT This study analyzed state sovereignty vis-a-vis the international relationship between Uganda and Kenya towards Uganda, 1963-20 I 4, with a specific focus on commercial and economic foreign policies. It contends that until2014 Uganda remained Kenya's leading trade partner, thereby necessitating an analysis of Kenya's foreign policy tools and instruments towards Uganda. Kenya's foreign policy generally aims at protecting Kenyan territorial integrity/ security and maximizing wealth cr...
CHAPTER ONE 1.0 Introduction Indemnity is the controlling principle of contracts of insurance which is the system for wide distribution of accidental losses and an arrangement for transferring and distributing risk. 1 Insurance is essentially a contract of indemnity, and from this cardinal principle arise many of its distinctive characteristics.2 The purpose of insurance is indemnity and indemnity only and whenever it is applied to any other, such use is a perversion of the true principle.3 ...
CHAPTER ONE RESEARCH BACKGROUND This contains the problem that the researcher intents to address, the objectives of the research paper and the methods the researcher will use to collect data while in the field as well as an analysis of the similar prior research undertaken by scholars towards the same subject matter. To the best of the knowledge of the researcher, as the title of the research reads "The customary land tenure and the importance of certificate of customary land ownership", cas...
ABSTRACT This study "Banks and Fiduciary Responsibilities, The Law and Practice' was caiTied out in different banks in Kampala district, with specific aims of establishing the circumstances that bring about fiduciary arrangements and the legal issues taken into consideration to decide these responsibilities; finding out the different forms of fiduciary responsibilities, examining the circumstances that can lead to breach of fiduciary relationships through an analysis of the loopholes in the ...
ABSTRACT Energy occupies a pivotal position in any country's search for economic development. The availability of a reliable supply of energy spurs economic development through raised levels of productivity, creation of employment opportunities and income generation. It is indispensable to point out that one of the key sources of energy in Kenya is petroleum and petroleum products. The determination of the price of petroleum products in Kenya has been left to the international market forces ...
TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION ............................................................................................................................. i APPROVAL ................................................................................................................................... ii DEDICATION ............................................................................................................................... iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .......................................
TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION ........................................................................................ .i APPROVAL .............................................................................................. .ii DEDICATION .......................................................................................... .iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .............................................................................. v LIST OF STATUS ...................................................
ABSTRACT The generation of this dissertation is divided into four chapters. Chapter one of the dissertation will contain, general introduction, statement of the problem, objectives of the study, methodology, hypothesis, literature revive chapterization, significance of the study and research question. Chapter two will be focusing on literature review; I will be able to handle the review in accordance to the research questions raised. They include to explain the current state and shortfalls of...