No immunity remains at the core of the Rome Statute, but a political campaign that has led to new rules on the appearance of sitting heads of state at trial risks undermining the independence of the International Criminal Court (ICC), civil society organizations said today at the conclusion of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP) […]
Ntungamo Municipality MP Jona Musinguzi has pledged to give 100 million shillings towards a refresher course for police officers on observance of Human Rights. The lawmaker, who is a sits on the Parliamentary Committee on Human Right, says that from the recent human rights abuses by police officers are worrying and can cause genocide in […]
The rules, discipline and privileges committee of parliament chaired by Fox Odoi have today started another investigation into the conduct of Bubulo west mp Tonny kipoi. The first one to appear before the committee was the Government Chief whip Kasule Lumumba, who appeared on behalf of the NRM Party which this mp subscribes too. Appearing […]
Towards financing maternal health regressive with service delivery in the health sector reducing in the last 3 financial years. The review by Action Group for Health (AGHA) indicates that government passed 49 billion shillings to recruit and remunerate health workers at health centers 2,3 and 4 but only 7,211 were recruited instead of the target […]
The former Tanzanian president, Benjamin Mukapa is calling for the review of the regional education sector mainly for tertiary institutions to better quality of education in the region. Speaking at the 3rd graduation ceremony of Cavendish university today, HE.Mukapa says that having uniform policies guiding the education sector in the region will help foster quality […]
The chairman, Uganda pharmaceutical manufacturers who also doubles as the CEO kampala pharmaceutical industries, Nazeem Mohamed wants the general public to receive more sensitization about the burden of non communicable diseases and their impact to lives as well as the country’s economy. Nazeem while speaking to reporters in a workshop organized by CEHURD in kampala […]
GOVT DONOR PARTNERS LAUNCH NEW MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH PROG 26TH/NOV/13. Govt and donor partners that deal in maternal health issues have today launched a new programmee dubbed sharpened reproductive maternal and new born and child health plan which targets to reduce lives lost as a result of maternal death to 6100 among mothers and 12000 […]
Three journalists have been arrested by police at Wandegeya police station in Kampala. One of them, Kisuule Richard aka Kamagu –a radio presenter was picked from a radio station –Top Radio at Bwaise a suburb of Kampala for hosting an opposition politician. He has been charged with inciting violence, and transferred to the Central Police […]
The regional heads of state will be meeting in Uganda on 30th November to discussion single currency, customs, political federation reports on issues to do with EAC integration. Addressing the media in Kampala today, the permanent secretary ministry of EAC affairs Edith Nsajja Mwanje confirms that they will also discuss the application of Somalia to […]
The embattled Buburo west Tonny Kipoi’s legal team have requested for an adjournment for the hearing of the case of the mp by the parliamentary committee on rules privileges and discipline. The request was contained in the letter from Mbidde and co advocates to the committee chairperson Fox Odoi. They asked the committee to extend […]