An examination of the role of parliament in executing it's legislative mandate in Uganda
| dc.contributor.author | Nsamba, Hakim Akandonda | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-07-17T11:34:22Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-07-17T11:34:22Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-06 | |
| dc.description | 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 | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This study examines the "role of parliament in executing its legislative mandate in Uganda". The study was guided by the following objectives: to examine the role of parliament in the legislative process; to analyze the legislative benchmarks from other African regional parliaments; to identify key recommendations for effective functioning of Ugandan parliament. Respondents exposed the role of parliament in executing the legislative mandate in Uganda. The results showed that parliament has significantly played the role of law making, oversight and the financial function. Data was collected from a sample of 90 respondents using self-administered questionnaires and was later analyzed. The findings revealed that parliament has a positive role in executing the legislative mandate in Uganda hence had a positive and significant relationship in legislative mandate. The study concludes that majority of the respondents agreed that parliament contributes significantly towards executing the legislative mandate in Uganda. Furthermore the findings show that the parliament of Uganda has learnt a lot from the Pan African Parliament, EALA and European Parliament. Additionally the findings show that the parliament of Uganda is faced with challenges affecting its effective functioning which include political system, electoral system, formal parliament powers, good will and political space, parliamentary technical capacity, democracy, multi-party politics, socio-cultural environment and the influence of development partners. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12306/9324 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Kampala International University, School of Law | en_US |
| dc.subject | Parliament | en_US |
| dc.subject | Legislative mandate | en_US |
| dc.subject | Uganda | en_US |
| dc.title | An examination of the role of parliament in executing it's legislative mandate in Uganda | en_US |
| dc.type | Other | en_US |