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Ugandan parliamentary candidates say nomination fee too high
Candidates in Uganda's upcoming parliamentary elections have until Thursday to pay a nomination fee of a little more than $800 to the...
Oct 13, 2020
Uganda records rise in human rights abuses
A report launched yesterday by the United Nations Commission on Human Rights shows that Uganda is experiencing an increase in the number...
Oct 8, 2020
Museveni isn’t worried about winning the election, but about what comes next
Anyone betting against Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni clinching a sixth term in next year’s election is a careless gambler. He is...
Oct 5, 2020
Families left in limbo as Uganda oil project earmarks land
Farmers say the long-delayed project has put limits on how they can use their land. Two years ago, surveyors came to measure a swathe of...
Oct 2, 2020
Ugandans cry foul over displacements from oil pipeline to Tanzania
Uganda and Tanzania in September signed an agreement to build what they say will be the world’s longest crude oil pipeline, a $3.5...
Sep 30, 2020
Stella Nyanzi interview: My political activism comes from a place of grief and pain
The Ugandan academic cum political activist is now one of President Yoweri Museveni's fiercest critics. Amina Wako caught up with her in...
Sep 29, 2020
Uganda: MPs accuse EC of double standards on Bobi Wine, Museveni papers
The Electoral Commission chairman Justice Simon Byabakama told Parliament today that the EC was still waiting for a response from lawyer...
Sep 25, 2020
Equal Opportunities boss summoned over corruption
The Anti-Corruption Court yesterday issued criminal summons to Ms Sylvia Muwebwa Ntambi, the chairperson of Equal Opportunities...
Sep 24, 2020
Museveni said: ‘The problem of Africa are leaders who overstay in power’. Look where Uganda is now
Forty years ago, a poor thug and a loser in an election in Uganda declared that he would go to the bush and fight against a legitimate...
Sep 23, 2020
By any means necessary: Defending human rights in Uganda in the time of Covid-19
Adrian Jjuuko heads up the team at Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF) in Kampala, Uganda. He is the dictionary definition...
Sep 22, 2020
The rise of Africa’s new ‘’old men’
When Presidents Yahya Jammeh of Gambia, Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe and Omar al-Bashir of Sudan were brought down within a few years of...
Sep 18, 2020
Uganda-Tanzania oil pipeline threatens ‘disastrous’ environmental consequences
Tanzania and Uganda signed a $3.5 billion deal to begin construction of an oil pipeline on September 13 – sparking a wave of outcry from...
Sep 18, 2020
Uganda: Anti-corruption fight possible if we fight voter bribery
Over the last 30 years, Uganda has held six general elections with the first being the Constituent Assembly Delegates election of 1994,...
Sep 17, 2020
In Uganda’s 2021 ‘scientific election’, the incumbent has all the visibility
Uganda is going to conduct its first-ever digital and mass media campaigns ahead of its 2021 general elections. The so-called “scientific...
Sep 16, 2020
Amnesty International protests UCC’s restrictions on online platforms
Amnesty International has protested the government directives requiring online publications to seek authorisation and licence from the...
Sep 15, 2020
The refugees’ votes as Ugandan dictator Museveni’s key to rigging 2021 election
Uganda currently hosts over two million refugees, and it is predicted by some experts that this number could shoot up to three million by...
Sep 14, 2020
French oil firms displaced 12,000 in Uganda, Tanzania
Two research reports on oil released Thursday highlight major risks of oil projects by French energy company Total in Uganda and...
Sep 11, 2020
Uganda move to regulate online activity is tool to curb dissent ahead of polls, rights groups say
Rights groups have asked Uganda to reverse a move that requires some social media users to get a license and pay fees, saying the move is...
Sep 10, 2020
Ugandan minister remanded for attempted murder
Mwesigwa Rukutana was arrested Saturday after shooting into crowd supporting his political opponent Uganda’s state minister for labor was...
Sep 8, 2020
Uganda Zoom scandal: No hiding place for corrupt officials in digital age
As a digital democracy campaigner, I believe African governments must use digital technology to be more open about their activities....
Sep 3, 2020
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