ABSTRACT The situation of refugees is among the most pressing and urgent problems that the African continent is battling with now, this is as a result of conflicts in the continent especially in the region of East Africa and the neighboring countries like South Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia and Burundi among others. East Africa is currently comprised of five countries which include Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, South Sudan and Bmundi. The legal instruments that provide secu...
ABSTRACT Corporate governance in Uganda has faced numerous challenges which are both legal and institutional. There has been lack of political will on the side of government parastatals to be accorded the independence they deserve if they are to operate in accordance with the code of Corporate Governance and the best practices or principles of Corporate Governance. The research concentrates on National Social Security Fund (NSSF) which is one of the parastatal facing corporate governance cha...
TABLE OF CONTENT DECLARATION DEDICATIONAPPROVALACKNOWLEDGEMENT LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS TABLE OF CONTENT CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION1.1 Background to the study 1.2 Research questions 1.3 Significance of the study 1.4 Literature review1.5 Methodology 1.6 Limitations of the study1. 7 Overview of chapters CHAPTER TWOTHE LEGAL PROTECTION OF CHILD SOLDIERS IN AFRICA2.1 Introduction 2.2 The four Geneva Conventions and the two Additional Protocols 2.3 Convention on the Rights of the Child 2.4 Af...
ABSTRACT This study is based on examination of the different Tax Reforms in Uganda. The study was guided by current position of taxes in Uganda, different tax reforms in Uganda and national legal and institutional framework for tax refom1s in Uganda. The study was guided by a doctrinal methodology based on relevant written legal sources such as text books, journals, reports, articles and legislations, internet sources on the subject as well as case laws in Uganda, regionally focusing on East ...
ABSTRACT The study aims at investigating Freedom of Expression and the Media in Uganda especially the level of independence and freedom of thy mass media industry in Uganda. It explores the challenges that media professionals practically go through and face in the process of carrying out media work and practicing their profession in Uganda Secondly, it identifies how both the existing and newly proposed laws impact on the mass media freedom in Uganda while drawing from the domestic, national,...
ABSTRACT This study prevention of male victim's aga'insl: domestic violence in Uganda was carried out in the whole of Uganda, sample areas being Kampala, Kabala, Tororo, Kasese and Gulu Districts. Is a specific aim of examining the effects, causes, and how to prevent violence on men. In the comprehensive of the study, the researcher reviewed literature from various scholars on the major variables as well as different laws and polices of various countries in the common wealthy particularly tho...
ABSTRACTIn a society characterized by high and unavoidable accidents and losses, insurance remains an important tool for management of risks and remedying losses. However, attaining a successful insurance industly requires a balance in the application and operationalisation of the key principles of insurance which include indemnity and subrogation principles. Research on the relationship of these two principles has become an important subject because the two principle...
ABSTRACTUganda ratified the World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control(WHO FCTC) in June 2007, and passed the Tobacco Control Act (2015) in September 2015 incompliance with (WHOFCTC) which requires signatories to pass local legislations aimed atcontrolling tobacco use in their states. Tobacco Control Act, 2015 is the primary law regulating tobacco cultivation and use in Uganda. However, there are some existing laws that lend limited support to tobacco contro...
ABSTRACTThe study aimed at examining the legal Framework ofWithholding tax (WHT} Compliance amongthe Construction Companies in Kampala. The objectives of the study were; to analyze theFormulation of Tax Policy in Uganda, to examine the Uganda's tax legal regime and institutionalframework's implications on construction companies, to evaluate the impact of laws on Withholding tax of construction companies in Uganda and to fmd out recommendations for the improvement of the Withholding ...
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AbstractThe study was set to analyze of the law and practice of receivership in Uganda, it was guided by the following objectives which included; examine the adequacy of law on receivership in relation to duties of receivers and power of sale, to examine the liabilities of receiver and how such can be avoided, to examine the problems/challenges released to receivership in Uganda and to examine remedies available to the parties in receivership process. The research design u...
TABLE OF CONTENTSDECLARATIONAPPROVAL iiDEDICATION iiiACKNOWLEDGEMENT ivLIST OF LEGISLATION vLIST OF CASES viTABLE OF CONTENTS viiABSTRACT XCHAPTER ONE 1GENERAL INTRODUCTION 11.1 lntroduction 11.2 Background of the study 21.3 Statement of the problem 61.4 Objective of the study 71.4.1 General objective 71.5 Research Questions 71.6 Scope of the study 71.6.1 Geographical scope 71.6.2 Content Scope 81.6.3 Time scope 81.7 Significance of the study 81.8 Methodology 91.9 Organization of the study 91...
CHAJ>TER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION This research intended to present an overview on whether the protection according to authors of musical works by the copyright and neighboring act is a reality in the real sense or a myth. Copyright, is among other categorics1 · an clement of intellectual property. So important is the consideration to the meaning of the word property which has an outstanding feature that the owner of' such property is free to use it to the extent of his/her wish as long as the&...
ABSTRACT This study "Promoting and Protecting Human Rights of Street Children in Juvenile Justice Systems: The Law and Practice in Uganda was carried out with different organizations and agencies in Kampala with specific aims to identify the circumstances which give rise to the arrest of street children and the legalities taken into account to protect the rights of children as supported by the juvenile justice system; to investigate the challenges of human rights violations experienced by str...
ABSTRACT Cohabitation unions have been on the increase perhaps due to the recognition of family units, as a result of increased urbanization and increased isolation of young people from their family network. These unions have become common as the meaning of family continues to increasingly transform in the wake of the fast changing societal values. The proliferation of divorce, re-marriage, step families and single parenthood has liberalized the idea of family from the way it was traditionall...