TABLE OF CONTENTS
DECLARATION .............................................................................................................................. i
APPROVAL ................................................................................................................................... ii
DEDICATION ............................................................................................................................... iii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .............................................................................................................. iv
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ......................................................................................................... v
CHAPTER ONE ............................................................................................................................ 1
INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................... 1
1.1. Background to the study .................................................................................................... I
1.1. Background to the study ................................................................................................... 2
1.2 Statement of the Problem ................................................................................................... 3
1.3 Objectives of the study ....................................................................................................... .4
1.3 .1 General Objectives ....................................................................................................... 4
1.3 .2 Specific objectives ....................................................................................................... .4
1.4 Research hypothesis ........................................................................................................ 5
1.5 Scope of the study ...................................................................................................................... 5
1.5. 1 Geographical scope ................................................................................................................. 5
1.5 .2 Time scope .............................................................................................................................. 5
1.6 Significance of the study .................................................................................................... 5
CHAPTER TWO ........................................................................................................................... 6
LITERATURE REVIEW ............................................................................................................. 6
2.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 6
2.2 History of Public Order Management in Uganda ............................................................... 6
2.3 The Public Order Management Act,2013 is enacted .......................................................... 7
2.4 The Uganda Police Force ................................................................................................... 9
2.5 Freedom of Peaceful Assembly ........................................................................................ 10
2.6 Conclusion ........................................................................................................................ 12
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CHAPTER THREE ..................................................................................................................... 13
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................... 13
3.0.Introduction:-.................................................................................................................... 13
3 .1. Research Strategy ............................................................................................................ 13
3.2. Research Design .............................................................................................................. 13
3 .3. Data Collection ................................................................................................................ 14
3.4. Source Of Data Collection .............................................................................................. 14
3.5. Data Collection Methods ................................................................................................. 14
3.6. Ethical Considerations ..................................................................................................... 14
3.7. Anticipated Constraints ................................................................................................... 15
CHAPTER FOUR ....................................................................................................................... 16
THE PUBLIC ORDER MANAGEMENT ACT AND ITS IMP ACT ON PUBLIC
GATHERINGS IN KAMPALA ................................................................................................. 16
4.1. Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 16
4.2. Definition of public order ................................................................................................ 16
4.3. Public order management. ............................................................................................... 17
4.4. Freedom of peaceful assembly ........................................................................................ 17
4.5. Provisions of the public order management act ............................................................ 18
4.5.3 Facilitation of Simultaneous assemblies and counter demonstrations .......................... 21
4.5 Duties of the police .......................................................................................................... 24
4.6. International standards regarding the public gatherings and their management.. ........... 26
4.7. International policing standards and the management ofpublic ..................................... 27
4.8. The Uganda Police Force ................................................................................................ 29
4.9. The pre-2016 general elections period ................................................................................... 32
4.10. Methods and equipment used ............................................................................................... 33
CHAPTER FIVE ......................................................................................................................... 36
RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSION ....................................................................... 36
5.1 Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 36
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5.2. Recommendations ........................................................................................................... 37
5.2.1. Under elections ............................................................................................................. 37
5.2.2. To the Government ofUganda ..................................................................................... 37
5.2.3. To the Ministry of Internal Affairs ............................................................................... 38
5.2.4. To the Uganda Police Force ......................................................................................... 39
5.2.5. To the Parliament of Uganda ....................................................................................... 39
5.2.6. To the UN special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful ........................... 39
Assembly and of association .................................................................................................. 39
5.2.7 To the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights ....................................... 39
5.3.Conclusion ........................................................................................................................ 39
BIBLIOGRAPHY ........................................................................................................................ .41
