KAMPALA, UGANDA | Xinhua | Eight deportees from the United States have arrived in Uganda, sparking renewed debate over the country’s role in accepting third-country nationals, an official said on Thursday. Simon Mundeyi, spokesperson for Uganda’s Ministry of Internal Affairs, told Xinhua by telephone that the eight people arrived at …
Read More »Kakwenza petitions UHRC over children’s passports
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Novelist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija has petitioned the Uganda Human Rights Commission-UHRC accusing the passport office of violating the rights of his children to own a passport. In his June 20th, 2022 petition filed by Counsel Eron Kiiza, the novelist says that his three children namely Rutakirwa …
Read More »Internal Affairs ministry downplays medical insurance for migrant workers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Internal Affairs has downplayed the demands for medical insurance for migrant workers before they go out to seek employment in other countries. Simon Mundeyi said that the ministry does not think that medical insurance is a solution to the several incidents in …
Read More »Passport application process marred by bribery claims
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Jane Among, 36, a resident of Kireka, a Kampala suburb landed an invitation to a conference in the United States of America. She decided to process an ordinary passport which costs Shillings 250,000. Among, however says that she was told that the passport booklets were …
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