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By.Admin The Land Probe Commission Chairperson Justice Catherine Bamugemereire has expressed concern over the way the Commission work is being incapacitated due to lack of operational funds. Justice Bamugemereire says she had decided to keep calm about it for four months now, but she discovered that the Commission budget was actually left out and not considered at all, and as a result of this some of the staff have decided to leave without pay. This as the Seven Member Commission had convened this morning to resume its public hearings at the Offices in Wandegeya. The Commission Chair is also concerned…
By. Damba Rogers The CEO African centre for treatment and rehabilitation of torture victims (ACTV) Samuel Herbert Nsubuga is concerned with failure to have no perpetrator of torture punished by the anti torture despite it living for six years now. The prevention and prohibition of torture act 2012 was put in place to curb down on the high levels of torture against Ugandans and non Ugandans which were on a rise in the country mainly by security operatives among other sections of the general public. Meeting with journalists today in Kampala, Nsubuga says, many police officer both low and high…
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UPDF IN BUDUDA JOINT LANDSLIDE RESCUE OPERATION By Admin The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces are participating in joint rescue and search operations in landslide hit Bududa district. UPDF is jointly operating with OPM, ICRC, UPF, Budunda District Disaster management Committee, and other stakeholders. Hon Brig Stephen Oluka the National emergency and disaster preparedness Coordinator in the office of the Prime Minister said that the operation is progressing well in the right direction as anticipated. He attributed this to maximum cooperation and coordination exhibited by all disaster management teams, key players and stakeholders . The Budunda landslide disaster followed a three…
Let’s stick to the Parliamentary Calendar in the conduct of House business I would like to clarify comments attributed to the Government Chief Whip, Hon. Ruth Nankabirwa, where she is reported to have said that the reason MPs did not pay tribute to the former Attorney General and former Buruuli County MP was because the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker were away on official duty. The remarks are far from true and unfortunately have been widely picked up by mainstream media and social media forums. At the beginning of the Third Session, we had a Business Committee meeting where we…
i Parliament Gives 34M To Late Abirigas Family By our reporter Parliamentarians and Ministers have contributed 34 million shillings to the family of the deceased Member of Parliament for Arua Municipality the late Col. Ibrahim Abiriga. The money is part of condolences collected from different caucuses in Parliament and government ministers who generously contributed towards the welfare of the Late Abiriga’s family. The Speaker of Parliament Rt. Hon. Rebbeca Kadaga today handed over the condolences to family members through the first Deputy Prime Minister Gen. Moses Ali in the speakers office in Kampala. Gen. Moses Ali however refused to hand…
By.Damba Rogers, The executive secretary UNEB, Dan Odong reveals that they have registered over 100 students who had not been registered for exams by their schools and the head teachers had gone missing with their money. According to Odong, most of the affected candidates were from up country schools and one school in Kawempe, a Kampala suburb. Mr. Odong further reveals, registered school with UNEB center numbers have sympathized with these candidates by accepting to take them on for them to be able to write their final exams. The examination board also confirms reports of unscrupulous people trading fake examination…
Invest more in vocational, girl-child education – Kadaga By Parliament press The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has called for increased investment in vocational education with special emphasis on grooming the girl child. Kadaga noted that many parents in rural areas have failed to send their daughters to school despite the good performance in PLE, UCE and UACE. “Today, children who have some vocational skills can earn even before sitting for their exams. I would like to call on parents to enroll their daughters in vocational institutions,” said Kadaga. The Speaker made the call while launching the Kakira Sugar Busoga…
WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY; Young People and Mental Health in a changing World Last month the Parliament of Uganda passed the Mental Health Bill 2014. This bill is part of an effort to improve the treatment and care of persons with mental illness in Uganda. The previous legislation outlining national policy on mental health in Uganda, the Mental Health Act of 1964, included recommendations for confinement of mental health patients, thereby violating their human rights. As a result of this new bill, an estimated 6.8 million Ugandans with various mental health challenges will be able to access treatment at a…
By Our reporter, Kampala High court Judge Flavia Anglin Ssenoga storms out of Court after the Defense Lawyer representing Mohammad Ssebuwufu, the man accused of masterminding the alleged murder of Businesswoman Donah Betty Katushabe, insisted that he wanted to start with the defense of other accused persons, and not prepared to start with that of Ssebuwufu. This angered Justice Ssenoga who informed Defense Lawyer Evans Ochieng that all the parties in this case, have been in Court since Prosecution started leading its evidence in December/2017, and there is no way he can fail to present Ssebuwufu’s defense as Accused number…
President Yoweri Museveni launches CCTV Camera Project By our reporter President Yoweri Museveni yesterday launched the National Command and Control Center for CCTV Camera Project stationed at Nateete police station and vowed to crack down on sleeping police officers. In the move to curb down the bickering insecurity in Kampala metropolitan area, President Yoweri Museveni commissioned the national command and control center for the CCTV Camera project at Nateete police station to beef up police surveillance in and around the city. Museveni who was accompanied by the minister of security Gen. Elly Tumwine, state minister for Kampala Benny Namugwanya, IGP…
Kadaga advises leaders to work hard, use time effectively By Parliament Press The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has commended young entrepreneurs for setting the investment stage for their peers to pick up, especially those promoting regional integration through trade across the region. Speaking at the 20th National Prayer Breakfast held at Hotel Africana on Monday, 8 October 2018, Kadaga singled out Jumbo Mandela and Ahmed Ntale who have set up factories and are providing employment for youths. “I would like to commend the hard work of two Ugandans. Jumbo Mandela started his business with a capital of shs300,000 and…
By.Admin Uganda’s opposition has today unanimously agreed to having a national dialogue but with the set seven demands for the dialogue first fulfilled. Addressing a joint press conference today in Kampala, former UPC president, Amb. Olara Otunu states that the country is in the grip of grave national crisis hence the need to have a national dialogue before the situation turns into a serious problem. He further states that for the national dialogue to be fruitful and genuine, there are certain principals that have to be put in place before they can embark on the dialogue and among them include,…
MPs Aid Woman Deliver Baby at Rural Health Center Legislators on the Committee on Health on an oversight visit came to the aid of an expectant mother and helped her deliver a baby at Kikuube Health Center IV. The MPs who visited the health center on Friday and found no health workers took charge of the situation and saved the lives of expectant mothers. Two women were due for delivery, while one had had a baby without the help of a midwife or health worker at the facility. “I am stranded here since yesterday because I was asked by one…
Fast track agriculture projects – MPs By Parliament press Members of Parliament have tasked the Ministry of Agriculture to speed up efforts in delivering projects to intended beneficiary communities. MPs on the Committee on Agriculture, Animal Industries and Fisheries raised concern that funds approved by Parliament and disbursed to the Ministry are not being utilised well and in time. While meeting officials from the Ministry in charge of implementing the Regional Pastoral Livelihood Resilience Project to benefit pastoral communities in Uganda, MPs noted that nothing much had been done on the project. “None of the MPs in the project area…