The need for parliamentary compliance with the constitutional safeguards and rules of procedure in enacting laws: a critical analysis
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2019-06
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Kampala International University; School of Law
Abstract
The study critically analyzed the need for parliamentary compliance with the constitutional safeguard and rules of procedure in enacting laws. It was guided by the following objectives to examine the mandate of parliament of Uganda on how it passes its laws, to examine the level of compliance of the parliament of Uganda to constitutional safeguard in Uganda, to examine the legal and constitutional framework delegating the legislation powers of the parliament, to analyze the excise of the legislation powers of parliament, to examine the challenges faced by the parliament in its legislation mandate and to identify the way forward and the proposal for reforms in the parliamentary compliance constitutional safeguard and rules of procedure. The study used in this study was Qualitative as the most suitable method for this research. Qualitative research was entirely done through library reading. The study recommended that in the fight for the need for parliamentary compliance with the Constitutional safeguard and rules of procedure in enacting laws in Uganda the parliament needs to establish oversight as a top priority for parliament Signal that parliament is committed to its oversight function. Bring together al l stakeholders to define and commit to a constructive oversight process. Assess parliament's strengths and weaknesses regarding its oversight function. The study concluded that Parliament is crucial to the achievement of good governance in Uganda. Their representational role includes ensuring that citizens and other stakeholders have a voice at the national level and are therefore involved in national governance issues. Parliament has been criticized for failing to address a number of areas including land evictions, the health sector (in particular maternal and reproductive health), civic education and domestic relations through the marriage and divorce laws. Uganda still has a high percentage of people dying of preventable diseases like malaria as indicated in the recent Parliamentary session.
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A dissertation submitted to the School of Law in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Award of a Bachelor of Laws Degree of Kampala International University
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Need for parliamentary compliance, Constitutional safeguards