Qn 2.

Refer to a record and archives act or law in Uganda and critically explain its strength and
weakness in effective records management in Uganda.
Archives are records of enduring value selected for permanent preservation.
Records are recorded information regardless of form or medium created, received and
maintained by any institution or individual under its legal obligations or in the transaction of its
business and providing evidence of the performance of those obligations or that business.
Uganda government enacted an act the national records and archives act, 2001. An Act to
provide for the rationalized management of all Government and other public records and
archives under one single authority, for the preservation, utilization and disposal of such records
and archives, for the repeal of the Records (Disposal) Act, and for other connected matters.
The following are some of the strength of the above 2001 act in effective records management
in Uganda.