Disarmament and Human Rights Violation in Karamoja Region: A Case Study of Kotido Town Council, Kotido District, North Eastern Uganda

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION

APPROVAL ii

DEDICATION iii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iv

TABLE OF CONTENTS v

LIST OF TABLES viii

LIST OF ACRONYMS ix

ABSTRACT x

CHAPTER ONE 1

BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY 1

1.0 Introduction 1

1.2 Background of the study 1

1.2 Statement of the Problem 5

1.3 Purpose of the study 5

1.4. Objectives of the study 5

1.5. Research questions 6

1.6. Scope of the study 6

1.6.1 Geographical scope 6

1.6.2 contextual Scope 6

1.6.3 Time Scope 6

1.7 Significance of the study 6

1.7.1 To the community 7

1.7.2 To the goverrnnent or policy makers 7

1.7.3 To the researcher 7

CHAPTER TWO 8

LITERATURE REVIEW 8

2.0 Introduction 8

2.1 Conceptual framework 8

2.3.1 Disarmament 8

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2.2 The Theoretical Framework 9

2.3 Review of Literature 10

2.3.1. Causes of Human Rights violation in the local communities in Kotido town council? 10

2.3.2 Impacts of Disannament on Human Rights violation in Kotido town council2 17

2.3.3 Solutions to Human Rights violation as a result of Disarmament in Kotido town council?21

2.4 Related Studies 22

2.5 Emerging gaps from the literature 23

CHAPTER THREE 24

METHODOLOGY 24

3.0 Introduction 24

3.1 Research design 24

3.2Studyarea 24

3.3 Study population 25

3.4. Sample size 25

3.5 Sampling procedure 26

3.6. Data collection 26

3.7 Data analysis 27

3.8 Ethical considerations 27

3.9 Limitations to the study 27

CHAPTER FOUR 29

PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA 29

4.0 Introduction 29

4.1. Profile of the respondents 29

4.1.1 Sex of the respondents 29

4.1.2. Age of the Respondents 30

4.1.3. Respondent’s qualification 32

4.4. Employment level; 33

4.5. The relationship between Disarmament and Human Rights violations 34

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In investigating deeper into the above objective I came up with the research question “Is there

any correlation between Disannarnent and Human Rights violation in Kotido district9 34

4.2. The causes of Human Rights violation in the local communities 35

4.3. The impact of Disarmament on human rights 36

4.4. The solutions to Human Rights violation because of Disarmament 38

4.5. Interpretation of the data 40

ChAPTER FIVE 43

SUMMARY OF MAJOR FINDINGS, CONCLUSSION AND RECCOMMENDATION .43

5.0 Introduction 43

5.1. Summary of major findings 43

5.2. Conclusions 44

5.3. Recommendations 45

5.4 Areas for further research 46

REFERENCES 47

APPENDICES 50

APPENDIX I: QUESTIONNAIRE GUIDE FOR RESPONDENTS 50

APPENDIX II: SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES 53

APPENDIX III: FIELD BUDGET 54