Government has tabled a Bill before parliament seeking to remove parliamentary approval of regulations required in implementing the Uganda Communications Act, 2013. The Uganda Communications Act, 2013 was enacted to consolidate and harmonize the Uganda Communications Act and the Electronic Media Act; to dissolve the Uganda Communications Commission and the Broadcasting Council and reconstitute them as […]
Members of Parliament are divided over a clause in the Tobacco control bill 2014 seeking to force a smoker to buy a whole packet of cigarette as a deterrent for youth not to smoke. A number of MPS while at a meeting organized by Uganda National Health Users’/Consumers’ Organization at Serena Hotel in Kampala some say they want a […]
On Friday last week I attended a human rights dialogue convened by human rights network in Uganda and the police force and human rights activists interfaced at Nkumba University and the deliberations pre-empted this journalist to find out a draft of the public order management bill, 2009 to which the police was defending very […]
The public order management bill has been widely criticised by members of the public with some politicians terming it as “a disaster to Ugandans and an infringement on the freedom of speech and after speech.” After reading through the bill, the president of the Democratic Party, Norbert Mao got no kind words for it […]
Members of parliament have insisted that the proposed powers to the energy minister in the oil bill be reduced. The current bill gives the minister powers to issue and revoke licenses to oil companies. However several Mps including Alice Alaso, Barnabas Tinkasimire and Crispus Ayena say this will be dangerous and could breed corruption. Some […]
Parliament has been urged to quickly expedite the Petroleum Bill 2011 to avoid more delays. The call was made by the chairperson of the parliamentary forum on oil Theodore Sekikubo while commenting on the ongoing parliamentary discussions on the oil bills. Sekikubo says that the continued delays not only discourage members from debating but also […]
Uganda Revenue Authority says it is satisfied with the petroleum bill in its current form but still has issues with the public finance bill. The Commissioner General Allen Kagina says they initially had issues with both bills but after meeting the ministers of finance and energy some issues were cleared with only a few others […]
Singer Abdul Mulaasi met a girl on facebook, chatted again and again, and became good friends. Time went on and they talked about becoming husband and wide. Abdul Mulaasi is now to be introduced by this UK based Kyeyo girl identified as Fatumah Mugenyi. Surprisingly the singer is currently broke because his music no […]
Although FIDA-Uganda works to promote the inherent dignity and human rights of women and children using the law as a tool for social justice, it has also added on supporting homosexuals. FIDA is an organisation that is against any discrimination on whatever ground and it has struggled through using the law in order to achieve […]
The government of Uganda is in final stages of drafting a bill that will regulate the possession and use of guns in Uganda. The Firearms, Ammunition and Related Materials Bill is expected to harmonize and regulate use of guns in Uganda once passed into an act. In Uganda guns are accessed mostly by security organs. […]