The Problem Of Child Labour The Law And Policy In Uganda A Case Study Of Child Labour In Makindye Division- Kampala

ABSTRACT

This study was on the problem of child labour; the law and policy carried

out in Makindye Division, Kampala- Uganda. It was aimed at finding out

the effects of child labour on children's welfare; the law and policy in

Makindye division - Kampala District.

Both qualitative and quantitative methods were used in the study.

Appropriate research questions were developed and pre tested in order to

find out the effects of child labour on children's welfare in Makindye

division - Kampala District.

The researcher addressed objectives which included

To identify the different forms of child labour, to identify causes of child

labour and the effects of child labour in Uganda Makindye in particular.

Using sampling, the researcher selected 50 respondents and data was

collected with the use of questionnaires and interviews.

The respondents were interviewed ranging from the working children to

the local leaders.

It emerged that child labour in Makindye is still prevalent despite the

political legal and administrative structures set up to combat it. The

common forms of child labour include domestic labour, commercial

sexual exploitation, and manual labour. The causes of the persistence of

child labour were poverty; parents drive their children into child labour

and orphan hood.

The research paper has been presented in five chapters each chapter with definite areas of coverage.