2
2
2
2
4
Uganda Peoples Defense Force Representatives (0.5%)
Youth Representatives (0.5%)
Workers Representatives (0.5%)
Persons with Disabilities Representatives (0.5%)
Ex- Official Members of Parliament (1%)
Male Representation in Parliament:
227 Directly elected by constituency (58.8%)
8 Uganda Peoples Defense Force Representatives (2.1%)
3 Youth Representatives (0.8%)
3 Workers Representatives (0.8%)
3 Persons with Disabilities (0.8%)
7 Ex- Official Members of Parliament (1.8%)
Cabinet Ministers
18 Male (64%)
10 Female (36%)
Ministers of State
30 Male (70%)
13 Female (30%)
Shadow Cabinet
19 Male (83%)
04 Female (17%)
ARTICLE 4: The Right to Life and Integrity of Persons
Legislative and other measures:
Article 22 of the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda provides that no person shall be deprived of the right to life
except in the execution of a sentence passed in a fair trial in a court of competent jurisdiction, in respect of a criminal
offence under the laws of Uganda, and the conviction and sentence has been confirmed by the highest appellate court.
Following the January 2009 Supreme Court ruling1 which upheld the argument that; it was unreasonable to keep an
inmate on death row for more than three years, after which time their sentence must be commuted to life
imprisonment. As per Report from Uganda Prisons Service of April 2013, 224 inmates on death row have since had their
sentences commuted to life imprisonment.
ARTICLE 5: The Right to Protection from Torture, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Slavery
Legislative measures:
It should also be recalled that Commissioner Catherine Dupe Atoki visited Uganda in October 2009 and emphasized the
need to expedite the adoption of the Prevention and Prohibition of Torture Bill.
1
Attorney General Vs Susan Kigula & 416 Others Constitutional Appeal 3/2006
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