Report on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities

A report from NBS TV Uganda (16th June 2016) says that Uganda is still doing badly in providing an environment for the rights of people with disability. Gaps were identified during the appearance of Uganda before the United Nations Committee in April.

The Assistant Commissioner for Disability and Elderly under the Ministry of Gender, Beatrice Nabulime Kaggya MP said that Uganda still uses derogatory language against PWDs throughout its legislation.

The committee recommends that Uganda harmonizes definitions of disability in the various laws and policies.

The system of education and health service delivery for persons with disabilities was found to be poor in terms of access. The UN committee recommends that Uganda carries out training for people who deliver these services on the use of sign languages.

People with Disability welcomed the development.

The national women's MP representing PWDs in parliament, Sofia Nalule Juuko encouraged Uganda to copy the South African practice and involve more Ugandans. Nalule also called upon human rights stakeholders to share the copy of the concluding observations with parliament for better implementation and budgetary allocation.

Persons with disabilities are now calling for the appointment of a minister for the docket.

For further information please see this report. The report details concerns of the committee and areas that Uganda must work to rectify before the next seession in 2022.
Concluding observations on the initial report of Uganda