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The voting day for the Jinja Municipality East parliamentary by elections will be held on February 9th this year according to the programme the electoral commission has issued. The nomination exercise is already over. The seat went vacant after the High Court nullified the election victory of Nathan Igime Nabeta over voter bribery. Over three […]
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 […]
HRNJ: The safety and security of journalists in Uganda have witnessed its greatest decline to the lowest ebb says, the Press Freedom Index (PFI) report 2011. The report released today indicates that 55 journalists were subjected to different forms of violence singling out particularly physical attacks on individual journalists to be on rise with 36 […]
3 PhD stipends in African/Colonial History – international ERC Starting Grant Research Group “ForcedLabourAfrica” – from 1/9/2011 (Selection Phase 1) at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany The international research project ‘ForcedLabourAfrica’, ERC Starting Grant n° 240898, funded by the European Community, invites applications for three PhD stipends to be settled at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany. The successful candidates will […]
Though not referring to themselves particularly, many respondents said people vote whoever buys them a drink, or gives them some little money. The defense for this kind of attitude and behavior was that all the people they elect are the same- all good promises and no helpful action on the ground. Actually the term used in two groups to describe elections was “choosing who to go and eat this time” .
After 19years of no party rule that saw modest efforts for women empowerment in Uganda, the country adopted a multiparty system of governance in 2005. Many political parties were formed in the run-up to the 2006 general elections. Like in other countries, multi party democracy was expected to open more opportunities for women to become […]
Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma is deploying an Election Assessment Team for the 13 December 2010 elections in St Vincent and the Grenadines, following an invitation from the Hon René Baptiste, Minister of Urban Development, Culture, Labour and Electoral Matters. The Team will consist of Mr Ron Gould, a former member of the Election Commission of […]
PRESS RELEASE/ WEBTORIAL Group will recommend options to sharpen impact, strengthen networks and raise profile of the Commonwealth Commonwealth Secretary–General Kamalesh Sharma on 7 July announced members of the Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group (EPG). “This distinguished Group will set out decisive recommendations on how to strengthen the Commonwealth and fulfill its potential in the 21st […]
Ultimate Media Women and human rights activists in Uganda are appealing to the government to expedite the passing of laws and implement policies that will protect women and girls against gender based violence (GBV) that is reported to be on the increase. Several media and research show that many women are often victims of domestic […]