Legal Requirements and Mob Justice in Kabale Municipality, Western Uganda
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Date
2016-02
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Asian Journal of Business and Management
Abstract
This article investigated the relationship between legal requirements and Mob justice in Kabale
Municipality. Using descriptive research design, a structured questionnaire and an interview guidewere used to
garner data which was used to answer the research question on how legal requirements influences the practice of
mob justice in Kabale Municipality in Western Uganda. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics such as
frequencies, percentages, tables and Bar graphs. Data for the correlation between the research variables was analyzed
using Pearson product moment correlation coefficient index.Legal requirements in the due process of the law had a
positive linear relationship with the practice of mob justice inKabaleMunicipality. The researcher recommends that
there is need to re-enforce both intrinsically and extrinsically the investigative body of the police so that prosecution
may produce sufficient evidence to bring to book the criminals thus reducing crime incidence in the area. This action
may restore confidence in the judiciary and thus reduce cases related to the occurrences of mob justice. Government
should revitalize and augment the salaries of the officers of the courts of judicature so that corruption may be on the
wane and we have a free and fair judgement of all mankind. There is need to continue respecting the Constitution of
the republic of Uganda (1995) which states that all persons have a right to life, to be heard and to be protected from
inhuman treatment irrespective of race, tribe, or religious beliefs.
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*Corresponding author‟s email: dbyabashaija [AT] gmail.com
Keywords
Legal requirements, Mob justice, Fairness, Municipalities, Uganda