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Blue Community Network officially Welcomes Rise Communities Africa-RISECOM

The Blue Community Network has officially designated and welcomed another partner in Africa, Rise Communities Africa-RISECOM from Uganda. RISECOM – RISE COMMUNITIES AFRICA is a non-profit entity, addressing community challenges...

Is Africa’s climate crisis a legal crisis too?

Is Africa's climate crisis a legal crisis too? States' duties under human rights law. A landmark climate case is being heard...

Human Rights Foundation Calls Out Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport Immigration Officers for Harassing Ugandan Activist Agather Atuhaire

The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) has  called out Dutch immigration officers at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport for what it...

D/Speaker Thomas Tayebwa Implicated: Who is Fighting Victoria University VC Dr. Lawrence Muganga 

What began as a routine ministerial vetting quickly turned into one of the most dramatic sessions before Parliament’s...

Geospatial analysis of surface water and groundwater quality using Geographic Information Systems-GIS in Bushenyi District Uganda

Geospatial analysis of surface water and groundwater quality using Geographic Information Systems-GIS in Bushenyi District,Uganda Access to safe drinking...

CORRUPTION! MBARARA LC5 CHAIRPERSON DIDAS TABARO, OUTGOING CAO EDWARD KASAGARA LOCK HORNS

The Mbarara district L C 5 chairperson Didas Tabaro Tumwesigye has locked horns with the outgoing Chief Administrative Officer-CAO Edward Kasagara over different accountability...

WHEN CORRUPTION INFILTRATES KEY INSTITUTIONS LIKE UPDF, THE COUNTRY GRIEVES!

When corruption infiltrates key institutions like the Uganda People’s Defence Forces-UPDF, the country loses troops as many grieving families live to remember the scandals...

MINISTER BEATRICE AKELLO SHOCKED BY CORRUPTION & ACCOUNTABILITY GAPS IN WESTERN UGANDA

BY AARON AINOMUGISHA. The State Minister for Economic Monitoring in the office of the President, Beatrice Akello Akori and the State House Anti-corruption unit...

PARISH DEVELOPENT MODEL: HOW CORRUPTION IS CHOKING UGANDA’S POVERTY ALLEVIATION PROGRAMMES

Stakeholders continue to decry corruption as the biggest stumbling block hindering Uganda’s fight against poverty through different socioeconomic transformation, choking different poverty alleviation programmes...

RED FLAGS: UGX37 BILLION ALLOCATED TO THE PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON EXPORTS & INDUSTRIAL DEV’T UNDER MUSEVENI’S SON-IN-LAW ODREK RWABWOGO

The Government of Uganda has been castigated for allocating UGX37 billion to the Presidential Advisory Committee on Exports and Industrial Development, an agency led...

WASTEFUL EXPENDITURE: UGX1 MILLION PROVIDED FOR BUYING PRESIDENT MUSEVENI’S CLOTHES DAILY

Five legislators in the 11th Parliament including Hon Ssemujju Nganda of Kira municipality, have identified about UGX454 billion which they think would be wasteful...