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Why the Supreme Court of Uganda should reject the Constitutional Court's understanding of imprisonment for life
(Pretoria University Law Press (PULP), 2008)
The issue of life imprisonment is always a contentious one. Some people
argue that life imprisonment should mean what it means, namely 'wholelife'.
In Uganda, life imprisonment continues to mean imprisonment of 20
years. ...
The Ugandan Transfer of Convicted Offenders Act, 2012: A commentary
(Pretoria University Law Press (PULP), 2012)
Like many countries, Uganda is home to foreign nationals. The presence of foreign nationals in the prison of a country raises questions regarding their treatment. Countries are increasingly enacting legislation, ratifying ...
Service delivery protests, struggle for rights and the failure of local democracy in South Africa and Uganda: parallels and divergences
(Centre for Applied Legal Studies, Wits University, 2013)
Although the two countries are thousands of miles apart, Uganda and South Africa have both
experienced service delivery protests in recent years. The protests have been directed mainly
at local governments, although in ...
Chewing more than one can swallow: the creation of new districts in Uganda
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)
This article analyses the process of creating districts. It briefly discusses the local government system in Uganda and introduces the phenomenon of the increase in the number of districts. It continues with an analysis ...
Exploring and curbing the effects of HIV/AIDS on elderly people in Uganda
(Faculty of Community and Health Sciences, University of the Western Cape, 2009)
Introduction: This paper presents HIV/AIDS experiences of elderly persons in Uganda as revealed by an ongoing descriptive cross-sectional study covering eight districts, namely: Pallisa, Kampala, Jinja, Lira, Nebbi, Ntungamo, ...
Perceived constraints to physical activity among students at paramedical institutions in Uganda
(LAM Publications Limited, 2006)
In the developing world, particularly Sub-Saharan Africa, physical inactivity along with tobacco use, poor diet and nutrition are increasingly parts of today’s lifestyle. The aim of this study was to assess the levels of ...
Building on momentum from the global campaigns: An exploration of factors that influenced prioritization of stillbirth prevention at the national level in Uganda
(BMC, 2021)
Of the close to 2.6 million stillbirths that happen annually, most are from low-income countries
where until recently policies rarely paid special attention to addressing them. The global campaigns that followed
called ...
How to navigate the application of ethics norms in global health research: Refections based on qualitative research conducted with people with disabilities in Uganda
(BMC, 2021)
As Canadian global health researchers who conducted a qualitative study with adults with and with‑
out disabilities in Uganda, we obtained ethics approval from four institutional research ethics boards (two in Canada
and ...
Abusing the accused? Unpacking the use of entrapment in Uganda’s fight against corruption
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
In Uganda, an accused person enjoys a right to a fair trial. It is a requirement that the
circumstances surrounding the collection and admission of evidence do not violate this
right. This article argues that the use of ...
The role and attributes of social networks in the provision of support to women after stillbirth: Experiences from Uganda
(BMC, 2021)
Communities exert stigma on mothers after stillbirth despite their potential to ofer social support to
the grieving family. Maternal healthcare-seeking behaviors are socially reinforced rendering a social network ...