Tag Archives: Civil Society

By Agnes E. Nantaba Civil Society activists against HIV/AIDS have demanded an apology from President Yoweri Museveni over some of the remarks he made during the commemoration of World AIDS Day in Fort Portal on Dec.1. Museveni is reported to have said, “Having HIV/AIDS is a shame and disgrace to …

By Ronald Musoke As stakeholders gathered on the morning of Sept. 19 in Kampala to engage with the government in regard to the annual national review of the AIDS response – now in its sixth year – a group of over 20 civil society organizations at the forefront of the …

By Ronald Musoke A number of civil society organizations led by the Centre for Health, Human Rights and Development (CEHURD) are to appeal in the Supreme Court against the maternal health care case they lost last June in the Constitutional Court. David Kabanda, the director of programmes at CEHURD noted …

By Ronald Musoke The Civil Society Coalition on Oil (CSCO), a group of Ugandan NGOs following the oil and gas sector have labeled President Museveni’s accusations that the NGOs and some MPs were representing ‘foreign interests’ during the just concluded debate on the Petroleum (Exploration, Development and Production) Bill, 2012 …