TABLE OF CONTENTS
DECLARATION .............................................................................................................................. i
APPROVAL .................................................................................................................................... ii
DEDICATION ............................................................................................................................... iii
ACKNO\1/LEDGEMENT .............................................................................................................. iv
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ABSTRACT ................................................................................................................................... ix
CHAPTER ONE ...................................................................................................................... 1
INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................... 1
1.0 Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 1
1.1 Background of the study .................................................................................................... 1
l. lStatement of the Problem ................................................................................................... 4
1.2 Purpose of the Study .......................................................................................................... s
1.3 Objectives of the Study ...................................................................................................... s
1.4 Research Questions ............................................................................................................ 5
1.5 Scope of the Study .............................................................................................................. 5
1.6 Significance of the Study .................................................................................................. 5
1. 7 Conceptual frame work ..................................................................................................... 6
CHAPTER TWO ..................................................................................................................... 8
LITERATURE REVIEW ........................................................................................................ 8
2.0 Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 8
2 .1 Efficacy of the Legal Framework on Child labour ........................................................ 8
2.1.1 The employment Decree of 1975 ................................................................................. 9
2.1.2 The Children's statute of 1996 .................................................................................. 10
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2.1.3 Universal Primary Education (UPE) .......................................................................... 10
2.1.4 International Conventions ........................................................................................... 11
2.1.5 The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child of 1989 ...................................... 11
2.1.6 The ILO Convention No. 182 of 1999 ....................................................................... 12
2.1. 7 IPEC's Role and Intervention ...................................................................................... 12
2.2 Causes of high child labour influx in the Agriculture sector ................................. 14
2.2.1 The economic nature of the country ......................................................................... 14
2.2.2 Poverty .............................................................................................................................. 14
2.3 Effects of child labour ...................................................................................................... 15
2.3.1 Immediate Effects ..................................................................................................... 15
2.3.1. lEffects on education ................................................................................................... 15
2.3.1.2 Vicious cycle of poverty and exploitation ............................................................. 16
2.3.1.3 Child Growth and Development ............................................................................. 16
2.3.1.4 Multiplier effect on HIV/ AIDS ................................................................................. 16
2.3.2 Gradual Effect ............................................................................................................ 16
CHAPTER THREE .............................................................................................................. 18
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY .......................................................................................... 18
3.0 Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 18
3 .1 Research design ................................................................................................................ 18
3.2 Study Population ............................................................................................................... 18
3 .2 .1 Sample size and selection ........................................................................................... 20
3.2.2 Sampling technique ...................................................................................................... 20
Simple random sampling ....................................................................................................... 21
Purposive Sampling ................................................................................................................. 21
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3.6 Sampling techniques ........................................................................................................ 21
3.6.1 Simple random Sampling ............................................................................................ 22
3.6.2 Purposive sampling ....................................................................................................... 22
3.7 Sources of data .................................................................................................................. 23
3.7.1 Primary sources .......................................................................................................... 23
3.7.2 Secondary sources ........................................................................................................ 23
3.8 Data collection instruments ........................................................................................... 23
3.8.1 Questionnaires ............................................................................................................... 23
3.8.2 Interviews ........................................................................................................................ 24
3.8.3 Focus Group Discussions ........................................................................................... 24
3.9 Research procedure .......................................................................................................... 25
3.10 Validity of instruments .................................................................................................. 25
3.11 Reliability of instruments ............................................................................................. 26
3.12 Confidentiality ................................................................................................................. 26
3.12 Data Analysis ................................................................................................................... 26
3.12.1 Qualitative data analysis ........................................................................................... 26
3.12.2 Quantitative data analysis ........................................................................................ 27
CHAPTER FOUR ................................................................................................................. 28
PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS .................................................... 28
4.0 Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 28
4.1 The efficacy of the legal framework on child labour in Uganda ............................ 28
Causes of child labour in Uganda ........................................................................................ 30
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FIVE ................................................................................................................... 35
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5.0 Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 35
5.1 Conclusions ........................................................................................................................ 35
5.1.1 Efficiency of the legal framework. .............................................................................. 35
5.1.2 Causes of child labour ................................................................................................. 36
5.1.3 Effects of child labour .................................................................................................. 36
5.2 Recommendations ............................................................................................................ 36
BIBLIOGRAPHY ........................................................................................................................ 39
APPENDIX I ............................................................................................................................... 43
APPENDIX II .............................................................................................................................. 44
APPENDIX III ............................................................................................................................. 46
APPENDIX IV ............................................................................................................................. 47
APPENDIX V .............................................................................................................................. 48
