The Democracy Monitoring Group in Uganda has appealed to the government of Uganda to expedite investigations into the recent bomb blasts in Kampala and to ensure the perpetrators are punished. The Coordinator of the DEMOGROUP, Sylvester Arinaitwe says many Ugandans are still in shock and fear following Sunday July 11 bombs that have killed more […]
The Uganda Taxi Operators and Drivers Association has issued new guidelines to ensure more security for travelers in the wake of bomb blasts and increasing bomb threats in Uganda. The National Chairman of UTODA, John Ndyomugyenyi, says all taxi guides have been instructed to check the luggage of travelers to ensure no bombs or explosive […]
The former chairperson of Uganda opposition political party Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) John Butiime has indicated that he wasn’t bribed to join the Uganda ruling National Resistance Movement Party (NRM). While speaking at the human rights training organized by the Fort Portal based human rights NGO called Twerwaneho Listeners Club on Monday July 15, […]
The Uganda Electoral Commission has failed to pay hundreds of people who were employed by the Commission during the up date of the National Voters register from May 3rd to June 18th 2010. They were employed as parish and sub-county supervisors and up date officers who have not been paid their salaries since the closure […]
The former Presidential candidate and president of Uganda’s opposition people’s development party, Dr. ABed Bwanika is advising government not to counter attack Al shabaab terrorists single handedly. The PDP President General, Dr. Bwanika says attacking the terrorists will have far reaching consequences to Uganda as a country. This comes after President Museveni announced that he would […]
The Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee has today directed the Ministry of Lands to provide a list of Members of Parliament who failed to account for sensitization funds on the Land Amendment bill. According to the Auditor General’s report ending 2008, over 400 million shillings was provided to several leaders to carry out the land amendment […]
Business in and round down town Kampala this afternoon was interrupted as people rushed everywhere and nowhere for dear life, following reports that another bomb was planted at the new taxi part in Kampala. The Police Anti Terrorism Unit was called in by people who detected the bomb wrapped in a polythene bag (Kaveera) at […]
The government of Uganda will compensate those that survived the recent bomb blasts in Kampala but were injured as result, with 3 million shillings per person that was injured. In a statement that has been delivered to Parliament of Uganda, the Minister of Disaster Preparedness, Prof. Tarsis Kabwegyere said that the whereas those that suffered […]
The Pan African Parliament has urged the African Union to allow Uganda’s forces in the African Union Peace Keeping Mission in Somalia to seize just being a defensive force in Somalia by reviewing the protocol on the peace keeping mission in Somalia. This comes after Uganda was hit with bomb blasts to which the Somali […]
The Pan African Parliament has pledged to push the several African Countries that have not ratified the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance to ratify the charter. The charter principally aims to promote and strengthen democratic principles, processes and procedures within member states of the African Union and was adopted in January 2007 by […]