Critical Assessment of the Legal Framework of Water Pollution in Uganda

Nakkazi Grace Racheal

School of Law Kampala International University, Uganda

ABSTRACT

This study was about the critically assessed the legal framework for the control of water pollution in Uganda. It was necessitated because, while Uganda has a legal framework covering environmental management in general, and water pollution in particular, the country continues to grapple with incidents of pollution arising from the use of water, the study entailed the document review of the constitution of Uganda, and the laws having to do with the regulation of water usage and the control of pollution, that is, the Water Act and the National Environment Management Act. The article also consulted case law relating to the control of water pollution in Uganda. The key findings of the study are that there is a lacuna in the National Environment Management Act having to do with the structure of environment committees at local levels, which might make implementation of anti-pollution laws ineffective; the Environment Management Act does not provide of the remuneration or reward of local environment committees, which might hinder devotion of the committees to environmental protection. In this wise, the article recommends amendment to the Environment Management Act to plug the lacunas, and codifying economic incentives and disincentives into law thereby giving them legal force.

Keywords: Economic incentives, Environmental law, Environmental management, Legal framework, Water pollution

CITE AS: Nakkazi Grace Racheal (2024). Critical Assessment of the Legal Framework of Water Pollution in Uganda. RESEARCH INVENTION JOURNAL OF LAW, COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGES 3(1):97-103.