Article 9-19 Uganda Constitution 1995

Article 9-19 of the Uganda Constitution 1995 is under Chapter 3 of the Constitution. Chapter 3 is titled ‘CITIZENSHIP.’

Article 9 Uganda Constitution 1995

Citizens of Uganda

Every person who, on the commencement of this Constitution, is a citizen of Uganda shall continue to be such a citizen.

Article 10 Uganda Constitution 1995

Citizenship by birth

The following persons shall be citizens of Uganda by birth—
(a) every person born in Uganda one of whose parents or grandparents is or was a member of any of the indigenous communities existing and residing within the borders of Uganda as at the first day of February, 1926, and set out in the Third Schedule to this Constitution; and
(b) every person born in or outside Uganda one of whose parents or grandparents was at the time of birth of that person a citizen of Uganda by birth.

Article 11 Uganda Constitution 1995

Foundlings and adopted children

(1) A child of not more than five years of age found in Uganda, whose parents are not known, shall be presumed to be a citizen of Uganda by
birth.
(2) A child under the age of eighteen years neither of whose parents is a citizen of Uganda, who is adopted by a citizen of Uganda shall, on application, be registered as a citizen of Uganda.

Article 12 Uganda Constitution 1995

Citizenship by registration

(1) Every person born in Uganda—
(a) at the time of whose birth—
(i) neither of his or her parents and none of his or her grandparents had diplomatic status in Uganda; and
(ii) neither of his or her parents and none of his or her grandparents was a refugee in Uganda; and
(b) who has lived continuously in Uganda since the ninth day of October, 1962, shall, on application, be entitled to be registered as a citizen of Uganda.

(2) The following persons shall, upon application, be registered as citizens of Uganda—
(a) every person married to a Uganda citizen upon proof of a legal and subsisting marriage of three years or such other period prescribed by Parliament;
(b) every person who has legally and voluntarily migrated to and has been living in Uganda for at least ten years or such other period prescribed by Parliament;
(c) every person who, on the commencement of this Constitution, has lived in Uganda for at least twenty years.

(3) Clause (2)(a) of this article applies also to a person who was married to a citizen of Uganda who, but for his or her death, would have continued to be a citizen of Uganda under this Constitution.

(4) Where a person has been registered as a citizen of Uganda under clause (2)(a) of this article and the marriage by virtue of which that person was registered is—
(a) annulled or otherwise declared void by a court or tribunal of competent jurisdiction; or
(b) dissolved, that person shall, unless he or she renounces that citizenship, continue to be a citizen of Uganda.

Article 13 Uganda Constitution 1995

Citizenship by naturalisation

Parliament shall by law provide for the acquisition and loss of citizenship by naturalisation.

Article 14 Uganda Constitution 1995

Loss of citizenship by registration