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By Arthur Arnold Wadero A proposal to accord Bank of Uganda Governor Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile’s family a befitting home in honour of his legacy, yesterday elicited debate in Parliament with some lawmakers suggesting it would impose a burden on the taxpayers. Mutebile was one of the highest-paid public servants with a […]

By Catherine Ageno Canada has asked the government of Uganda to end intimidation of journalists and allow them free operating space, end and investigate extrajudicial killings and stop taxing social media. These are some of the recommendations made for Uganda following yesterday’s review of her human rights record under the […]

By Ritah Kemigisa A state funeral service for the late Governor Bank of Uganda Prof Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile is to be held this morning at Kololo ceremonial grounds. Mutebile died on Sunday morning at Nairobi hospital in Kenya after a long battle with diabetes and hypertension-related complications. Yesterday the body […]

By Ivan Ssenabulya Uganda has been tasked to work on a number of issues to improve its human rights record. This was during the 40th session of the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in Geneva-Switzerland, where the foreign Affairs Minister Gen Jeje Odongopresented the country’s national report on the state of human […]

By Ritah Kemigisa The government of Rwanda has announced the reopening of the Gatuna/Katuna border after nearly three years of closure. On February 28, 2019, Rwanda closed its border with Uganda at Gatuna claiming it was working on its one-stop-border building. Rwanda later stopped its nationals from entering Uganda on […]