The need to reform the Sale of Goods Act to be compatible with contemporary economic realities and encourage private sector development in Uganda has led to the proposal of a new legislation to replace the existing Sale of Goods Act. The sale of Goods Act, Cap 82 which applies in Uganda is the current legal
Keep reading → Download ↓The influx of aliens engaging in petty and retail trade and by implication infringing on the economic space and livelihoods of Ugandan citizens has lately precipitated debate on the economic rights of citizens versus that of aliens. Notable among those that have been in the thick of this debate has been the Legislature through its
Keep reading → Download ↓This paper will provide an analysis of the situation of refugee women and children with specific focus on the legal framework governing the protection and management of refugees at international, regional and national level, analyze the challenges refugee women and children encounter while in the host country, solutions to address the problems they encounter, identify
Keep reading → Download ↓The republic of Uganda has probably the most aggressive foreign policy agenda of East Africa’s Great Lakes Region (GLR). Since Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s National Resistance Army (NRA) battled its way to power in the capital city, Kampala, in January 1986, the Pearl of Africa has served as the cockpit of regional diplomacy as well as
Keep reading → Download ↓“Traditionally there have been two dominant approaches to sex education “comprehensive” and “abstinence-only-until-marriage.” There has been multiple scholarly debate on these approaches in the West and policies have been developed to the extent of leaning towards the former in the recent past. This has reached the level of international human rights and a lot of
Keep reading → Download ↓If the Police crime reports since 2011 are anything to go by, there continues to be an increase of rape and defilement cases for women and girls in Uganda. Despite existing provisions on the law prohibiting the sexual offences, such as the provisions in the Penal code on assault, indecent assault, defilement, rape, attempted rape,
Keep reading → Download ↓The advocacy for a minimum wage is a movement that has swept furiously across the globe over the last century. Proponents have continuously praised its penchant for social transformation, human rights’ protection and most interestingly, economic growth. On the other hand, opponents have invariably scorned and rebuffed the former’s ‘sentiments,’ advising that minimum wages are
Keep reading → Download ↓‘Parliament’ obtains from the French word “parle”, which means “to speak.” It was the rationale of the Athenian model to have a select few people to represent the bulk of the population in the Voulí ton Ellínon, the Parliament of Greece. Centuries later, parliaments have evolved into numerous variants featuring uni-cameral, bi-cameral and tri-cameral chambers;
Keep reading → Download ↓This Paper examines the history and nature of special interest groups in the Parliament of Uganda as provided for in Article 78 of the 1995 Constitution of the Republic of Uganda. The rationale behind the establishment of special interest seats, and the controversies that have continued to plague the system, are examined. The paper further
Keep reading → Download ↓In 2014, States including Uganda retaliated in the Muscat Agreement to oblige with the internationally accepted standard to commit 6 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to the education sector. However, Uganda is yet to implement this and other international obligations requiring the state to allocate substantial resources to the education sector. An analysis
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