ABSTRACT Tl1is stUd) '"" ahtlUt the rights ol' Ia\ l'ul and bonafide occupants on iVilo land and h011 such rights \ere illl~lh."d in l 1 gnnda. This \cts carried out in Uganda\ ith spcci lie aims of examining: the rights ol' l:n1 1i ~mel borwlidc occupants on iVlailo land: the abuse ol'the rights ol.the honalidc occupants on fvlailo land: the effectiveness of the Jaw governing bonalide occupancy on fvilo l:>nrl: and suggesting improvements that can be made on bonafide occupancy rights on f...
The emergence of new information communication technologies (ICTs) like compact disc (CD) and digital versatile/video disc (DVD) players, computers, Internet and mobile phones, has focused debates among development experts on the opportunities, uncertainties and challenges of using these technologies in behaviour change campaigns. Heeks (1999) defines ICTs as electronic means of capturing, processing, storing and communicating infmmation. The older ICTs have analogue systems and these in...
ABSTRACT The study focuses on the analysis of the effects of forestry laws on climate change with particular interest in Iteso and Ankole-Masaka in Uganda. The objective of this study is to analyze the laws and policies put in place by the government with regard to forestry sector in the wake of the global climate change and global warming in particular and to asce1i~in a clear view as to the extent of the efficacy of such laws and policies. The result of the study shows that Uganda is highly...
ABSTRACT In Uganda environmental and natural resource management is decentralized and has been the responsibility of Local districts since 1996.Decentralisation is defined as; A process through which authority and responsibility for some functions are transferred from the Central Government To Local Governments ,Communities and the private sector.[FAO,2014].This environmental management arrangement was part of a broader decentralization process and was intended to increase local ownership an...
ABSTRACT The study of the electronic banking and the related laws in Uganda has had a profound impact on this research. The commercial banking environment in Uganda has constantly changed with time. Through the brick and mortar banking halls, ccmmercial banks have invested heavily in the provision of varied services that encompass electronic services. The researcher thus carried out this research relying on both primary and seccndary data to establish the relationship that exists between el...
ABSTRACT This is a study on the Parliamentary Independence, a doctrine that has attained universal force which requires that Parliament must act independently. Parliament is the only institution that is entrusted with the role of making new laws and amending or repealing the existing laws. It therefore means that for efficient making oflaws, Parliament must not be subject to any person or authority in the exercise of its Legislative role. The study looks at the origin or the genesis of the d...
This study was to investigate the nature and extent of gender equality on women in Rivers State, Nigeria. Its objectives were to identify and investigate the nature and extent of gender equality in Rivers State in Nigeria; to identify the causes and effects of gender equality in Rivers State; to analyze the legal and policy framework against gender equality; and to establish the findings, recommendations and conclusions on gender equality in Nigeria. Over the last two decades, scholars h...
For a long time, the right to equality before the law in terms of sex, gender, race, among others things has been misconceived by a big population. A case study is the applicability and of administration equality in terms of domiciles most especially in Uganda. The gender stereotypes where women are seen as a weaker sex and they are made to believe that whatever the society thinks of them is true and live by it which is not the case. The researcher looked at how the issue of domicile has...
ABSTRACT This works the rights and obligation of joint account holder's law and practice is organized in four chapters as follows. Chapter one is on introductory remarks and comprises background to the research problem, statement of the problem, literature review, the hypothesis, and research methodology. Chapter two deals with the historical development of joint account holders and comprises the basic concept and mechanism, the meaning of joint account from vaiious sources, the types of joi...
ABSTRACT This study "Domestic Violence and Gender Relations in Contemporary Uganda', was canied out in FIDA (U) Kampala District, with specific aims of examining the circumstances which give rise to domestic violence and gender relations through assessing the legalities considered, establishing loopholes in the laws protection against domestic violence to identify circumstances under which the law can be revised and suggesting possible interventions which can be relied upon in the revision ...
The research was carried out on "customary marriage practices and the law in south Sudan" and it analysis the customs, beliefs norms and national laws that are applicable in South Sudan and the legal customs and it weakness and the strengthens. The significance of an essential legal bframework is established as per the new and existing laws enshrined in the transitional constitution of South Sudan 2011. Chapter one provides the background of the customary marriage practices among the Dink...
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 The world over, the number of women elected to public office has been increasing. The current percentage of women in all national parliamentary structures, upper and lower houses combined, stands at 20.4 percent, a significant improvement over 11.7 percent (1997) less than two decades ago. According to Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), countries such as Uganda are showing high prospects in implementing affirmative action in the country. Although little research has been conducted on ...
Democracy is widely considered to be a necessary and important tool if a country is to develop politically, economically and socially. This is why Lijphart referred to the electoral system as the most fundamental element of representative democracy. The foundation for election rights is found in article 21 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). This provision has been reinforced by article 25 of International Covenant on civil and political rights. However democracy has re...
The Research evaluated the adequacy of the existing legal frame work for the protection of wetlands,the rationale for the conservation of wetlands and the mechanisms that are put in place to conserve the wetland resources.The case study makes use of qualitative research methods to make a critical analysis of wetland policies in Kampala capital city authority.The research was conducted tlu·ough legal policy analysis,literature review and interviews with the stake holders such as NEMA,wet...