Tag: Accountability

PLU Mobilizers Seek Support and Recognition from Party Leadership Amid Post-Election Grievances

Mobilizers of the Patriotic League of Uganda (PLU) have called on the league’s top leadership to recognize and reward their efforts during the recently concluded presidential elections, in which their endorsed candidate, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni,...

NUP Calls on Religious, Cultural Leaders to Speak Out Against Human Rights Violations in Uganda

Politics

The National Unity Platform (NUP) leadership has urged religious leaders, cultural leaders, and all opinion leaders to raise their voices against human rights violations in Uganda, stressing that silence only emboldens the perpetrators. Addressing the press at...

National News

Government to Increase District Annual Road Maintenance Funding to...

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has announced that government is ready to increase annual road maintenance funding to districts from...

Court

UHRC Chairperson Calls for Drop of Charges against Besigye

The Chairperson of the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC), Mariam Wangadya, has called on the state to drop charges...

Politics

Disputes Erupt in NRM as Transparency, Accountability Issues Breed

Chapter 5, Section 46(1) of the NRM constitution requires that the party conducts elections of all elected members of NRM organs every five years. However, the Revivalist Movement contends that leaders have exceeded this term without legitimate justification, and they reject the prolonged use of the COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse for delaying elections.

Politics

IS IT THE END OF THE BEGINNING OR THE...

Uganda, together with the citizens, has been betrayed at all fronts by the opposition and their legislators.

National News

Nebbi Residents Demand Accountability for UGX 1Bn Road Maintenance...

The municipality received around UGX 500 million for road maintenance in the first and second quarters of the 2023/2024 financial year.

Jobs

Journalists Asked to Uphold Truth, Integrity amidst Tight Deadlines

The two-day conference taking place from November 7-8, 2024, themed Rebuilding Trust in Media in Times of AI, is meant to dialogue about public accountability, elections, AI, citizens' voices, and women in media.

Crime

SHACU Arraigns Two Accused in Court over Corruption

If convicted under Section 11(1) of the Anti-Corruption Act, the accused individuals could face a prison sentence of up to seven years and a fine not exceeding Ugx 5.3 million.

Crime