The Foundation of Human Rights Initiative has appealed to government to strengthen the laws that govern people that are involved in selling medicines in the country. While Speaking to journalists, the Chairman of the Initiative, Livingstone Sewanyana has said that all people have a right to good health and so the government has every reason […]
The Human Rights Watch in its new report has seriously condemned the wide spread discrimination and violence against women with disabilities mainly Northern Uganda. The 73-page report that has been released today is called “’As if we aren’t human’: Discrimination and Violence against women with Disabilities in Northern Uganda,” highlights the frequent abuse and discrimination against […]
The Member of Parliament for Kampala Central Elias Lukwago has opened a case against the Electoral Commission accusing it of maintaining polling stations in places that in military centers yet parliament had recommended that the places should not have polling stations as they are highly restricted from the civilians. The MP who is also the […]
The Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee has suggested that State House should budget for the money donated by the president rather allowing unplanned expenditures that come as a result of the donations that the president makes, to avoid the problems it incurs in giving proper accountability on the expenditure of funds that are allocated to statehouse […]
The Private Sector Foundation Uganda is set to focus on equipping famers with skills in agri-business and value addition focusing on agriculture financing and other policy issues that affect the sector in their Eastern Uganda Economic Empowerment week next month. The will run from 23rd to 26th September under the theme “Land Management and value […]
The Executive Director of the Legal Action for People with Disabilities, Laura Kamushu has appealed to the media to be more sensitive to the needs of the disabled people in the way it passes on information if the information is to be in any way beneficial to people with disabilities. She says in a country […]
The Forum for African Women Educationalists has launched a public fundraising campaign aimed at raising one billion Uganda shillings that it hopes to use to help disadvantaged girls get university education. The Campaign dubbed “Nsidika Njake or “Send a bright girl to university” hopes to use send over 400 girls to university if people vigilantly […]
The Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee has ordered that the office of the Director of Public Prosecution presents the list of officials that were implicated in the mismanagement of Global Fund cash but have since admitted to the mismanagement and decided to return the cash. So far over 2 billion shillings has been returned from officials […]
The Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee had come down heavily for the office of the Directorate of Public Prosecutions accusing the office for frustrating the fight against corruption. The DPP’s office has always been blamed for failure to prosecute people that are corrupt yet Parliament’s oversight committees like PAC always come with up reports which implicate […]
Journalists in Uganda will no longer be charged under the law of sedition. The Constitutional Court on Wednesday declared the law on sedition null and void arguing that it abuses freedom of expression and can be wrongly applied to anyone at any time. This followed a petition by journalist Andrew Mwenda heled by the East […]