THE EXAMINATION OF THE RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT IN UGANDA BY NALUBYAYI ZAHARA TALIDDA REG.NO.LLB/32053/102/DU A RESEARCH REPORT SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF LAW IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OFA BACHALORS DEGREE IN LAW OF KAMPALA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY MAY 2015 DECLARATION I NalubyayiZaharaTaliddahereby declare that the information in this research report is my true work and that it has never been presented to any other higher institution of learning for any award. Signature ....... ...... .• :............ ..... .......... ... NALUBYAYI ZAHARA TALIDDA l'~/ ) Date .. .. .. .. .. .2::- .. .~ .. ?.-bJ5 .. .. .... ............ .. .. APPROVAL This is to certify that this study has been carried out under my supervision and has been submitted with my approval as a partial fulfillment of the award of a BACHOLORS OF LAW to Kampala International University. Supervisor's Name. COUNSEL KISUBI ESTHER Date: rl.!(~/;&~15 .. , ii DEDICATION My dedication goes to my dear parents, Mr. Lubyayi AI-Mousah and Mrs. Lubyayi Sarah Nankabirwa, my Grandmother Hajat Lukia Nabisere Nyanzi, my brothers, Sisters and friends who labored to provide everything necessary that was responsible for my life. iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like to thank God who has enabled me to accomplish this work. My thanks also go to counsel Kisubi Esther my Supervisor for the guidance and commitment to my work. Special thanks also go to Human Rights Network-Uganda (HURINET-U) especially Mr. Dan Muliika and Mr. Tumwine Patrick for the support and inspiration they always gave me in proving with information concerning the EXAMINATION OF THE RIGHTS TO DEVELOPMENT IN UGANDA. I conclude by thanking my fellow students for helping me read my books. Above all, I thank the almighty God. iv ACRONOMS KY Kabaka Yekka NRM National Resistance Movement UPDF Uganda Peoples Defense Forces UJCC Uganda Joint Christians Council UDHR Universal Declaration of Human Rights UHRC Uganda Human Rights Commission DP Democratic Party UPC Uganda Peoples Congress LRA Lords Resistance Army FGM Female Genital Mutilation NRA National Resistance Army UPDM Uganda Peoples Democratic Movement UNLA Uganda National Liberation Army CP Conservative Party UHRA Uganda Human Rights Activists IGG Inspector General of Government ULS Uganda Law Society PAFO Parliamentary Advocacy Forum PPU Presidential Protection Unit GDP Gross Domestic Product v STATUTES The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights The Electoral Commission Act, 1997 The Press and Journalist Act, 1995 The Police (Amendment) Act, 2006, Cap. 303 The Institution of Traditional or Cultural Leaders Act, 2011 The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UNHR) UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous peoples (UNDRIP) Constitution of the Republic of Uganda, 1995 vi TABLE OF CONTENTS DEClARATION ........................................................................................................... i APPROVAL ii DEDICATION ........................................................................................................... iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .............................................................................................. iv ACRONOMSv STATUTES vi TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................. vii ABSTRACT x CHAPTER ONE ....................................................................................................... 1 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................... 1 1.0 Introduction ........................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Background ........................................................................................................ 1 1.2 Statement of the Problem .................................................................................... 1 1.3 Purpose of the Study ........................................................................................... 2 1.4 Objectives of the Study ....................................................................................... 2 1.5 Research Questions ............................................................................................. 2 1.6 Scope of the Study .............................................................................................. 2 1.7 Significance of the Study ..................................................................................... 3 1.8 Methodology ....................................................................................................... 3 1. 9 Research design .................................................................................................. 3 1.10 Population of the study ...................................................................................... 3 1.1 Data collection method ........................................................................................ 3 vii 1.13 Data processing and analysis ............................................................................. 4 1.14 Limitation of the study ....................................................................................... 4 1.15 Data collection method ...................................................................................... 4 1.16 Data processing and analysis ............................................................................ .4 CHAPTER TWO ................................................................................................... 5 HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEVELOPMENT IN CONTEMPORARY UGANDA ............... 5 2.0 Introduction ........................................................................................................ 5 2.1 Human Rights And The Right To Development ...................................................... 6 2.2 The right to development .................................................................................... 8 2.3. 'Development' .................................................................................................... 9 2.4. Political atmosphere of independence ................................................................ 10 2.5. Post-Independence Uganda .............................................................................. 11 2.6. Uganda under Museveni ................................................................................... 14 2.7. Nongovernmental Human rights ........................................................................ 15 2.9. Media ........................................................................................................... 17 CHAPTER THREE .............................................................................................. 20 LEGAL FRAMEWORK ON THE RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT IN UGANDA ............ 20 3.1. Legal Framework on the Right to Development in Uganda .................................. 20 3.2. The Electoral Commission ................................................................................. 21 3.3. Federalism and the Buganda Factor .................................................................. 24 3.4. The Media ....................................................................................................... 25 3.5. An Independent Judiciary ................................................................................. 25 viii 3.6. The Uganda Human Rights Commission- (UHRC) ................................................ 27 3.7. The Role of Religious Institutions ...................................................................... 28 CHAPTER FOUR ................................ I I ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 29 DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS ............................................................ 29 4.1 Examine the role of the state in the promotion of respect to human rights ........... 29 CHAPTER FIVE ................................................................................................. 35 RECOMMENDATION, ANALYSIS AND CONCLUSIONS ..................................... 35 5.0 Introduction ...................................................................................................... 35 BIBLIOGRAPHY ................................................................................................... 39 ix ABSTRACT This paper attempts to reflect on the majority of the right to Development in Uganda as provided in the 1995 Uganda constitution, against the background of Principles and dimensions of the United Nations Declaration on the Right to Development and the African Charter on Human and People's Rights (Article 22). The 1995 constitution recognizes the Right to Development, stressing the role of people and the state in the development in Uganda, bringing to the fore to the need for balanced and equitable development. Therefore, this paper reflects on the effectiveness of the legal framework to development in Uganda, to examine the role of the state in the policy mechanisms for the interpretation of the right to development in Uganda; and to establish the challenges to effective implementation of the right to development. Uganda is faced with a real crisis, whatever decision made will have repercussions for a considerable period of time and its only people to decide for themselves. It can be surmised that there is a substantial section of the population who would like to process of political liberalization in the country. But in examining the issue we shouldn't only be moved by numbers but