Government has defended the conduct of the police in quelling the walk to work protest as responsible and normal. The internal affairs minister Kirunda Kivejinja says the forces have all time used appropriate force when dealing with protestors. Opposition politicians and some human rights activists have on several occasions accused the police force as being […]
It is emerging that the government of Uganda is putting internet service providers to block popular social network platforms to stop the opposition from using them to mobilise people for the ongoing walk to work protests. A letter is circulating confirming showing that the Uganda Communications Commission asked the internet service providers to block twitter […]
This press briefing is intended to inform the general public of the National Policy that has recently been approved by Cabinet on Disaster Management and Preparedness which for long has not been in existence. Members of the Public, Local Governments, Partners in Disaster Risk Reduction and other Stake holders will at a later stage receive […]
The government has promised to resettle all people affected living in mountainous areas to avoid the re-occurrence of the March 2010 landslides in Bududa district of eastern Uganda. The landslides killed about 300 people and left more than 8,000 without shelter. About 2,500 of the Bududa landslide victims were transferred to a resettlement camp in […]
The government has warned people from Bududa and neighbouring areas who are going to Kiryandongo to join the Budada people resettled there after landslides displaced thousands of them. The Minister of Distaster Preparedness, Musa Ecweru says that there are people from Bududa who were not affected by the landslides but have followed affected friends […]
The government of Uganda has received an ultimatum from the Commonwealth Lawyers directing the state of Uganda to make an immediate release of a Kenyan rights activist Al Amin Kimathi who was detained in Uganda in September 2010. The 17th Commonwealth Law meeting that sat in Hyderabad India early this month resolved that the government […]
The Population Secretariat has applauded the government for the efforts that it has undertaken to improve the quality of life of the youth in Uganda like the increase of its budget funding to youth programmes in Uganda. The government in Uganda’s Budget for financial year 2010/2011 increased its budget funding to youth programmes even promising […]
The Minister of Information and National Guidance Kabakumba Matsiko has said that government has addressed 95% of the concerns that the Supreme Court raised in relation to the way of conducting elections in Uganda. The Supreme Court in 2006 ruled in the case of Besigye vs the Electoral Commission that though the there various irregularities […]
Uganda parliament will begin debating the controversial Phone Tapping Bill tomorrow (Thursday, 17th June 2010) according to the chairperson of the parliamentary committee on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Nathan Nabeeta. The draft law, called the Regulation of Interception of Communications Bill 2007, provides for the interception and monitoring of certain communication in the course […]