The Operation Wealth Creation (OWC) a government program on commercialization of agriculture is to honor Kadongo Kamu artists in Uganda for promoting the sector through music. Addressing journalists at the media centre the deputy chief coordinator of Operation Wealth creation Lt Gen Charles Angina said a 100M shillings will be awarded to 25 artists in […]
The ministry of health has been asked to start registering all traditional healers/doctors as a way of following their work to control the rates of child sacrifice in the country. This call was made by the Ayivu county Member of Parliament, Bernad Atiku, who is fronting a private member’s bill known as the Anti-Human Sacrifice and […]
A section of youth under their association Kick Age Limit Out of the Constitution (KALOC) have supported the constitutional amendment bill number two which looks at lifting presidential age limit in the constitution saying article 102b is discriminatory. The group led by the guild president of IUIU, Kassim Kamugisha was appearing before the committee on […]
Rose Mutonyi Masaba the Bubulo County West MP in Manafwa District has urged youths to embrace operation wealth creation if they are to fight poverty. Addressing journalists at Parliament Mutonyi said that youths don’t want to participate in wealth creation because they think it’s for the elderly people. She noted that many of the youth […]
The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has called upon Members of Parliament to consider re-table the pending bills related to protection of children and women. The pending bills include the Sexual Offences bill and Marriage and Divorce bill. Kadaga was addressing a dialogue on ending gender based violence and HIV/Aids organized by the Uganda Women […]
The Uganda nurses and midwives union has disassociated themselves from the court application that was filed by Uganda Medical Workers Union against the striking doctors. The union yesterday took all the striking doctors and medical practitioners to high court civil division for engaging into an illegal industrial action. RELATED: Health minister explains doctors strike The union […]
The Inspector General of Police and other police officers are to face the parliamentary committee on human rights to answer the human rights violation of suspects always released by court only to be rearrested by police. ALSO READ: Why Kansingye was dropped as police spokesperson This follows the recent arrest by security operatives of, Ahmad Ssenfuka, […]
This week the Zimbabwean army put the country on lock down, putting the country’s president Robert Mugabe under house arrest in what many have called a coup. ALSO READ: Mugabe held at his home, says South African president A section of Ugandan members of parliaments have come out to analyze the situation in Harare. The minister […]
Defenders of human rights have challenged government to hastily address concerns of state prosecutors to avert abuse of rights prisoners. Prosecutors have been on strike since last month over low pay. This was after after high court directed prisons authorities to halt presenting of criminal suspects to court pending a conclusive resolve to the state […]
Justice George Kanyeihamba has described the controversial age limit removal bill as one dividing and tearing the country into pieces. Kanyeihamba said so while appearing before the parliamentary legal and parliamentary Affairs committee chaired by West Budama South MP Jacob Oboth-Oboth which is seeking views from different stakeholders regarding the age limit removal bill. RELATED:Take […]