Chapter One
The Constitution.
1.
Sovereignty of the people.
(1) All power belongs to the people who shall exercise their
sovereignty in accordance with this Constitution.
(2) Without limiting the effect of clause (1) of this article, all
authority in the State emanates from the people of Uganda; and the people
shall be governed through their will and consent.
(3) All power and authority of Government and its organs derive from
this Constitution, which in turn derives its authority from the people who
consent to be governed in accordance with this Constitution.
(4) The people shall express their will and consent on who shall
govern them and how they should be governed, through regular, free and fair
elections of their representatives or through referenda.
2.
Supremacy of the Constitution.
(1) This Constitution is the supreme law of Uganda and shall have
binding force on all authorities and persons throughout Uganda.
(2) If any other law or any custom is inconsistent with any of the
provisions of this Constitution, the Constitution shall prevail, and that other
law or custom shall, to the extent of the inconsistency, be void.
3.
Defence of the Constitution.
(1) It is prohibited for any person or group of persons to take or retain
control of the Government of Uganda, except in accordance with the
provisions of this Constitution.
(2) Any person who, singly or in concert with others, by any violent
or other unlawful means, suspends, overthrows, abrogates or amends this
Constitution or any part of it or attempts to do any such act, commits the
offence of treason and shall be punished according to law.
(3)
This Constitution shall not lose its force and effect even where its