Documents filed in court last month provide some of the strongest arguments yet for and against translating the Ugandan Constitution into local languages.
The arguments stem from a Constitutional court petition filed by private citizens Aaron Hayoda and Samuel Serunjogi last year, challenging government's failure to translate the Constitution into all 56 local languages.
The petitioners, who claim they are ardent believers in the rule of law and constitutionalism, argue that failure to translate the Constitution into native languages is inconsistent with the Constitution and hinders peoples' awareness of their rights, duties and obligations.
According to their conference notes, Hayoda and Serunjogi argue that government's failure to translate and circulate the country's supreme law is contrary to Articles 2, 3 and 4(a) of the Constitution.
Article 4(a) stipulates that "The State shall promote public awareness of this Constitution by--translating it into Ugandan languages and disseminating it as widely as possible." Read more
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