By Africanews. The European Parliament adopted a resolution condemning the planned East African Crude Oil Pipeline this month dealing another blow to the controversial project, which numerous banks and insurers have declined to back. The pipeline, spearheaded by French oil giant Total, would carry oil harvested from beneath Lake Albert and Murchison Falls National Park…
By Africanews. A razed-down semi-permanent house, a mosquito net hanging from the grass roof, and scattered red bricks wash off. It is what remains from what used to be Muhamuza Dominic`s home. When the deal to transport crude oil to Tanzania was reached, he fell among the hundreds traversing ten districts whose properties will be…
By Hon Charles Bakkabulindi,Workers’ MP. bakkacharles@gmail.com What is Social Security? Social security is defined by the ILO as ” the protection that a society provides to individuals and households to ensure access to health care and to guarantee income security, particularly in cases of old age, unemployment sickness, invalidity, work injury, maternity or loss of…
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 …