Know Your Rights 20: The right to a clean environment

The Ugandan Bill of Rights, Chapter 4 of the Constitution of Uganda, details the rights of all Ugandan citizens. Whether you are a person with a disability (PWD) or not, all these rights are yours.

Article 39 of the Constitution of Uganda states that you have the right to a clean, healthy and safe environment.

If you are a PWD this right is the expectation that builders and road workers will clean up their mess when they have finished working so that footpaths and streets remain accessible. Moreover, this article is about the right to a clean healthy supply of water, good sanitation and accessible toilets.

Olupot Martin, right, who has polio, works on inclusive water point designs in Abibico, Uganda.

Article 39 of the Constitution of Uganda is written like this:

39. Right to a clean and healthy environment. 

Every Ugandan has a right to a clean and healthy environment.