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Global progress in both preventing and treating HIV emphasizes the benefits of sustaining investment in HIV/AIDS over the longer term. The latest report by the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF and UNAIDS “Report on the Global HIV/AIDS Response” indicates that increased access to HIV services resulted in a 15% reduction of new infections over the past decade […]
Another Ugandan gay activist Nicholas has reportedly gone missing, after receiving constant death threats from his community and also abandoned by his family members and friends. Nicholas has been working for Matuga Youth Health Intervention organization an NGO, located in Matuga town, Wakiso district as a Senior Youth Advocate and he has also been freelancing […]
The Leader of Uganda’s Opposition Nandala Mafabi has delivered the opposition’s response to President Museveni’s 2011 State of the Nation Address calling on the government to get more serious in the fight against corruption. Mafabi told Parliament on Tuesday that the government needs to do more in investigating corruption related cases and prosecuting all those implicated. The opposition also […]
Over 39 Civil society organizations have petitioned parliament demanding for immediate action against the former minister s for health who were implicated in the mismanagement of HIV/ AIDS funds. The petition was presented to the deputy speaker of parliament Jacob Oulanyah by the head of the group Lukia Nyombi at parliament. Lukia Nyombi said that the judiciary […]
THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA BUDGET SPEECH Financial Year 2011/12 Theme: Promoting Economic Growth, Job Creation and Improving Service Delivery DELIVERED AT THE MEETING OF THE FIRST SESSION OF THE 9TH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA ON WEDNESDAY, 8TH JUNE, 2011 BY HON. MARIA KIWANUKA MINISTER OF FINANCE, PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PREAMBLE Your Excellency the President of […]
The 8th parliament concluded business on May 18th with 23 bills pending. They are 1. Anti-Homosexuality Bill, 2009 2. HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Bill, 2010. 3. Marriage and Divorce Bill, 2009 4. Retirement Benefits (sector liberalisation) Bill, 2011 5. Anti-Money laundering Bill, 2009, 6. Companies Bill, 2009 7. Anti-Counterfeiting Goods Bill, 2011 8. Regional Governments […]
The 4th Annual Conference of the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (CWP) – Africa region is scheduled to take place from 26th – 31st October 2010 in Kampala, Uganda. The theme of the Conference is “Reducing maternal and infant mortality by 2015 : is Africa on track ?” Sessions of presentations/discussions will be on three focus areas, namely : Key […]
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 Irish Foreign Affairs minister Michael Martin has appealed to the Uganda government to focus on providing quality education to in order to achieve the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of Universal access to free education. Martin was speaking at a ceremony to give the Uganda government 450 billion shillings donated by the Irish Government. The […]
The Minister of Primary Health, James Kakooza has promised to adequately account for all the money that his ministry will receive from Global Funds. The Global Fund grants resumed flowing normally in July 2009 after they had been suspended for about four years due to corruption. Kakooza told journalists at the Uganda Media Centre in […]