During the reporting period, DENIVA has been leading on major going-on affecting civil society in Uganda. With particular regard to the NGO operating environment, DENIVA remained at the forefront in engaging government on the NGO (Amendment) Bill that was assented to by the President in January 2016. Further, DENIVA has successfully worked in coalition with other NGOs and petitioned the Constitutional Court to challenge the constitutionality of the Non Governmental Organization Act 2006. The battle was lost and an amendment to the law was made culminating into the NGO (Amendment) Act 2016. From reading the current law, it is clear that not much of what CSOs proposed was considered. Download the pdf for more details about the year 2016. Download pdf
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