Daniel Walyemera

12/06/2026

In a paper that comes out of our family’s suffering as victims of noise pollution in Buziga, my wife and I argue that noise pollution has become a notable environmental and public health issue in Uganda, especially in
urban areas. Although the constitution and laws guarantee the right to a healthy environment, enforcement is weak, often hindered by corruption. This article explores noise pollution in Uganda from an environmental law perspective, analysing the legal and regulatory framework, court responses, and enforcement obstacles. Drawing on case law, legislative texts, and environmental law theories, it argues that noise pollution infringes on the constitutional right to a healthy environment. The paper offers practical suggestions to improve legal structures, boost enforcement
efforts, and encourage public involvement in noise pollution management. Doctrinal research
methods are used to examine the data. The journal paper is open-access and can be downloaded at the link below 👇🏿:

07/05/2026

A special issue journal of the prestigious Journal of African Elections, was launched on 6 May 2026 at Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa. One of the papers in the special issue journal I authored is titled “Egalitarian and Libertarian Political Financing Models:
Lessons from Ghana and Switzerland for South Africa”. In the said published paper, I note that money is essential to politics. Unregulated money, however, can enable political
corruption, which justifies the need for regulation. Public funding of political
parties can promote equal political opportunities in heterogeneous societies.
Hence, it is necessary to fund politics partly from public resources. A country
adopts a political financing philosophy depending on its political environment.
This article compares two main global approaches to funding political parties
to identify best practices for South Africa’s nascent public funding regime. The
first is Ghana’s egalitarian model, which emphasises strict regulation of both
public and private funding of political parties. The second is Switzerland’s
strategy, which relies on private funding with minimal state regulation. This
article examines how these two models impact democratic values. Comparative
doctrinal research methods underpin this analysis. It reviews Ghana’s and
Switzerland’s legal and institutional financing systems to evaluate how
effectively they uphold democracy. The paper shows that Ghana’s strict
regulation promotes democratic equality by providing political opportunities
in a diverse society, although challenges remain regarding effective regulation.
Switzerland’s approach preserves the independence of political parties but risks
fostering a plutocracy. Considering South Africa’s post-apartheid context, its
emerging political financing system could include aspects of both libertarian
and egalitarian models; it could adopt a hybrid approach using technologies
such as blockchain and artificial intelligence to overcome transitional democracy
challenges. The paper therefore recommends that South Africa should adopt a
hybrid public financing model. The reason is that neither Ghana’s egalitarian
system nor Switzerland’s libertarian regime sufficiently address the democratic
challenges related to political financing. The paper is open access and is available at the link below 👇🏿:

04/04/2026

An election that cannot disturb existing distributions of power, wealth, and recognition is not a democratic election in any substantive sense. It is a ceremony of ratification.

08/03/2026

https://observer.ug/viewpoint/in-uganda-you-are-serious-alone/

On one of our manoeuvres in the city recently, we found two men leaning against a kiosk, one holding a bottle of kombucha at midday, the other balanced on a boda-boda seat. They were discussing climate change, politics, governance, and the future of the nation with the same energy people usually res...

28/02/2026

Impunity Busters!