TABLE OF CONTENT DECLARATION .... ......... .... ............. .... ........... .................... ..... ... .................... ........... ................. ... ......... ... iv DEDICATION .............................................................................................. ............................................. v ACKNOWLEDGMENTS .. ... ...... .. .. .... .. ...................................... ..................... .... .. ... .... .... .. .... .... ..... .... ........ ...
Abstract This dissertation evaluates the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) as one of the modalities of addressing the 2007 post-election violence and the culture of impunity that has marred Kenya. It scrutinizes the credibility of the TJRC and examines to what extent it meets international standards. The dissertation assesses the circumstances leading to the formation (TJRC), its composition, objectives, mandate and powers. The research analyzes the complimentarity principl...
Abstract This study has sought to address the levels of deterioration of Rule of Law in Kenya due to the undermining of judicial independence in the country. In studying the effects of undermining judicial independence on the Rule of Law, this study seeks to find the redresses available to solve the imminent problems brought about by the deterioration of Rule of Law in Kenya. This study adopts a descriptive design since the researcher seeks to establish solutions to significant problems. Si...
TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION ......................................................................... i APPROVAL .............................................................................. ii DEDICATION ......................................................................... iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ........................................................... iv LIST OF ACRONYMS ............................................................. vii LIST OF STATUTES ..................................
Abstract This chapter entails the background to the area of the study, statement of the problem, research objective scope of the study, research questions significance of the study and chapterization, methodology, research design and the literature review. The above mentioned areas are of significance in this study since the chapter is the very foundation and reason why we are to carry out this study. 1.1.1 Background of the study Over the past decade, recognition of the scope and significanc...
Summary of the Report and Policy Recommendations The United Nations Human Rights Committee has emphasized that the right to a fair trial (which includes the right to an independent and impartial tribunal) applies in full to military courts as it does to the ordinary civilian courts. Based mainly on Uganda's military justice legal framework. this article critically examines the compliance of the country's military courts with the right to an independent and impartial tribunal. It is establish...
The researcher will be interested in investigating the labour discrimination in Uganda while focusing on police force as the area of interest. This was because of the emerging issues concerning labour and labour rights which are sensitive in the Uganda employment sector and one of the critical but often ignored concepts is that concerned with labour discrimination. Uganda is characterized by labour discrimination both in social, economic and political spheres of society. In the labor economy,...
Abstract The disunity of the modem world is a fact; but so, in truer sense, is its unity. The essential and manifold solidarity, coupled with necessity of securing the rule of law and the elimination of war, constitutes a harmony of interest which has been basis more real and tangible than the illusion of the sentimentalists or the hypocrisy of those satisfied with the existing status quo. The ultimate harmony of interests which within the state finds expression in the estimation of private v...
This study was about defilement and the general objective was to examine the impact of defilement on the life of a girl child in Uganda with specific reference to soroti district, Eastern Uganda. Information was obtained through asking or inquiring from concerned people especially police, victims themselves, parents or guardians and NGOs that handle cases of defilement in uganda. The findings of the study show the significance of defilement. The researcher used different data collection tools...
This study under took to identify the causes, types and legal frame work towards marital rape. The main objectives to show whether marital rape can be accommodated in customary practices in Uganda, to explain the importance of including marital rape in penal provisions in society, to expose or show the effect of marital rape on victims, families and society as a whole, and to show the negative side of many myths and stereotypes surrounding marital rape. The methods used in the study involved ...
The fundamental commercial concept of insurance has been amidst the African continent for quite a long time. Members of a cmrnnnnity pooled together resources to create a "social insurance fund". The concept of premiums ranged from material to moral support or other payments in kind. It was from these collected funds that payment was made from. Those who seemed to be less nnfminnate in the society and who were exposed to perils qualified from the fund, 1 "the emergence of cmrnnercial insuranc...
Sovereignty have core meaning is supremacy of the state territories alongside others or without interference with other states, which is, supreme authority within a tetTitory, though the meanings given have varied across history. It is a modem notion of political authority. Historical variants can be understood along three dimensions, the holder of sovereignty, the absoluteness of sovereignty, and the intemal and external dimensions of sovereignty. The state is the political institution in wh...
This study was designed to critically analyse the rights of people serving death sentence 1n Uganda, a case study of Luzira prison. The subject of analysis included looking at different laws: both international and domestic laws that safe guard the rights of people on death row. The study was based on research questions, and found that, Laws to protect the rights, of the people. on death penalty has limited its efficacy. From present, it is seen that so many countries, are on the verge of abo...
Abstract This research is aimed at pointing out the impediments hindering people's exercise of their power or choice of government and assessing the manner in which the law has continuously failed to enforce fully the exercise of this right for people to choose leaders of their choice as guaranteed by the Constitution.Peolple can choose leaders through an exercise of Elections. The History of elections can be traced from old and ancient Greek and Roman States. Elections were also used in anci...
Uganda is endowed with significant surface and ground water resources. However, water resources are under increasing threat of degradation as exhibited in reduced quality and quantities in major freshwater bodies. Soil erosion and industrial pollution have reduced surface water quality. Watershed degradation and climate change also reduce surface and ground water quantities. Water is a key strategic resource and access to clean water is a fundamental human right. As such maintaining good wate...