Uganda

Population Statistics

37,101,745

Total Population

5,565,262

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

25 September 2008

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Constitution of the Republic of Uganda (1995, last amended 2005)

Updated: June 2015

Article 59, clause 1 states:

Every citizen of Uganda of eighteen years of age or above, has a right to vote

 

Article 59, clause 4 states:

Parliament shall make laws to provide for the facilitation of citizens with disabilities to register and vote.

 

Excerpts from the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda (1995, amended 2005)