The speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga rejects claims that Uganda parliament neglect maternal health advocacy. Kadaga says the Uganda parliament is known internationally of advocating for maternal health although they are attacked locally for not doing anything. Kadaga made the remark during a meeting in Kampala where parliamentarians under Network of African Women ministers and Parliamentarians […]
In the first week of February 2015, the topic has been Sanyu Robinah Mweruka and her leaked sex tape. Mwereuka was hither to a news anchor on Bukedde’s famed news bulletin Agataliko Nfufu and a host on one of the station’s most popular programme Omuntu Wabantu. Following the unfortunate event, Mweruka was allegedly ‘fired’ from […]
Irish oil giant Tullow oil Uganda has this Wednesday been ordered to pay the $407,095,366 (about four hundred and seven million US dollars) to the government of Uganda in Capital Gains Tax by the Tax Appeals Tribunal. Tullow had challenged a capital gains tax assessment of $472,748,128 by the Uganda Revenue Authority with the oil firm citing […]
The chairman National Consultative Forum for Political parties in Uganda Ruhakana Rugunda highlights the need for all political parties and players in the country to uphold democracy, key in building a stronger nation. Rugunda says democracy can be deepened in the country by respecting people’s rights and freedoms and sharing the belief of building a […]
The term of office for the assessors of the high Court in Uganda came to an end in January 2013 meaning that those persons currently acting as assessors are doing so illegally. Sources in the High Court told our journalists in the field that the judiciary is still waiting for approval of the ‘presidency’ to […]
The electoral commission recently reinstated the Democratic Party’s Brenda Nabukenya as the genuine woman MP for Luweero district. Nabukenya had been declared the winner of the polls after the commission cancelled its earlier call for vote recount. The National Resistance Movement candidate who was the first runner up, Rebecca Nalwanga in her application, had […]
News Release: The trend of international land grabbing – when governments and private firms invest in or purchase large tracts of land in other countries for the purpose of agricultural production and export – can have serious environmental and social consequences, according to researchers at the Worldwatch Institute. Deals that focus solely on financial profit […]
>INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE DAY: On 17 July the world celebrates International Justice Day, in honor of the anniversary of the adoption of the Rome Statute, the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court (ICC) – the first and only permanent international court capable of trying perpetrators of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. International Justice Day is […]
Statement BY H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni President of the Republic of Uganda UICC Kampala, June 8, 2011 H.E. the Vice President; Rt. Hon. Speaker; His Lordship the Chief Justice; Rt. Hon. Deputy Speaker; Her Ladyship Deputy Chief Justice Rt. Hon. Prime Minister; Rt. Hon. Leader of the Opposition; Hon. Ministers; […]
Commonwealth Observer Group Uganda Presidential and Parliamentary Elections 2011 INTERIM STATEMENT Read out by Dame Billie Miller Chairperson of the Commonwealth Observer Group The Commonwealth was invited by the Government of Uganda to observe the 2011 elections, and the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth constituted an Observer Group supported by a staff team from the Secretariat. […]