Speaker Rebecca Kadaga has instructed the parliamentary committee on human rights to visit and inspect Nalufenya detention facility and report to the house in regard to torture allegations at the now infamous Jinja-based facility. In her communication to the house during Wednesday’s plenary sitting, Kadaga directed the committee chaired by …
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The Democratic Party (DP) has mourned one of its pioneer leaders Boniface Byanyima, who passed away on Tuesday at Kampala’s Nakasero Hospital. “DP mourns Mzee Boniface Byanyima. In his disturbingly unassuming way his life was a moral challenge to corruption and the arrogance of power,” DP President Norbert Mao said. …
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Ugandan leader slams torture after claims of police excesses but HRW demands for an enquiry Kampala, Uganda | AFP | Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Tuesday said the use of torture was “wrong” but faced criticism from a top rights monitor for not demanding an enquiry on alleged police excesses. …
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Trade ministry bows to pressure, allows duty free import of unprocessed rice Uganda’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives now says it has allowed the duty-free import of up to 50,000 metric tonnes of unprocessed rice, commonly known as ‘brown rice’, to boost supplies and check prices amid a fall …
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President Yoweri Museveni has written to Uganda’s security and law enforcement chiefs warning that torture does not work in the fight against crime, and should be stopped, if it is happening. “The use of torture is unnecessary and wrong and must not be used again if it was being used …
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects Uganda’s gross domestic product growth to record anywhere between 3.5%-4% in FY2016/17, lower than 5% that had earlier been projected. This was announced on Tuesday by Axel Schimmelpfennig, the head of IMF mission that visited Kampala, Uganda from May 2-15, 2017 to conduct the …
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Risks remain whether it’s choice or forced Solomy Mukiibi never planned on delivering through C-section. In fact, she had two normal deliveries before her third baby brought the unexpected. It started when she stopped feeling the rolling sensation of her baby’s movements. “The midwives and obstetrics gynecologists quickly realised something …
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Uganda’s Nakaayi wins 800m heats, Iraq’s Alsaamah lands discus gold Baku, Azerbaijan | AFP | Uganda’s Halimah Nakaayi qualified for the final by over two-and-a-half seconds faster than her nearest rival in the women’s 800-metre heats as she scorched to a time of 2 minutes 02.97 seconds on the first …
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The Court of Appeal has declined to declare Emmanuel Musoke as the validly elected Local Council (LC) 5 chairperson for Kalungu District. This after three justices, Deputy Chief Justice Steven Kavuma, Elizabeth Musoke and Paul Mugamba concurred with Masaka High Court judge Lawrence Gidudu that the authenticity of the Declaration …
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Tax waiver on brown rice is meant to reduce its price from Shs 4,500 to Shs 3,000 per kilogramme The good news for rice consumers in Uganda is that if the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development sticks to its guns to have unprocessed rice commonly known as “brown …
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