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- ItemThe Prospect, Legal, and Medical Issues in Integrating Ai in Medical Practice in Uganda(Kampala International University Law Journal (KIULJ), 2024) Paul Atagamen Aidonojie; Antai Owoche; Yusuf Abass Aleshinloye; Muzahura Huraira; Khadija Ibrahim Maifada; Babirye RestyIt is not that the 21st century has witnessed a surge and development of digital technology within the global terrain. This digital technology has further taken a new dimension such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) which has aided in enhancing and transforming virtually all sectors. However, it suffices to state that AI has further led to the transformation of healthcare within the global terrain. This is concerning the fact that incorporating AI in medical practice such as telemedicine and the metaverse concept has enabled healthcare providers to render healthcare services in remote areas, training and sensitization of medical personnel and the public on healthcare issues. However, despite this potential of incorporating AI in medical practice, there seem to be legal and medical issues developing countries like Uganda may encounter. Hence, the need for this study to examine the prospect, legal, and medical issues concerning the integration of AI into medical practice in Uganda. Concerning this, the study adopts a doctrinal method of study, the data obtained from the primary and secondary sources were analysed through analytical and descriptive approaches. The study found that incorporating AI in the healthcare system in Uganda will provide several benefits. However, there are legal and medical issues in integrating the AI healthcare system of Uganda, these include regulatory ambiguities, data privacy and confidentiality of patient, the challenges patients consenting to virtual medical care, medical errors that may ensue through AI medical care, and several others. The study, therefore, concludes and recommends that AI provides significant transformative and innovative solutions to the Uganda healthcare delivery system. However, to effectively utilize the opportunities provided by AI there is a need to ensure effective regulatory compliance and engagement of the various stakeholders in initiating a proper medical and ethical practice and guide on how best to utilize AI in healthcare delivery in Uganda.
- ItemPhytotherapy for Diarrhea:(Research Output Journal of Biological and Applied Science, 2024) Namukasa Mugerwa FDiarrhea remains a significant global health issue, responsible for approximately 1.9 million deaths annually, particularly in children under five. Conventional treatment includes oral rehydration and antibiotics; however, phytotherapy, the use of plant-based remedies, offers an alternative or complementary solution, especially for cases involving chronic diarrhea or antibiotic resistance. This paper examines the historical and scientific basis of phytotherapy, its pharmacological mechanisms, clinical efficacy, and potential integration with modern medicine. Despite the lack of robust clinical data for some herbal treatments, growing interest in complementary approaches highlights the need for further research. Phytotherapy shows promise in alleviating symptoms and modulating gut health through anti-inflammatory, anti-infectious, and gut-modulating mechanisms. The integration of herbal medicine with modern treatment protocols could enhance the therapeutic approach to managing diarrhea and improve patient outcomes, especially in settings with limited access to modern pharmaceuticals.
- ItemTenancy by occupany: is it a tenancy or a tenure?(The incidences of section 29 of the land act, Cap 227)(Panamaline Books Distributors Limited, 2017) Mugalu, Sarah BanenyaThe article brings details about land laws in Uganda in relation to tenancy. Ownership of land would make a lot of sense if it is registered, not only for the statistic of the country but also for the owner. In our case, registration of land under the RTA is, legally, a right in rem. A legal right and a conferment of an indefeasible title within the meaning of the Torrens system of land registration. However, in the event that registered land is encumbered with a tenant or tenants by occupancy, then the supposed indefeasibility of title is negated. It is instead the tenancy that becomes indefeasible irrespective of the fact that it is not registered. The law protects a tenancy by occupancy irrespective of whether it is noted on the register or not. The onerous provisions to secure a court order to evict a tenant by occupancy, under the Land Amendment Act, No. 1 of 2010, guarantee the perpetual nature of the tenancy. Given the fact that a tenant by occupancy can only be evicted for non-payment of rent, through a court process which lasts for nearly a year, it makes the venture very unattractive. It also means that the tenant by occupancy can cause environmental degradation but that by itself cannot be used as reason for eviction. The fact that a tenancy by occupancy can outlive a lease, for example, leaves little room to argue that it is actually a tenancy as enumerated under the long-standing principles of landlord and tenant law or the law of tenancies. A tenancy by occupancy is only but a tenure save for the legislators cajoling the language of the statute to console but also comfort the registered landowners on whose land there happens to be tenants by occupancy occupying it. Call it a tenure and close the fallacy!!
- ItemRight to academic freedom: its place under Uganda constitution(Panamaline Books Distributors Limited, 2017) Obalowose, OjoThe whimsy absence of express provisions of law on the right to academic freedom in Uganda constitution and other subsidiary laws becomes a precursor to grave violation of this right not only by the state, but also by private individuals and other entities. Aside copious absence of these laws in the Constitution, paucity of knowledge that these rights exist amongst beneficiaries, and the apathy expressed by the judiciary and legislative organs in this direction is worrisome. Those who seem to be aware of the existence of these rights question its legality and applicability. The cumulating of these odds has endeared victims of such violations to take succor on a larger platform through an international instrument under the aegis of “Kampala declaration on social responsibility and intellectual freedom,” which clearly sets out these rights. It is upon these parameters that the scope of this work shall be built as it sets out the right of all stake holders, which includes teachers, lecturers and professors in universities or other academic institutions, and a cursory analysis of legislative and statutory lacuna thereto
- ItemMaritime surveillance and enforcement privatisation galore in Nigeria: a compromise of state sovereignty(Panamaline Books Distributors Limited, 2017) Adeyemi, Ariyoosu D.; Abdulrazaq, Abdulkadir O.The freedom to participate in seaborne trade is one of the most vital engines motivating global economic progress and development in recent times. Coastlines, territorial waters, high seas and ports depend, to a large extent, on security in the world maritime domain. However, the serious threats posed to global order by the international terrorism, piracy, oil theft and bunkering, to mention but a few, have given rise to overriding and all important national security concerns among the port states. In response to these challenges, some states have increased their strategies with the establishment of maritime security enforcement forces such as the United States Coast Guard (USCG) in the United States, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) in Nigeria, Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) in Malaysia, etc. to address the problem. Conversely, Nigerian government has changed the policy and firmed out enforcement and surveillance activities in the entire Nigerian maritime domain to a private security company. This aim of this paper is to investigate the issue of privatising enforcement and surveillance mechanisms in maritime sector with a view to determining the appropriateness or otherwise of such privatisation. It has been found that privatization of the enforcement and surveillance mechanisms in maritime sector is ill-intentioned and inherently inimical to good governance and likely to do the nation more harms than good. The paper concluded that the issue of maritime enforcement and surveillance goes beyond the activities of private security company, and besides, the policy usurps the constitutional powers of the legislature which established maritime security forces through the legislature. It therefore recommended that concession of maritime enforcement and surveillance to private security company should be revisited to ensure partial privatization rather than total privatization
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