Tag Archives: NGOs

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As the NGO Bureau steps up enforcement of the law requiring all Non-Governmental Organizations to have licenses and file annual returns, the Bureau’s Executive Director Stephen Okello, and Executive Director of Uganda National NGO Forum Moses Isooba say compliance with the law is the way …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Peoples Defence Forces-UPDF has warned development partners operating in Karamoja to stop issuing reckless statements on the security issues of Karamoja. Capt Adrin Mawanda, the UPDF 3rd division spokesperson says the security agencies have noticed with concern the rate at which some NGOs …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Human Rights Watch has condemned the suspension of 54 Non- Governmental Organisations (NGOs). Last week, the National Bureau for Non-Governmental Organizations – NGO Bureau, suspended the NGOs for operating with expired permits, failing to file annual returns and audited books of accounts and operating without …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The communication suspending the operations of some non-governmental organizations has caused confusion and disruptions across a section of the affected entities and fears among others. The majority of the NGOs have since claimed they were never given prior notice, having heeded to previous warnings by …

Move follows banning of more than 12,000 CSOs Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Civil society organisations have reacted with dissatisfaction at the government’s closure and suspension of 54 NGOs many of which work in the areas of transparency, accountability and governance across the country. On Aug.20, the National Bureau …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 170 children have been rescued from the streets of Kampala and taken for quarantine and rehabilitation. This is part of an initiative by Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA and Non-Government Organizations that work with children on the streets. The children have been settled at …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Bureau of Non-Governmental Organizations-NGOs has revoked the operating permits and registration certificates of five organizations accusing them of defrauding the public. Speaking on Tuesday at the Uganda Media Centre in Kampala, Stephen Okello, the Executive Director of the Bureau named Agape Sanctuary Ministries …

How the Western world has decided our future for us and it seeks to impose it on us THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | President Yoweri Museveni’s suspension of the Democratic Governance Facility (DGF) has caused uproar. This has been a big programme by Uganda’s “development partners” aimed …

Kotido, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The people in Karamoja sub region in north eastern Uganda are at risk of losing their livelihoods due to the degradation rangeland in the region. In ten years, experts have warned, there will not be any fertile soil accessible to the people left. This is …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Civil society activists have condemned the decision by the Financial Intelligence Authority-FIA to freeze the accounts of Uganda Women’s Network-UWONET and Uganda National-NGO Forum for alleged terror financing. FIA froze the accounts of the two organisations in Stanbic Bank, ABSA Bank, KCB Bank and Standard …