This research paper is aimed at interrogating the efficacy of the current legal regime governing juvenile justice vis-à-vis the non-legalistic Afrocentric approach that seeks to hand down juvenile justice basing on the typical African style of “spare the rod and spoil the child”. It should be noted that juvenile justice in Uganda is served in accordance with Eurocentric and common law principles that seek, inter alia, to treat every child in contact with the law with gloves or soft hands. This is however more in law books than in actual practice. As a result, juvenile justice still remains a challenge. This study therefore seeks to suggest the need to handle juvenile justice through an Afrocentric approach that looks at discharging juvenile justice obligations in a manner that is not alien the African way of looking at juvenile justice.

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