In the recent months, UBOS has been under scrutiny by the public, citing significant errors in tribal population data from the 2024 census provisional report, which the Bureau admitted, saying figures for the Bagisu and Bakiga tribes were mistakenly interchanged.
Before the government makes any financial commitment to a company, there must be due diligence done, and it is imperative for the government to prioritize accountability in all public expenditures, particularly in high-stakes commitments such as Dei Biopharma Company.
This is not the first time such an incident is happening in Uganda; in July 2013, over 35 people died and many survived with injuries as they tried to get fuel from a fuel tanker involved in an accident. Many, mainly boda boda raiders,were caught up in the fire and lost their lives.
The major reason SHIPU was created was to ensure effective and sustainable collaboration between government institutions and investors at all levels for collective growth and development.
The State Minister for Youth and Children Affairs, Balaam Barugahara, committed to engaging the government to have all the political prisoners released, and last week, 18 of them, including Olivia Lutaaya, pleaded guilty and are yet to serve a light sentence of four months and then after will be released after spending over four years in prison.
The delays of the ongoing construction of the road have not only affected the business community and people with vehicles but have immensely affected people who use boda bodas as means of transport to reach their different work stations, since by the time they arrive they are covered with dust.
The Albinism Umbrella called on Parliament to make wider consultations across the whole country if the government insists on merging UHRC and EOC and also ensure that, in case the new commission is established, its mandate has to be widened to ensure equal opportunities are also implemented in the private sector.