The Secretary General of the ruling party in Uganda, NRM, Amama Mbabazi has asked party members with intentions of contesting for various positions to avoid resorting to the smear campaign, which could in turn tarnish the image of the party. The ruling NRM party is set to hold its delegates conference in August this year, during […]
Human rights organizations have asked the government of Uganda to give more attention to the suffering people living in the Karamojja region. This follows statistics that indicate that over 80% of the population in Karamoja sub region lives below poverty line. Karamoja region is characterized by prolonged drought, diseases, murder, cattle raids and hunger. The […]
The Uganda Human rights Commission has reiterated its call to the government to clear all arrears meant to compensate victims of human rights abuse. The chairperson of the commission, Meddie Kaggwa says there are outstanding arrears amounting to over two billion shillings. The arrears arise from awards given to individuals who have suffered human rights […]
The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has this morning announced that a mere Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Local Government has no powers to sack a mayor of a town council. The President of FDC, Col. Kizza Besigye says that reports that a permanent secretary in the ministry of local government had interdicted the […]
The Uganda Road Fund has released 69 billion shillings to fund maintenance of National, District Urban and Community access roads in the first quarter of 2010/2011. The money will be given to the Uganda National Road Authority and all Local Government that will use the money for the maintenance of the various roads in […]
The National Social Security Fund has spoken out on the arrest of the former Katikiro of Buganda Mulwanyamuli Ssemwogerere and has denied allegations that the intended arrest of the former Buganda Katikiro is politically instigated and a form of witch hunting Ssemwogerere. Ssemwogerere surprised many Ugandans last month when he publically declared that he has […]
The National Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS has appealed to the government of Uganda to scale up its investment in the Anti- retroviral treatment and care. This comes after an earlier revelation in a report that treatment reduces HIV/AIDS transmission rates by about 92% The Program Officer of NACWOLA, Florence Buluuba has told journalists […]
The National Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS has appealed to the Parliament of Uganda to scrap out provisions on mandatory testing for HIV out of the HIV and AIDS Prevention and Control Bill 2010. The bill has provisions that which would make it mandatory for every Ugandan to test for HIV/AIDS in case the […]
The Former Managing Director of National Social Security Fun, David Chandi Jamwa will no longer have to testify in Parliament to respond to a number of queries that were raised in the Auditor’s General’s Forensic Report on NSSF after his lawyers have successfully challenged his testifying in parliament as an infringement of his rights. Jamwa was earlier […]
Over 982 students will graduate in 11th graduation of Uganda Christian University set to take place on Friday July 9 2010. Out of the 900 that will graduate in the fourth coming graduation only 514 of these are males. 103 of the students that will graduate will graduate with diplomas, 850 of these will graduate with […]