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Government tables constitutional amendment bill amidst protest from opposition

Government tables constitutional amendment bill amidst protest from opposition

Government has tabled before Parliament a constitutional amendment bill 2017, seeking for compulsory land acquisition by government for development projects. The was last week tabled before Parliament by the Deputy Attorney General, Mwesigwa Rukutana. Rukutana brought the bill for its first reading a day after he told the house that the government has not drafted […]

Ruhindi, Rukutana to be vetted this week

Ruhindi, Rukutana to be vetted this week

The Parliamentary Appointment Committee is to vet the Attorney General and his Deputy on Thursday this week following their recent appointment by the president. The Deputy Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah during Monday’s parliament sitting informed the house. Fred Ruhindi will be vetted as the new Attorney General replacing Peter Nyombi whom the president dropped […]

Minister Ruhindi fails to defend Public Order management Bill

Members of parliament on legal and parliamentary Affairs thrown out the committee deputy Attorney General Fred Ruhindi for failure to defend the public order management bill which is under scrutiny. The deputy Attorney General Fred Ruhindi was asked to leave the committee when he told MPS that he wanted to first harmonize some issues in the bill […]

Uganda urged to ratify African Court on Human and People’s Rights

The government has been urged to ratify a protocol that allows Ugandan citizens and organizations to refer cases to the African Court on Human and People’s Rights. Only 26 out of the 54 African states have ratified the protocol and only 5 countries have made declarations, among them Burkina Faso, Mali, Ghana, Malawi and Tanzania […]