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This paper examines the role of civil society organisations as agents of democratic consolidation in Uganda. It argues that civil society organisations (CSOs) play an important role in building democratic governments but also questions whether the CSOs can live up to the theoretical expectations of building democratic governments. This paper, based on case study evidence from Uganda, attempts to bridge the gap between theory and reality by offering a realistic assessment of CSOs' capabilities as regards democratic consolidation. Because of Uganda's political history, political activism and political advocacy have not been widely embraced by CSOs. Negative political experiences have created some apathy and wariness resulting in many CSOs maintaining that they are apolitical. As a result, CSOs have failed to mark distance from the NRM government in a manner that affirms their autonomous and independent growth. Ultimately, such a posture has undermined the CSOs' cause and has confined them to issues that do not fundamentally challenge or affect the status quo. RésuméCette contribution s'intéresse au rôle des organisations de la société civile, en tant qu'agents de la consolidation démocratique en Ouganda. L'on y affirme que les organisations de la société civile (OSC) jouent un rôle important dans le processus de construction de gouvernements démocratiques. La question posée ici consiste à savoir si les OSC sont à la hauteur des attentes théoriques en matière de construction de gouvernements démocratiques. Cet article est basé sur des faits tirés d'une étude cas ougandaise, et tente de combler le fosse entre théorie et réalité, en offrant une étude réaliste des capacités des OSC en matière de consolidation démocratique. Du fait de l'histoire politique de l'Ouganda, l'activisme politique n'est pas suffisamment pris en charge par les OSC. Les expériences politiques malheureuses ont provoqué une certaine apathie et une certaine méfiance, qui ont poussé un * Department of Social Sciences, Uganda Christian University, Uganda. grand nombre d'OSC à se présenter comme apolitiques. La conséquence en est que les OSC n'ont pas réussi à se démarquer du gouvernement NRM, de sorte à affirmer clairement leur maturité autonome. Une telle situation a fini par endommager la cause des OSC et les a limitées à intervenir sur des questions qui ne remettent pas vraiment en question le statut quo établi.

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The authors of this chapter provide an in-depth comparative analysis and discussion of the effectiveness of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) in regulating and enforcing laws related to traffic management and solid waste management (SWM) in Kampala. The findings reveal that SWM is better regulated as compared to traffic management despite operating under similar conditions. Unlike the SWM sector, the presence of strong associations, diversity of uncoordinated rival players, massive youth population, and heavy political investments in the informal public transport sector has made it difficult for KCCA to regulate traffic in the city. The informal SWM sector in Kampala has received limited political interest. Thus, one would expect that the city traffic sector should be well regulated compared to the SWM sector. However, this is not the case; KCCA has registered significant more success in the regulation of the informal SWM than the latter. On the contrary, KCCA and the city police continue to have running battles with the operators of informal public transport.