The United Nations special rapoteur on Human Rights Margret Sekaggya says she is going to advice the United Nations to send special rapoteurs to visit Uganda and observe press freedom in the country. Sekaggya made the call during celebrations at the centenary park in Kampala to mark world press freedom day scheduled for Tuesday May […]
Although the United States and many other people around the world continue the celebrate the death of the world’s most wanted man, Osama Bin Laden, there are still some doubts on whether the hitherto invincible Bin Laden is actually dead and or whether he was killed in a US raid. Bin Laden the leader of […]
Prison authorities are considering transferring suspects arrested during the walk to work demonstration by the opposition from Nakasongola government prison to upcountry prison for security concerns. The commission general of the Uganda prisons service Johnson Byabashaija says decision stems from the opposition supporters who are planning to storm prison where the opposition leaders Dr. Kiiza […]
A Memorandum of Understanding between Makerere University and the Uganda Police Force to provide assistance in the implementation of the different ICT initiatives in the force has saved over USD500,000 of the Uganda Police Force’s budget. Under this Memorandum of Understanding, Makerere University has been able to develop for the Uganda Police Force a Human […]
President Yoweri Musveeni has defended the high taxes on fuel saying most fuel is used for luxurious purposes. The government currently charges a 850 shilling tax per liter of petrol, 530 shillings per liter of diesel, and 200 shillings per liter of kerosene or paraffin. Speaking on Thursday evening during a live address about the […]
President Yoweri Museveni has said that his national Resistance Movbement government is not worried about any possibility of being ousted by opposition protests. Museveni who was speaking to Ugandans in a live video broadcast at Bukedde TV in Kampala on Thursday evening said Ugandans should not “worry about Besigye and walk to work protests” saying […]
The leading opposition figure in Uganda Dr. Kizza Besigye of the Forum for Democratic Change has been sent to prison after he was presented in Nabweru Magistrate’s Court and charged with unlawful assembly. Besigye will spend Easter weekend in prison as he will appear in Court on April 27th when his bail application will be […]
Many participants seemed to agree that bride practice culture has become extremely commercialized with parents looking at their daughters as monetary reserves. Some parents are choosing to marry daughters off as young as 14 or to demand the highest price they can name, whether in terms of cows or money.
Many of us dream of owning a decent home. Yet many of us continue to wonder how we can pull off that ‘miracle’. How is it possible with ever increasing costs of land and construction materials to build a house of your dreams when you have limited income? Well, the good news is yes you […]
The United Nations Human Rights Center in Uganda has demanded the immediate release of opposition activists arrested and detained while walking to work on Monday. The Director of the Centre, Margaret Sekaggya, a former Chairperson of the Uganda Human Rights Commission says it is the right of every Ugandan walk to any place that they […]