BRIEF FACTS: The Inspector General of Government(IGG) was conducting investigations on the Secretary of the Uganda Land Commission. The IGG therefore wrote a letter to the Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development instructing the Minister to interdict or cause interdiction of the applicant as she could interfere with the investigations against her in regardContinue reading “LEGAL ALERT: DECISIONS BY MINISTER SHOULD BE MADE WITH LEGAL AUTHORISATION”
Category Archives: CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
THE STATE OF ABORTION LAWS IN UGANDA
Abortion is the intentional termination of pregnancy. Usually abortion is conducted through expulsion of the fetus from the uterus before it has reached the state of viability (in human beings it’s usually about the 20th week of gestation). In the same regard, an abortion may occur spontaneously, in which case it is also called aContinue reading “THE STATE OF ABORTION LAWS IN UGANDA”
THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN UGANDA: IS IT LIMITED!
Uganda is a democratic country because it has a Constitution which is the supreme law in the country, three arms of government i.e. the Executive, Parliament and Judiciary which all execute their duties “without interference.” Looking into the human rights of course of the people in Uganda all provided for under the Constitution with theContinue reading “THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN UGANDA: IS IT LIMITED!”
THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH: IS THE CONSTITUTION UNDER ATTACK?
Since it’s independence, Uganda has evolved through different regimes all of which stood with their merits and demerits. Many of these regimes were characterised with the abuse of human rights but the reason behind this was that many of these forcefully came into power just as the current one. However the difference is that electionsContinue reading “THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH: IS THE CONSTITUTION UNDER ATTACK?”
THE LEGAL NOTCH 