By Our Reporter. National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) launched its annual State of the Media Report, which once again documents the continuing spiral of violence and violations of media freedom directed at journalists and news media organisations. The report focuses on the suffering, insecurity and difficulties journalists face on a day-to-day basis while on…
By Araphat Yawe. The National Organisation of Trade Unions (NOTU) leadership has tasked the Uganda Association of External Recruitment Agencies (UAERA), an umbrella body for recruitment agencies, to protect Ugandan migrant workers abroad. The labour federation officials said they receive reports almost everyday of Ugandans mistreated, exploited and detained by employers especially in the Middle…
By Our Reporters. In 1966 Ugandan President Apollo Milton Obote and Army Commander Col Idi Amin Dada were implicated in gold and ivory plundering in Democatic Republic of Congo that was under President Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku wa Zabanga. Ugandan Parliament was put on test when legislators called for Colonel Idi Amin Dada’s suspension after…
By Our Reporters. There were mixed reactions that followed the United Nations top court’s ruling on February 9, 2022 that ordered Uganda to pay the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) $325 million over war two decades ago. The ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is a setback to DR Congo after it sought…
By Our Reporter. Uganda Medical Association (UMA) members have condemned continued cases of torture by security agencies in custody or those found walking on streets. Medics say security agencies have directed repression on civilians and inflicted bodily injuries on suspects in their custody some of whom have been detained incommunicado. In a strong worded statement…
BY STEPHEN OUMA BWIRE. As the National Resistance Movement (NRM) government celebrated 36 years on January 26 concerns have continued being raised on escalating cases of arbitrary arrests, detention and torture especially of opposition members, and impunity. Repression directed at members of the public especially the youths by security agencies and rising cases of “abductions”…
By James Wafula in Nairobi. The mega-headed corruption monster in Kenya has again struck with devastating precision in the public sector. This seems to lend credence to remarks made by President Uhuru Kenyatta last year that the country loses Kshs 2 billion daily to corruption. Yet with only five months in office no “big fish”…
By Our Reporter. The plans to charge former Treasury Cabinet Secretary Mr Henry Rotich over loss of nearly Kshs 67 billion for construction of dams in Kerio valley have run into headwinds after critical documentary evidence vanished from secure court coffers. This deals a major blow to President Uhuru Kenyatta who was expecting to wrap…
By Daniel Bakalangudde. mulungidaniels@gmail.com Human Rights Watch has said the arrest of satirical novelist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija was testament to the continued repression of dissidents in the East African country through strict cyber security laws. Mr Kakwenza, an internationally acclaimed writer, was arrested shortly after Christmas over a series of unflattering social media posts about President…
By Hon . Margaret Rwabushaija Namubiru. This month Parliament passed the long awaited Markets Bill 2021. The objectives of the bill is to reform the law relating to establishment and control of markets in Uganda, and to provide for the establishment and management of public and private markets. It also provides for licensing of private…