The inspector General of Police Maj. Gen. Kale Kayihura has explained to our informers why the police throughout last year blocked most of the demonstrations that were organised by opposition politicians and parties. Kayihura says that the organisers of the demonstrations for example walk to work campaigns (A4C) in the first case did not […]
Members of opposition political parties inUgandaare preparing themselves to vote their respective representatives in the East African Legislative Assembly come the month of April 2012. The chief Legal advisor of the Democratic Party, Mukasa Mbidde says that he is surprised that some people in DP are preparing themselves to vote on an order of […]
The Great Lakes region member states will soon start fingerprinting their minerals to trace their origin in order to end the illicit mineral trade that has fueled conflicts in the region. The member countries are concerned that the illicit miberaks are fueling human rights abuses especially the sexual and gender based violations. The analytical fingerprint […]
The habit of copying other peoples’ songs in Uganda is growing every week, every month and every year. Cases of singers complaining that their colleagues in the music industry have duplicated their songs are found at police stations, courts and heard on radio stations. For example, a little known Ugandan artist, M Jeff last week […]
We have heard that Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago is planning to resign and leave his deputy in the daily running of KCCA affairs. A source in his camp tells this informer that Lukwago will resign in around 2015 in order to contest for DP presidency and consequently contest for president of Uganda . […]
The MP for Kampala Central, Mohammad Nsereko has told the media that the proposed ‘public order bill 2011’ is unconstitutional and all Ugandans should fight it off. Nsereko has advised Uganda’s ruling party, the National Resistance Movement and the government in general to withdraw the bill in its totality. Nsereko says that president Museveni […]
Police have threatened to de-register the buses that will not comply with the festive season transport guidelines requiring them not to over speed, over load or do return trips. The Kampala Metropolitan Police commander Felix Kawesi says they have already issued guidelines indicating that no bus is allowed to make a return journey of over […]
The Attorney general, ministry of internal affairs and the Uganda Police have defended the public order management bill calling for its enactment amid protests from the public. Appearing before the legal and Parliamentary affairs committee of Parliament, Peter Nyombi the attorney general says there is a lacuna in the existing laws of the land that […]
The Uganda law society has quashed the public order management bill currently before the committee on legal and Parliamentary affairs, saying its’ not good in its current form. Making a submission on behalf of the society, the President of the society James Mukasa Ssebugenyi says if the bill is passed into an act in its […]
As Uganda joins the rest of the world to commemorate the 63rd International Human Rights Day, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights defenders Margaret Sekagya has cautioned Parliament on the public order management Bill that is currently before the legal committee of Parliament. She made the caution at the five day workshop under the theme Claiming Spaces: Tactical Tools for Human […]