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REPORT: Police Top Human Rights Violation Complaints in 2025 

The Uganda Police Force has once again emerged as the leading institution in human rights violation complaints, according to the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) Annual Report 2025 released...

American doctor tests positive for Ebola in DR Congo outbreak

An American doctor working in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has tested positive for Ebola amid the...

PLATINUM CREDIT EXPOSED! Court Fines It Sh11.6M,Bosses Face 10-Year Jail Term as Borrowers Decry Its ‘Dirty Deals’

Shockwaves are tearing through East Africa’s money lending industry after microfinance giant Platinum Credit was ordered to pay a Kenyan...

Hon Crispin Kaheru: Expectations in this kisanja “no more sleep for all Ugandans”

By Hon Crispin Kaheru - Member, Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC). What awaits H.E. President Yoweri Museveni in...

UGANDA: Dog Shelters Being Used To Scam Donors

ILLICIT FINANCIAL FLOWS: How dog shelter content creators in Uganda are tricking people online. Many donors being scammed. 🎥...

RED FLAGS: Mbarara CAO & HR officer to refund over Ugx5M

The Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee-PAC has been shocked by the accountability gaps & red flags as it grilled the Mbarara district Chief Administrative Officer-CAO...

Deputy Speaker’s constituency Health Centres in worrying state;women & children at the highest risk

PUBLIC OUTCRY.  Locals and other concerned stakeholders have expressed concern over the worrying and deteriorating state of health centres in Ruhinda North Constituency Mitooma...

IN-DEPTH: Accountability gaps in EMYOOGA PROGRAMME

MULTIMEDIA. "Lack of Monitoring Hindering EMYOOGA programme in Mbarara as Wrong Beneficiaries Enjoy Millions".  In this in-depth story, Aaron Ainomugisha investigated the state of...

Hon. Elijah Mushemeza to teachers: Avoid strikes because you are poor & needy

The Sheema south Member of Parliament,Hon. Elijah Dickens Mushemeza is being castigated by different concerned people following his "sharp" comments. https://twitter.com/RiseNewsUganda/status/1519572159630385154?s=20&t=ndqjpxazsz4bDqrM-NrLsw Elijah is an academic,...

Lack of Monitoring Hindering EMYOOGA programme in Mbarara as Wrong Beneficiaries Enjoy Millions

In this in-depth story "Lack of Monitoring Hindering EMYOOGA programme in Mbarara as Wrong Beneficiaries Enjoy Millions", Aaron Ainomugisha investigated the state of EMYOOGA...

ANOMALIES: Buhweju district Principal Human Resource Officer interdicted

Western Uganda. The Buhweju district Principal Human Resource Officer,Nicholas Kananura is currently "jobless" after being interdicted from duty by the Chief Administrative Officer-CAO, Henry...