Uganda News

Members of Parliament from the Acholi sub region have vowed to challenge a court ruling to give land in Amuru district to a sugar investor.

KAMPALA, Uganda - Women and children abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army guerrilla group are suffering from hunger because the wanted band of fighters has stopped stealing food from villages to avoid being detected by a military manhunt, Ugandan military officials said Monday.

A law firm representing a city lawyer in a court case seeking to nullify resolutions and investigations of Parliament in connection with oil bribery allegations, has asked Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga to restrain MPs from commenting on the issue, saying it was sub judice.

EAC ministers and experts from a various sectors today commenced a four-day discussion on a crucial bill in Nairobi, Kenya, which, if enacted, will reduce incidences of overloading on the region's road network.

Ayot, who earns a living selling fish and other goods at a market in Gulu, a district in northern Uganda, says she was waiting for Evelyn to pick her up after work, but her daughter never showed up.

The Global Fund to fight HIV, TB and Malaria has given Uganda the least amount of funding compare to other East African member states because of corruption and earlier mismanagement of the fund.

To date, TransConflict's activities have primarily focused on Serbia and Kosovo, including efforts to improve minority rights protection for the Bosniak and Albanian communities, and to strengthen the policy-making capacity of political parties.

The people of Ngora district have appealed to the government to extend a hospital to the area to provide specialist health services to the people there.

The Citizens' Coalition for Electoral Democracy in Uganda , has described the just- concluded Jinja East constituency by-election as marred by violence and undemocratic events that need serious investigations.

The Rev. Oja Gafour, Bishop Andudu A. Elnail and George Tato have been working together, with Denver as their recent base to work against the silent killings in the south part of Sudan since June 2011.

In its final pronouncement over the financial scandal involving dubious payments of Shs150 billion to two businessmen, the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee has recommended the sacking of ministers Kiddu Makubuya and Syda Bbumba from their posts.

As President Museveni addresses Members of Parliament today, details have emerged as to how he sidestepped the legislators to ensure that the oil agreements were signed without their knowledge.

This week I attended a regional seminar on competition law in South Africa. Organised by Bowman Gilfillan, a leading South African law firm, the seminar attracted competition law regulators and legal practitioners from across Africa all eager to exchange ideas about how their countries are making progress and dealing with the challenges of this ... (more)

Some Members of Parliament have criticized the president's National Address on Oil saying this is uncalled for since the government already acted in contempt of Parliament by signing new oil agreements.

UPDF soldiers help Karimojong fire victims carry timber for rebuilding their homes in Moroto last year.

The study, conducted by the Makerere University School of Public Health, under its Crane Survey series, was done on students from S.3 to S.6 in Kampala schools between June and October 2010.

As regular readers know, Ugandan former parliamentarian Susan Nampijja's ex-boyfriend Geoffrey Mukisa recently attacked her, her niece, and her maid with a machete.

"We have a problem in Uganda": the Dutch government may have been the victim of an extensive fraud case in Kampala.

The Citizens Coalition for Electoral Democracy in Uganda today raised concern over what it termed as the massive spill of violence which they say denied many citizens especially women, persons with disabilities and the elderly a chance to express their right to vote.

The government has been hailed for its efforts to set aside funds to curb the nodding disease that has been ravaging northern Uganda.