KIULJ Volume. 6, Issue 2 (2024)

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Abdul Azeez Yusuf, Mukasa Charles, Muyinga Samuel, Abdullahi Bello & Lukoma Ronald
 

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Artificial Intelligence personal data privacy data protection cyber security.
 

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The development and growth of AI in uganda: How is uganda faring from a legal perspective?

Abstract: This paper examines the development and growth of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Uganda by highlighting how Uganda is faring from a legal perspective. AI as a branch of computer science, aims to create machines that mimic human intelligence. It involves the development of computer systems that can perform tasks that often require human intelligence, such as visual perception, speech recognition, decision-making, language interpretation, and simulation of human abilities. It has been argued that Uganda's legal and regulatory environment for AI is undeveloped and still evolving to address the progressing aspects of AI. While Uganda does not have an all-inclusive legal framework specifically enacted for AI, it should be noted that many laws and regulations are already in place from which we can make inferences applicable to a few aspects of AI, such as the need for data and privacy protection, cyber security and protection of intellectual property, as can be garnered from some of the existing Ugandan relevant statutes. One of the findings of this paper, however, affirms that Uganda lacks specific laws that address AI ethics, liability, and accountability. This deficit in the legal framework of Uganda poses challenges, specifically about the ethical application of AI and the protection of human rights. The paper concludes with the recommendation that strengthening the legal and regulatory framework is vital to ensuring that AI is developed and used responsibly through the enactment of specific AI laws that will address the concerns of ethics, liability, and governance.
 
 
 

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