The Acting Chairperson of the Uganda Human Rights Commission Dr. Katebalirwe Amooti Wa Irumba told press today that security agencies should be more coordinated and handle issues more civilly such that we do not see a loss of lives that occurred last week.
Construction of Eraji Bridge has been on the key development priority lists of Adjumani district local government for the past seventeen years but the authorities had failed to secure funds for the construction works due to budget constraints, until UNHCR did 7 years ago.
According to Dr Nathan Onyach, the Director-Masaka RRH, they had planned to bring the patients back to the ward unit by December hoping the number of COVID-19 cases will have reduced.
They say these are the top issues politicians, including presidential, parliamentary and local government candidates, must address as they canvass for votes in the island district.
For instance, analysis shows that at least 100,000 tweets were posted between Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning running under hashtags #FreeBobiWine and #EndPolicebBrutality.
LASPNET Executive Director Sylvia Namubiru says acts of security pose enormous threats to the right to life, freedom from torture, freedom of expression and right to liberty and access to information as guaranteed by the 1995 Constitution of Uganda and that it is unfortunate that security has defended its actions.
The two leaders were arrested on Wednesday during protests that followed the arrest of Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, the National Unity Platform-NUP presidential candidate.
According to records at Mulago Hospital, 37 bodies were brought to the mortuary from different hospitals, while 12 are patients who died at Mulago Referral Hospital on Wednesday and Thursday.
More than 30 people were been arrested since Wednesday when protests erupted following news of the arrest of NUP Presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, who is accused of defying guidelines put in place by the Electoral Commission and the Ministry of Health on controlling the spread of COVID-19, during campaigns.
The Nwoya district woman MP Lilly Adong says the NRM government should not use COVID-19 as a scapegoat to brutalize and commit crimes against humanity on the citizens of the country.
The builder, identified by residents as Alex Mugasha, was killed last night during protests in Nkumba, Katabi Town Council. as he stepped out to go and buy something to eat
