Parliamentary Commissioner and Dokolo Woman MP, Cecilia Atim Ogwal, has asked African youth to reject foreign cultures and traditions including homosexuality as they prepare to take up leadership positions on the continent. Speaking at the opening of the 4th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (Africa Region) Youth Parliament held at Hotel Africana in Kampala, Hon. Ogwal warned […]
Uganda plans to slap a new tax on social media users from July to raise revenue, which human rights activists denounced as another attempt by President Yoweri Museveni to stifle freedom of expression and quash dissent to his 32-year-rule. The move is unlikely to go down well in a country where more than 40 […]
Police at Jinja Road has kicked off investigations into the accusation of sexual harassment by one self-styled Diplomat Khamis Ali who heads the UNHCR team at Lamwo refugee camp who is now detained at this very station. Khamis, a Tanzanian National, is accused of sodomising a number of girls in kitgum causing some to develop […]
President Yoweri Museveni has said that women are the base of society and, therefore, should not be marginalized. Museveni made the remarks during the celebrations to mark International Women’s Day held at Busuubizi Core Primary Teachers’ College in Mityana district. This year’s theme is “Empowerment of Rural Women and Girls: Opportunities and Challenges.” President Museveni […]
The Inspector General of Police Gen. Kale Kayihura has asked lawyers to always follow the legal ethics and not to be compromised by financial gains. The IGP was meeting lawyers under their umbrella Progressive Lawyers Association (PLA) yesterday at Kigo Uganda Police Marine Base. “The legal profession that I belong to is very conservative most […]
Leaders of Moyo district in West-Nile Region have appealed to Uganda wildlife to come in their rescue and prevent elephants that escape from Nimule boarder National Park to Uganda destroying their crops. In a meeting of leaders at the District headquarters the area RDC Onyango Lawrence, reported the problem of elephants which come in big […]
MPs have angrily attacked the Uganda communication commission for the continued suffocation of media houses which is costing government billions of revenue. The matter was raised by Buhweju county MP Francis Mwijukye who said that continued closure of media houses is a move gagging the media. He described the raid on Red Pepper on 21st […]
Opposition political party presidents have endorsed the anti-age limit removal campaign activities ahead of tabling a report by legal and parliamentary affairs committee on the Amendment of article 102b of the constitution of the republic of Uganda this week. The Forum for Democratic president Patrick Amuriat Oboi, DP president Norbert Mao and Justice Forum president […]
Justice Margaret Mutonyi of the high court has strongly warned legislators and government not to pass the proposed constitutional amendment bill on land that seeks to allow government take over private land before compensation. Giving a key note address during a public dialogue on enhancing corporate accountability and protection of human rights held in Kampala, […]
The first lady and minister for education and sports Janet Kataaha Museveni has urged governments in the Great lakes region to strengthen their efforts towards the eradication of all forms of Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) in the Region. Speaking during the commissioning of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region- Regional Training Facility […]