The central region registered the biggest number of murder cases that were reported in the media in 2009 with about 70% of the murder cases reported in the media taking place within the boundaries of the central region. Section 188b of the Penal Code Act defines Murder as the causing of death of another person […]
The International Refugee Rights Initiative has joined voices with the Refugee Law Project to strongly criticize the government of Uganda for failure to stop a mass removal of Rwandan refuges from Ugandan Refugee Settlements. This follows an earlier incident this week where Rwandan refugees were being forced onto trucks at Nakivale in Isingiro district and […]
The global economic slowdown has resulted in increased youth unemployment, a situation that poses risks to economies and social cohesion of countries. The United Nations International Labour Organisation is calling for urgent action to tackle the crisis of youth unemployment if countries are to avoid the ills that may result from this situation. The ILO […]
President Yowri Museveni has dismissed claims that the bomb attacks on innocent Ugandans was a result of Uganda sending troops to Somali and rubbished calls for Uganda’s withdrawal from the war raveaged country in the Horn. “Well, those people are not right. Do you remember ADF? ADF was planting bombs in Kampala in the 1990s […]
President Yoweri Museveni has hailed the people of Kisoro district for their hard work and assured them that the government will do everything possible to support them by providing improved seeds to boost their production and a factory to add value to their produce. The President called upon them to diversify their agricultural production by […]
The Uganda Local Governments Associations has signed a contract worth 2.7 billion shillings with Pioneer Contractors Ltd to complete the construction of ULGA house in Najjanankumbi. The President of the Association, John Karazarwe who signed the deal on behalf of the Association has said in a news briefing that the structure under construction will be […]
Uganda is the first country in Africa to have established an Equal Opportunities Commission that has been empowered to undertake its own investigations and prosecution of discriminatory practices while enforcing affirmative action in Uganda. The commission has been officially inaugurated at its offices in Bugolobi. The Uganda Equal Opportunities Commission will be chaired by Mrs. […]
The government of Uganda has used part of the 79 billion shillings that was directly disbursed to the districts in Northern Uganda for the implementation of the Peace Recovery and Development programmes in those districts to procure 60 hydra form machines for 40 of the PRDP districts. This comes after earlier this month the government […]
The President of Uganda, Gen. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has been called upon to make public the report of the investigations into the death of former Defense Ministry Permanent Secretary, Brig. Noble Mayombo. Twerwaneho Listerners Club, a human rights pressure group in Tooro says the people of Tooro have waited patiently for the report into the […]
Women activists in Uganda have today expressed concern that women members of Parliament are not pushing for interested of women in the country legislature. The Executive Director of Action for Development, Regina Bafaki says they are concerned that most women MPs pay more attention to issues of their respective political parties instead of giving attention […]