The Bill seeks to provide a legal framework for the national response to HIV, as well as protect the rights of individuals affected by HIV. Its passing was delayed last month by a lack of quorum in Parliament. The bill had been contested by members of the public, human rights and HIV rights advocates who claim that the HIV Prevention and Control bill has clauses that could deter the fight against the epidemic.
The Opposition plans to petition the Electoral Commission to ask them why they are not querying the conduct of the ruling NRM party on how it is conducting its consultation.
Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has demanded that the minister of internal affairs updates the house on the progress of the registration for national Identity cards.
In the report, the UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon states that the lack of national security forces including intelligence-sharing capacity in CAR as well as growing inter-communal conflict and in some cases hostility to foreign Regional Task Force – (RTF) troops, presents challenges to counter-LRA operations.
Anna Lucia Coronel, the IMF Uganda Resident Representative, says the government should “resist all spending pressures that are not compatible with Uganda’s economic priorities.†Coronel’s comments come at a time the revenue collections are below target, as Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) is faced with the largest shortfall in over 5 years.
The Council statement followed a report by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon that the LRA leader and some of his commanders may have entered the Kafia Kinji territory, which is administered by South Darfur authorities while claimed by Western Bahr al Ghazal.
