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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. 🎥...

FIGHTING CORRUPTION: Registration of Mbarara central market vendors starts afresh

ACCOUNTABILITY & FIGHTING CORRUPTION. Mbarara central market interim leadership has today started registering over 500 vendors afresh before they are shifted to the newly...

Jacob Zuma pursuing private prosecution against prosecutor,returns to court in May

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA. Former South African President Jacob Zuma is pursuing private prosecution proceedings to remove the lead prosecutor in an arms deal corruption...

WHO OWNS STALLS & LOCK-UPS IN THE NEW MBARARA CENTRAL MARKET? Commercial officers interdicted 

“How will I put my basin of tomatoes on these stalls?” – concerned female vendor. All is not well in the newly constructed Mbarara Central...

CORRUPTION: Isingiro councilors want the CAO transferred & punished

Isingiro district councilors have mobilized against the Chief Administrative Officer-CAO Ms Alice Rushure, accusing her of corruption, connivance, bribery, misuse of district resources and...

Ankole LCIII Chairpersons & Mayors want ugx5M salary,decry corruption by technocrats

LC III Chairpersons & mayors from Ankole sub-region want the government to increase their monthly salary from ugx380,000 to 5 million since they do...