Civic and political rights of the Batwa ethnic minority in local governance at village level: The case of Kanungu District

Africa's Public Service Delivery and Performance Review

 
 
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Title Civic and political rights of the Batwa ethnic minority in local governance at village level: The case of Kanungu District
 
Creator Kibukamusoke, Martha Alemiga, Jimmy
 
Subject sociology, development studies Women; Governance; Political Participation; Civic Responsibility
Description Since the 1970s, the Batwa ethnic minority group has been considered as a less superior group of human beings. They were forcefully evicted from the forest around Echuya Forest Reserve in Kisoro and Kabale districts of South-Western Uganda. The Batwa in Uganda are one of the most defenceless (vulnerable), marginalised, voiceless (powerless) and endangered ethnic minority group in the districts they live in. In turn, their civic and political rights (the right to vote and the right to be voted) in local council (LC) elections have been ignored partly because of poor sensitisation to and awareness of the Batwa people by all stakeholders. The purpose of this study was to investigate the civic and political rights of the Batwa people in Uganda. The key questions to be addressed include: 1. Is the Batwa ethnic minority group aware of the right to vote in Local Council 1 elections in the communities?2. Is the Batwa ethnic minority group aware of the right to be voted for in Local Council 1 elections in their communities?
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
Contributor sponsored by Dr. Martha Kibukamusoke
Date 2018-03-08
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — qualitative and quantitiative research approach, descriptive research design, quota and purposive sampling
Format text/html application/epub+zip application/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/apsdpr.v6i1.162
 
Source Africa’s Public Service Delivery & Performance Review; Vol 6, No 1 (2018); 9 pages 2310-2152 2310-2195
 
Language eng
 
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https://apsdpr.org/index.php/apsdpr/article/view/162/280 https://apsdpr.org/index.php/apsdpr/article/view/162/279 https://apsdpr.org/index.php/apsdpr/article/view/162/281 https://apsdpr.org/index.php/apsdpr/article/view/162/278
 
Coverage Uganda, Kanungu district 2011-2016; February women and youth above 18 years of age
Rights Copyright (c) 2018 Martha Kibukamusoke, Jimmy Alemiga https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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