International law recognises the right of everyone to adequate food and the fundamental freedom from hunger and malnutrition. The general objectives of this study were to determine whether the diet of slum dwellers of Banda Parish outside Kampala city is adequate in reference to the normative content of the human right to adequate food (RtF), and to identify and discuss existing constraints to attaining food adequacy, availability and accessibility in Banda Parish. Two methodologies, qualitative content analysis and the survey method were used for this study. Content analysis involved a review of selected national and international documents on the RtF. The survey comprised two categories of respondents (i.e. rights holders and duty bearers). Rights holders were 265 children (0-060 months) and 265 caretakers selected from clusters (zones) using the EPI (Expanded Programme for Immunization) method. Duty bearers were purposively selected representatives of institutions considered as having the mandate of promoting realization of the RtF in Banda Parish. Institutions included Nakawa Division Council (4 respondents), Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) (1 respondent), and Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) (1 respondent). For all respondents, quantitative and or qualitative data collected depended on selected outcome, structural and process indicators that were used for the survey. Results show that the RtF in Uganda can be inferred from objectives XIV and XXII of the 1995 Constitution. This right could further be justiciable under article 45 of the same Constitution. The adequacy of diets as indicated by dietary diversity in Banda Parish seems inadequate and the level of child malnutrition seems unacceptably high. There are no clear recourse mechanisms for violations of the RtF, and rights holders seem grossly unaware of the provisions of this right. Capacity development seems therefore needed. Albeit existent formal legislation on food safety, food sold in Banda Parish seems unsafe. General hygiene and sanitation appears to be poor and access to tapped water is limited. A large percentage of household heads are underemployed and with a low education. Nakawa Division Council appears to be constrained due to inadequate funding to improve on the general welfare of people in Banda Parish. It can thus be concluded that RtF is not reached in Nakawa Division, and resources used for addressing existing constraints to attain the RtF in Banda Parish seems inadequate.