Child rights activists say physical violence remains the most common and most visible form of child abuse in Uganda. This is closely followed by sexual abuse, child neglect and emotional abuse which is cross cutting. According to Peter Bahemuka of Raising Voices, if a child is molested or subjected to any other form of abuse, […]
In 2005, a 20 plus year-old woman identified as only Fatumah was paid four million Uganda shillings to carry a pregnancy for another woman in Kampala (names withheld). Fatumah delivered two health babies at a go and immediately handed the babies over to the woman who had paid her to nurse the babies. […]
On Wednesday 6th February 2013 was another Birthday of the fallen Ragae Legend Bob Marley. The singer was one of the major promoters of the Rastafarian Movement around the world. The movement came about after Ethiopia (one of the African countries) defeated Italy’s Mussolini in 1936 when the Italian had come to revenge the Battle […]
Uganda can now boost of oil production engineers to help the country exploit the oil resources confirmed in different parts of the country. According to a media statement, the group of 10 underwent 6-10 months hands-on training in the United Kingdom and at the Bangladesh production facility where they were exposed to areas such as […]
According to, Mustapha Mugisa, a forensic specialist with Summit Consulting, a firm based in Uganda’s capital city Kampala, thousands of people in Uganda are losing mobile money in hands of hackers. He says that hackers and conmen target peasants and other lower end people who use the mobile money services as savings bank accounts […]
Uganda has taken vital steps in stopping Female Genital Mutilation also known as female circumcision, a cultural practice in some communities. The country joins the rest of the world to mark the day against Female Genital Mutilation on Wednsday. The day that is meant to promote zero tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation, is marked every […]
Prominent Muslim cleric in Kampala, Sheikh Nooh Muzaata Bate has challenged the government to review the Universal Primary Education (UPE) programme. He says the Muslim community in Uganda supports UPE but it is still a good policy on paper. The Sheikh says that the UPE programme is not working out because it was ill […]
Retired Supreme Court Judge, George Kanyeihamba has decried bribery in Uganda’s judicial system. He requests the parliament of Uganda to make a commission of inquiry to look into the failures in the Judiciary and the legal Profession as a whole. Justice Kanyeihamba’s voice adds on a number of allegations of corruption and unethical conduct […]
The governments of Uganda and South Sudan are to form a joint permanent commission to deliberate on the key issues that concern both states. This follows a newly acquired status for South Sudan as an independent state. The Permanent secretary in the ministry of foreign affairs, Ambassador James Mugume says that Uganda had signed numerous […]
The government of Uganda says it is constrained by the ever increasing number of refugees that continue to flock the country. The state minister for refugees and disaster preparedness Musa Ecweru says over 300,000 refugees have crossed into the country from neighboring DR Congo since July. Echweu says the refugees have not only constrained government […]