President Yoweri Museveni has called for blocking all the ways and causes of disability adding that the number of People With Disabilities (PWDs) should not grow beyond 4.4 million of the national population. “We need to block all the possibilities of disability to prevent more disabilities like we did to eradicate polio and measles. Even […]
Persons with Disability under their umbrella organization the National union of Disabled persons of Uganda (NUDIPU) have joined the Karimajong in expressing anger over the new cabinet appointment saying that it excluded disability persons from sharing the national ‘’cake “. This as the president recently appointed Adrian Tibaleka as the Minister of State for the Elderly […]
Persons with disability have rapped at their representatives in parliament accusing them of being money minded instead of focusing on their issues. Through their umbrella association Uganda National Action On Physical disability, they say their representatives have become a disgrace for failure to put their issues at forefront including minority marginalization, increased funding, rights abuse, among […]
The leaders of the national Persons With Disability league in Uganda are crying out to the NRM candidate Yoweri Kaguta Museveni for neglecting them and failing to fulfill his pledges promised to them despite the long term support and love from the league members towards NRM and the president himself. Addressing a news conference yesterday, the PWD league […]
The marginalized groups in the country mentioning women, girls, PWDs, elderly and the young are seriously called upon to pause very serious questions to all political candidates who come asking for votes if the issues affecting them are to be heard and addressed. With the country now in the political season and all candidates promising heaven […]
Persons living with disabilities have called for consideration for the posts of Resident district commissioners. The disability community that gathered at Tal cottages in Lubaga, Kampala over electoral process awareness said that in about 180 RDCs and assistant RDCs there is no one with disability saying that this could be discrimination. Members of Parliament for persons […]