Researchers in Uganda are asking government to start implementing the newly released WHO guidelines in the prevention of HIV in high risk communities which researchers and WHO say reduce the cost of treating the disease in a long run. According to Dr. Nulu Bulya and Dr. Charles Brown from infectious disease institute, new WHO prevention strategies […]
Government spokesman Col Shaban Bantariza rejects reports that government bought surveillance software from Gamma a UK firm, to shadow the opposition’s activities to manipulate the political scene to their advantage. Col Bantariza poured scorn on the source of the supposed documents used as evidence in the BBC documentary pinning Uganda government for using surveillance software […]
The Uganda women entrepreneurship fund will start in 19 districts with the highest number of women who are very impoverished. The 385 billion fund will be released by the ministry of finance beginning this financial year 2015/2016. Launching the program in Kampala today, the State Minister for youth Evelyn Anite warned the accounting officers against discrimination as it was […]
The Government chief whip Ruth Nankabirwa Sentamu said that the youth should stop complaining about the increase in nomination fees for parliamentary and presidential seats, saying that it does not favour them financially. Nankabirwa said that the youth and other people who can afford nomination fees should seek sponsorship from political parties of their choice and […]
Government and Members of Parliament affected in the Constitutional court ruling that declared the presence of representatives for the army, youth and workers in Parliament as unconstitutional are to appeal against the case in the Supreme court. This as the Constitutional Court judgment of the ruling of the five judges who included; Remmy Kasule, Augustine Nshimye, Ruby […]
A section of Ugandans have embarked on a massive campaign that is geared towards compelling government through parliament to make adjustments in the current laws governing safe abortion, with the campaign seeing the activists collecting over a million signatures to be used to petition the coming parliament to work on their call. According to the […]
Civil society organizations advocating for children’s rights are concerned over the delayed discussion of the children‘s Amendment bill lying in parliament. The civil society organizations gathered at parliament noted that since the withdraw of government Children amendment bill to give way to the private members bill on the matter , nothing is going on to have […]
Members of Parliament have condemned government for overlooking the parliament resolution which banned the export of domestic workers. The speaker of parliament said that government is exporting domestic workers to Saudi Arabia yet it will not be able to supervise them. She questioned whether government is filling the gaps of countries which have stopped supplying […]
Farmers and co-operators in Uganda are advising government to use the current co-operative banks run by farmers to replace the fallen Co-op bank saying to resurrect the fallen one will instead drag the whole system and operations back, rendering no service to the beneficiaries. The CEO Uganda Central Co-operatives Financial Services, Patrick Bakunda, noted that currently farmers are operating […]
Parliament pays tribute to the minister of Internal Affairs late General Aronda Nyakairima’s military professionalism and being loyal to serving Ugandans. This as most Members of Parliament Shan away from paying tribute to the fallen General and minister of internal Affairs as they concentrated to campaigns in their constituencies in preparation for party primaries. The Speaker […]