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Equitas International Human Rights Training

Equitas International Human Rights Training Program: The International Human Rights Training Program is a three-week participatory training on human rights education conducted around June of every year for human rights educators. The training is conducted in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The annual three-week training session brings together approximately 120 participants from over 60 countries. The International […]

Short Courses Scholarships in Netherlands for Africans

Short Courses Scholarships: The Netherlands organisation for international cooperation in higher education (NUFFIC) offers the opportunity to apply for scholarships for the following training courses being conducted soon. – Training Peacebuilding and Local Governance – Training Local Service Delivery and MDG’s – Training Local Economic Development – Summercourse Decentralisation and Local Governance – Training Citizen […]

Uganda to increase electricity production

Uganda is set to increase power production this month with the commissioning of the first 25mw phase of Bujagali hydro electric power dam. The dam has been commissioned today by the Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi. The dam is designed to supply power to the national power grid. The 25mw is half the capacity of the […]

DP again sues Uganda in East African court of Justice

The Democratic Party has once again suedUganda,Burundi,Rwanda,Kenya, andTanzaniain the East African court of justice. The details of the suit are as follows:  Reference No 2 of 2012,  The Democratic Party ——– Applicant  Versus  1. The Attorney General of Uganda (Sued in representative capacity)- 1st Respondent 2. The Attorney General ofKenya                                                      – 2nd Respondent. 3. The […]

Nyakaana to retire from Uganda politics

Kampala Central division chairman, Godfrey Nyakaana is preparing to quit politics come 2016 general elections. A source in Uganda’s ruling party, the National Resistance Movement (NRM) has told us that Nyakaana has informed the party leadership that he wants to quit politics such that he concentrates on his businesses. Nyakaana has ruled Kampala Central division […]

Government negotiating with thermal power companies to reduce load shedding

The state minister for energy, Peter Lokeris said that the government is holding negotiations with thermo power generating company Agreko to have the generators switched on to decrease on the rate of load shedding in the country. Lokeris who also apologized to the nation for the current increased load shedding which has caused losses to people’s business and property says […]