UHRC Awards Sh160 Million to Victims in Mbarara Rulings
The Uganda Human Rights Commission, or UHRC, Tribunal in Mbarara City awarded a total of Sh160 million to victims of severe human rights violations in two separate ruling...
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Mao: Police Should Regulate Not Ban Political Gatherings
Justice and Constitutional Affairs minister Norbert Mao has cautioned against the continued suppression of political gatherings, warning that such actions risk derailing...
ULS Petitions Human Rights Commission Over Continued Military Trials of Civilians
The Uganda Law Society (ULS) has petitioned the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) over the government’s continued defiance of a Supreme Court order halting the...
ACTV, CAT Call for Torture-Free 2026 Elections Amid Rising Violence
The African Centre for Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture Victims (ACTV), in partnership with the Coalition Against Torture (CAT), has urged political actors, securi...
Muhoozi Warns Wangadya Over Eddie Mutwe’s Release Order
Following the abduction of Edward Sebuufu Rogers alias Eddy Mutwe who is Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu’s (Bobi Wine) chief Body Guard for the last over 20 years in Mu...
Misinformation, Polarisation Threaten Uganda’s Media, Warns UHRC
The Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) has vowed to intensify its efforts to combat misinformation, disinformation, and hate speech in the lead-up to the 2026 general...
Uganda Media Sector Urges Protection of Journalists Ahead of Press Freedom Day
The Uganda Media Sector Working Group (UMSWG) has sounded the alarm over increasing threats to press freedom, urging authorities to guarantee the safety and independence...
I can’t get a job of my choice – Deputy IGG
The deputy Inspector General of Government (IGG), Dr Patricia Achan Okiria, has spoken about her struggles in securing jobs of her choice in Uganda despite numerous appli...
Job losses loom as Unra, URF tangle over rationalisation
Controversy has continued to brew over the government’s Rationalisation of Agencies and Public Expenditure (Rapex) with the Uganda National Road Agency (Unra) and...
Refugees, host communities fight over livestock
In 60 days, Mr Peter Arape, the refugee welfare officer II for Agojo Refugee Settlement in Ciforo Sub-county, Adjumani District, mediated 14 conflicts between refugees an...