The Uganda Media Women’s Association (UMWA) has embarked on a training program for journalists in public affairs reporting, made possible with support from the Finnish Foundation for Media and Development (VIKES) under the Women and Media Project. This one-year training initiative will focus on equipping female journalists with the skills necessary to effectively report on […]
The National Coalition of Human Rights Defenders in Uganda (NCHRD-U) has expressed concern over the escalation of human rights violations across 2019, specifically targeting Human Rights Defenders (HRDs). As we start the New Year – and a new decade – we wish to reflect on major incidents that shaped the year, available opportunities, and issue […]
General Court Martial Lt Gen Andrew Gutti has granted bail to Former Inspector General of Police (IGP), Gen Kale Kayihura in a court sitting in Makindye, Kampala. However,Lt Gen Gutti, restricted him not travel beyond Kampala and Wakiso districts. According to the chairman of the court,Lt Gen Gutti, the bail was based upon the bail application […]
The Ministry of Health sent out a press release informing the general public of a cholera outbreak in parts of Kampala city. Contaminated water and the lack of toilets have been cited as the cause of the outbreak. Press Release – Cholera in Kampala by Emma Laura Kisa on Scribd
Government has released the 2014-2016 Uganda National Population Based Tuberculosis Prevalence Survey showing 89,000 people get infected with TB every year. While presenting the report in Kampala, Dr Bruce Kirenga, and a TB Principal Researcher at Makerere University says the current disease burden is higher than previously with 253 per 100,000 people affected compared to […]
Kasagama John a resident at Ggaba landing site in Makindye division on the Lake Victoria shores says he was a fisher man before he started carrying out sand mining. Fishing as an activity was so competitive yet there was inadequate fish in the lake. This led to little earnings which couldn’t sustain his family, says. […]
The Ministry of Health on Wednesday confirmed the outbreak of measles in Kampala and Wakiso districts. Health Minister Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng says that their surveillance and case findings indicates that a total of 67 cases so far been identified and of these, seven have been confirmed by the laboratory tests within the month of July. Measles is an airborne disease that […]
The government is to start regulating rental fees in Kampala starting next financial year 2017/18 as a way of ensuring that landlords who often dodge taxes are checked. The proposal has been made by government, state minister for planning, David Bahati, before the Parliamentary Finance Committee recently. Bahati who was presenting proposed tax amendments for […]
Prime Minister, Ruhakana Rugunda has said government departments must base their strength on the execution of work on the evidence based funds. While opening a five day retreat for the assessment of government performance report for the financial year 2015-2016, the Prime Minister Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda on behalf of the vice president underscored the need […]
Members of Parliament have warned the Inspector General of Police against issuing directives outside the law saying such an act is likely to bring back the brutality experienced in the by former presidents Milton Obote and Iddi Amin’s regimes. In a motion moved by the opposition shadow minister for Internal Affairs, Mohammed Muwanga Kivumbi, the […]