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International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists: At least 1,623 journalists killed worldwide

Impunity for crimes against journalists – especially the killing of journalists – is a major threat to press freedom worldwide. Over a decade after the UN declared 2 November...

National Coffee (Amendment) Bill 2024: Where Are the Gaps?

MISAIRI THEMBO KAHUNGU, Parliament Watch. On Thursday, 24th October 2024, Parliament voted to advance the National Coffee (Amendment)...

44 CHARGES: Ex-LRA rebel Commander Thomas Kwoyelo sentenced to 40 years

A Ugandan court has sentenced a former commander in the notorious Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) to 40 years...

Is Uganda’s Kingfisher oil project bad for people, climate and the environment?

Mail $ Guardian / Brad Adams, the executive director of Climate Rights International.     From a distance, Ugandan...

KITEEZI LANDFILL TRAGEDY: EX-KCCA Directors Dorothy Kisaka, David Luyimbazi and Daniel Okello Sent to Luzira on 57 Charges

Kasangati Chief Magistrate's court has remanded former Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) bosses including executive director Dorothy Kisaka,...

Anomalies in Local Governments budgets hindering the fight against HIV/AIDS

BY AARON AINOMUGISHA. Local Governments will have to include HIV?AIDS activities in their budgets as the added measure to realise the desired target in...

Karamoja & cattle rustling: Security operations or massacres?

Human rights activists, politicians and concerned citizens have "quickly" come out to condemn the killings in Karamoja,northeastern Uganda amidst operations by Uganda People's Defence...

Prominent lawyer Robert Aguma dead, body dumped in Bundibugyo

Police in Rwenzori West are hunting for suspected assailants that have murdered the Bundibugyo district National Resistance Movement-NRM registrar Robert Aguma Kifunga, who is...

Hon Anita Among officially replaces late Jacob Oulanyah as Speaker

Update; Former Deputy Speaker Hon. Anita Among has been  declared Speaker of the 11th Parliament,officially replacing the late Jacob Oulanyah. NRM's Among,who doubles as Bukedea...

The WORRYING state of RIVER RWIZI

Activists & concerned citizens want the government & partners to up the game in restoration of River Rwizi to avert water scarcity,and other environmental...

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...