By Our Correspondent in Brussels. A group of exiled Sudanese political activists, human rights activists and civil society organisations are planning a peaceful demonstration against the Sudanese military leaders led by General Abdel Fattah Al- Burhann.The demonstration that will take place on October 4th at 11h in front of the European Commission in Brussels, aims…
By Julius Odeke. How poverty, illiteracy and ignorance are facilitating teenage pregnancies in one of Uganda’s districts and helping to create a great burden on the country’s National Treasury. A fourteen-year-old Miss. Grace Kantono, walks ponderously with an observable tired gait. Strapped to her back is the burden of her two-year-old daughter; and she is going to a not-too-far away private clinic at Budaka Town Council, two kilometres from her…
By Badreldeen Khalafallah Alawad– badrkhalaf@gmail.com. A new WHO report confirms that HIV infection is a significant independent risk factor for both severe/ critical COVID-19 presentation at hospital admission and in-hospital mortality. Overall, nearly a quarter (23.1%) of all people living with HIV who were hospitalized with COVID-19, died. The report is based on clinical surveillance…
By Our Reporter. European organisations have castigated China for human rights violations and for taking advantage of economic crisis in Sri Lanka to dupe nationals with an exploitative debt trap. The international conference organised by the European human rights organisations in the presence of European Union officials on September 8, 2022 at Brussels ‘Press Club, rebuked…
BY JAMES WAFULASUPREME COURTNAIROBI. The NGO Council of Kenya has urged the main political coalitions in the August elections who have just concluded hearings at the supreme court to be ready to accept the ruling when it is made on Monday September 5 2022. Speaking on the sidelines of a national peace stakeholders two day…
By Sarah Achen Kibisi. Legislators have passed the Public Health (Amendment) Bill, 2021 with the proposed mandatory vaccination rejected. The MPs deleted clause 47 (2) which prescribed a fine of Ushs1 million or imprisonment not exceeding three months for those who fail or neglect to comply with provisions on vaccination and revaccination. The decision was…
By Sarah Achen Kibisi. The Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among has instructed the Attorney General, Kiwanuka Kiryowa to find out what could have happened on Soroti rigging allegations to be resolved. Her directive comes after Hon. Ssemujju Ibrahim Nganda raised a Matter of Privilege regarding the alleged break-in of the home of Hon. Ann Adeke …
By James Wafula in Nairobi. The power of the Somalia dollar has long been felt in the last two decades as Nairobi hotels in the CBD were taken over and renovated as five star outlets. The Somalis with one of the most developed mobile cash transfers in the world, involving billions of dollars, appear to…
By Sarah Achen Kibisi. The Court of Appeal has quashed a High Court order directing the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) to refund Ushs14b, which is the 10 percent employer contribution for over 900 former employees of Uganda Telecom Limited (UTL). Justice Cheborion Barishaki said in his ruling that UTL’s application for judicial review before…
By Our Reporter. We have received complaints from some of our members about the anomalies in the expected pay enhancement for all science teachers, tutors, instructors and Lab Technicians/ Assistants in Schools. We have confirmed that a score of our members are victims of underpayment or missed on the due pay enhancement yet they are…