TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION ........................................................................................................................................ i

APPROVAL ............................................................................................................................................. ii

DEDICATION ........................................................................................................................................ iii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .......................................................................................................................... iv

TABLE OF CONTENTS ........................................................................................................................... v

CHAPTER ONE ....................................................................................................................................... 1

1.0 Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 1

1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY .................................................................................................. 2

1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM ................................................................................................. 3

1.3 GENERAL OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY: ................................................................................... 4

1.4 SPECIA'COBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY ...................................................................................... 4

1.S Hypotheses: ................................................................................................................................ 5

1.6 SCOPE OF THE STUDY: ............................................................................................................. 5

1. 7 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY ................................................................................................. 6

1.8 LIMITATIONS .............................................................................................................................. 7

CHAPTER TWO ...................................................................................................................................... 8

LITERATURE REVIEW ........................................................................................................................... 8

CHAPTER THREE: ............................................................................................................................... 20

3.0 Methodology: ............................................................................................................................ 20

3.1 DATE COLLECTION METHOD: ................................................................................................. 20

3.2.1. NATIONAL: ........................................................................................................................... 21

3.2.2 Regional and international legal Instruments: .................................................................... 22

CHAPTER FOUR: ................................................................................................................................. 35

ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS OF THE STUDY: ..................................................................................... 35

4.0 Enforcement mechanism for the protection of the right to alfair hearing in ...................... 35

4.1 Courts as the primary mechanism for enforcement of the right to a fair hearing .............. 35

4.2 The role of the state and parliament towards the observance of the right to a ................. 36

4.3 Guiding principle to the research ............................................................................................ 37

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4.4 Major obstacles towards realization of the right to alfair hearing ....................................... 37

4.5 The extent to which the right to a fair hearing has been violated ....................................... 40

CHAPTER FIVE: ................................................................................................................................... 46

RECOMMENDATION AND CONCLUSION ........................................................................................... 46

5.0 Recommendations: ....................................................................................................................... 46

5.1 Conclusions ............................................................................................................................... 51

REFERENCES ....................................................................................................................................... 52