The Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) has resumed its second round of countrywide Tribunal sessions aimed at hearing and resolving complaints of alleged human rights violations.
The latest sessions, which began this week in Fort Portal, are...
Police in Rukungiri District are searching for the LC1 Chairman of Ikondere Cell, Benson Turyahabwe, in connection with the alleged murder of a 28-year-old man accused of stealing coffee.
The deceased, Robert Muhumuza also known as Muja,...
National Institutes of Health (NIH) statistics indicate that 21 million girls aged between 15 and 19 years and two million girls less than 15 years become pregnant every year. About 16 million of these girls give birth each year, mostly 90% in low-income countries at 25%. Uganda has one of the highest teenage pregnancy rates in sub-Saharan Africa.
The most efficient services come from specialized institutions whose knowledge and expertise take many decades to learn and achieve. It is unimaginable, for example, to make Mulago Hospital a department in the Ministry of Health or Makerere University a department in the Ministry of Education. The low quality of service delivery in many government departments deserves improvement, not additional work, and throwing away institutions like paper towels is very difficult to understand.
The National Union of Disabled Persons of Uganda (NUDIPU) has raised concerns over a controversial proposal by the Ministry of Education that seeks to exclude individuals with physical and mental infirmities from serving on the National Teachers Council.