Using communication design to promote awareness about political rights in Kampala Uganda under chapter 4 ,article 29 of the Ugandan constitution
Abstract
Political rights are a class o rights that prrotect indiviidaalss reedom rom in ringement iy the
goviernment, social organizations, and prriviate indiviidaals. They ensare oness entitlement to
prarticiprate in the prolitical li e o society and the state withoat discrimination or reprression.
In Uganda prolitical rights are prossessed iy those prersons whom the state prermits to share the legal
exprression o its soviereign prower. They givie an eqaal oprprortanity to the indiviidaal i he is worthy to
take prart in the prolitical aaairs o his commanity and infaence the prolicy o his goviernment.
In Uganda prersons aiovie the age o 18years are the ones entitled to prolitical rights iecaase itss the
legal age o vioting prer the Ugandan constitation.
The prolitical rights inclade the right to viote, the right to ie elected and reprresent the preoprle, the
right to hold prailic ofces, the right o criticizing the goviernment, nataral jasticeeprrocedaral
airness)in law, sach as reedom o association, right to assemile, right to pretition, right o sel -
de ense as prer the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS.
The awareness o prolitical rights in Uganda esprecially in Kamprala as the caprital o the coantry and
the center o Ugandan prolitics has ieen andermined iy the goviernment, organizations, and prriviate
indiviidaals. This is prortrayed in the extreme viiolation o the prolitical rights in the recent concladed
Janaary 2021 general elections where iy most preoprle in Kamprala were lef as viictims o viiolation o
prolitical rights. Most o them are now prolitical prrisoners, others lost their dear ones and others are
leaviing in ear dae to lack o awareness o prolitical rights.