Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has assured development partners that the 10th parliament is committed to the enactment of necessary electoral reforms for credible elections in 2021. Kadaga revealed that she will write to Uganda’s attorney general on the need for quick introduction of electoral reforms, including all the recommendations from …

Festive season and prolonged drought push prices high This year’s Christmas may not be merry as many could hope as prices for specific basic commodities increases ahead of the big day, The Independents analysis shows. The price of sugar has increased from Shs 3, 200 to Shs 5,000 per kilogramme …

The High Court Land Division on Monday issued an interim order stopping the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) from evicting residents of Kito and Namataba villages in Wakiso. The interim order was issued after the Deputy registrar Susan Kanyange observed that NEMA only gave a 21 days eviction notice to the …

The High Court in Kampala has granted permission to Rubaga South voter Habib Buwembo to file an election petition challenging the academic qualification of his area  Member of Parliament Paul Kato Lubwama. Justice Magret Oguli Oumo said he had found evidence of fraud on a court record,  Kato having told the Electoral Commission that he …

Europe should not impose term limits on Uganda – Oulanyah tells EU Members of the European Parliament and the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) parliamentary group will on Wednesday vote on a motion to impose presidential term limits on member states. The ongoing ACP-EU joint parliamentary assembly in Nairobi  was preceded by …

Mulago National Referral Hospital is again in the spotlight, after being dragged to the High Court by a mother who claims that her baby went missing in the hands of Mulago staff on December 26,2015. Fatuma Nakayima and Centre for Health, Human Rights and Development (CEHURD) have sued the Executive Director …

Jailed Rwenzururu King Charles Wesley Mumbere on Thursday applied for bail before Jinja High Court, saying he is of advanced age and gravely ill. Mumbere wants to be released on bail pending  his  trial on various capital offences he is facing in relation to the recent Kasese killings. Court will sit to set a …

Parliament’s committee on Human rights on Wednesday tasked the Commissioner General of Prisons Dr. Johnson Byabashaija to explain why prisoners especially those serving long sentences were not having conjugal rights. The matter was raised by Kassanda South MP Simeo Nsubuga who noted that many prisoners serving long sentences tend to …

Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have called for a referendum for Ugandans to decide if MPs should pay income tax on their allowances or not. According to their umbrella body, the civil society budget advocacy group(CSBAG), a total of 3216 petition letters have been collected, asking President Yoweri Museveni to ensure MPs pay …

Rwenzururu royal guards have been arraigned before Jinja Magistrates court to answer treason charges alongside their king Charles Wesely Mumbere. The 151 male and female guards, and the king were in court today. According to the state, between the months of March and November 2016, Mumbere together with 151 others …