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IGP Ochola The Inspector General of Police Martins Okoth Ochola has instructed all unit commanders of Uganda police force around the country to ensure that observation of human rights is adhered to in all areas of operations with out fail. Ochola Warned all undisciplined police officers that they will always cough money from their…
Convicted: Mr.Ntaganda A warlord responsible for mass murder, rape and abduction in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been convicted of war crimes by the international criminal court. Bosco Ntaganda, 45, was a key militia leader who ordered the massacre of civilians in DRC’s restive Ituri province in 2002 and 2003, judges in…
Ms.Kadaga with other MPs in Kabarole Speaker Rebecca Kadaga has instructed Parliament’s Committee on Health to process and present elderly medical insurance for consideration during this current session, a Bill on national medical insurance. Government, said Kadaga, has been asked by Parliament to present such legislation for now fifteen years, to no avail, prompting the…
min.Amongi Following the passing of this Landlord/Tenant bill by Parliament on 26th June 2019, the public have continued to be given inaccurate and misleading information on some provisions of this bill. The Ministry wishes to make clarification on a number of provisions for clarity and better understanding by the stakeholders and the general public. Issue…
SFC Band members matching Over 40 soldiers of the Special Forces Command, Directorate of Band, were passed out on Jul 5, 2019 after one year of quality training on band/music. The Deputy Commander Special Forces Command, Col. Peter Candia, who represented the Commander SFC, Maj Gen. James Birungyi, presided over the function which was held…
Members of Parliament’s Local Government Accounts Committee have asked Chief Administrative Officers to penalize staff who have failed to properly supervise the Youth Livelihood Programme in Eastern Uganda. The Committee was in Soroti last week where local government accounting officers from the districts of Kapelebyong, Katakwi, Moroto, Amuria, Serere, Sironko, Kween and Bukwo converged to…
The Leader of Opposition (LOP) in Parliament, Hon. Aol Betty Ocan, has asked government to provide more funding to cater for the needs of refugees hosted in Uganda together with Nationals in the host communities. Ocan, who together with selected Opposition MPs toured refugee settlements and hosting communities, said that increased government funding coupled with…
Presidents M7 and Maada at State house Entebbe President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has met and bid farewell to President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone Julius Maada Bio who is on a 3-day visit to Uganda at the invitation of the hosting president. This visit further strengthened the warm and cordial relations existing between…
E Members of the East African Youth Leaders have requested the Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Oulanyah, to champion the ratification, domestication and implementation of the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance (ACDEG). Meeting members of the Uganda Chapter in his boardroom on Wednesday, 26 June, 2019, Oulanyah guided the youth leaders…
Ms Kadaga The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has tasked the foreign affairs ministers of Africa take interest in the challenges faced by their people in securing visas to other countries with an aim of easing restrictions. Kadaga notes that the time lag of receiving a visa to other countries, most times of which…