Hadijah Nakatudde, a tutor midwife at international Institute of Health sciences Jinja, says that asking a midwife to pay an amount to the tune of Shs 200000 in the name of renewing licence is bad enough to discourage many from the practice with the little pay they get.
It is emerging that civil servants at different levels have tended to use archaic laws like the Official Secrets Act to deny citizens access to public information and records.
According to the traders, police and Uganda Registration Services, Bureau-URSB officials arrested Waswa on Tuesday evening for allegedly obstructing the arrest of some traders accused of selling products that are meant to be distributed by an unidentified importer.
“Human sacrifice is a growing concern to law enforcement agencies, parents, child rights activists and the general public. Records from the Uganda Police Force show that human sacrifice cases have been steadily increasing for the last several years,” reads part of the committee report.
A person who contravenes this provision commits the offence of human sacrifice and is liable, on conviction, to suffer death.
The draft regulations include emission limits for industrial sources, cars, trucks, motorcycles, and other mobile sources, layout odor standards and requirements for indoor air, and address worker protection. They also establish a permit and compliance program for industrial sources and associated fees.
The Ag. Chairperson of the Uganda Human Rights Commission-UHRC Dr. Katebalirwe Amooti Wa Irumba, said that the status of press freedom in the country has generally improved but noted that during the 2021 electoral period and the COVID 19 lockdown, press freedom was challenged.
Aidan Eyakuze, the Executive Director Twaweza East Africa tasked media institutions to continue working towards building public trust by avoiding partisanship. He said that trust remains a big challenge affecting the media and it has implications on the economic viability of the industry
The probe team led by Vice-chairperson of the Committee Agnes Taaka Wejulu interacted with former Presidential candidates including, Democratic Party’s Norbert Mao , Alliance for National Transformation (ANT)’s Mugisha Muntu, and Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) Presidential candidate Patrick Amuriat Oboi.
The international day that is celebrated annually on May 1, has left Ugandans both in the formal and informal sectors, decrying the tough working environment in which they operate to earn a living characterized with financial constraints and job insecurity.
According to eyewitnesses, the Isuzu minibus registration number UAW-298N that was heading to the city centre lost control and rammed into the wall of the Internal Affair Ministry. It also knocked two people who were riding on a motorcycle registration number UES-978X.
Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire said that Kagolo was killed by a Local Defence Unit-LDU personnel identified as Rashid Mamuli.
Aidah Nakiganda, the Commission’s Director of Complaints, Investigations and Legal Services says that they have reached out to Matovu and are planning to visit the other victims to record statements.
A report from the preliminary investigations conducted by the Directorate of Fire and Rescue Services shows that the fire was an act of arson. According to Owoyesigyire, their investigations show that the fire started from a dormitory window where there is no electricity connection.
Commenting about the project and women inclusion issues, Sheikh Muhammad Ali Waiswa, the 2nd Deputy Mufti of Uganda said while they opened up a women’s desk at the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council, they have employed males to work there since women are not forthcoming.
The Minister of State for Land, Persis Namuganza has told members of Parliament that Ugandas image was tarnished following the evictions in Lusanja and demolition of the Ndeeba Church.
The Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarčič, says this is in response to the increasing cases of emergencies in the region due to floods, desert locusts and COVID-19 in 2020.
The report indicates that 3,096 PAPs with land interests hold a total of 4,038 different landowner interests in the affected area. “The higher number of land interests relative to the number of PAPs with land interests reflects the fact that PAPs can own more than one affected area,” the report reads in part
Dickens Kamugisha, the Executive Director at Africa Institute for Energy Governance -AFIEGO, says for about three years, EACOP has been carrying out the valuation of property in affected areas. However, he adds, none of the project-affected persons knows the rate which is being used.
Ismail Mulindwa, the Director Basic and secondary education says that the government had a target of vaccinating over 550,000 teachers however, of these only a mere 7,000 - that is 1.2% of the teachers have turned up for the jab.
Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police Spokesperson ASP Luke Owoyesigyire has identified the deceased as Agnes Arinaitwe, a resident of Kasenge village in Wakiso district who was moving on a Bodaboda cycle and rummed into a truck that was entering Kampala this evening.
