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By Damali Mukhaye Uganda has confirmed 7 cases of the Omicron variant which has been described as a variant of concern by WHO. According to a report from the Uganda Virus Research Institute, the first time detection of the Omicron variant were from samples from travelers arriving in the country […]

By Juliet Nalwooga The Executive Director of the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority (PPDA) Benson Turamye has welcomed the anti-corruption lifestyle audit introduced by the Inspector General of Government (IGG) Beti Kamya. Speaking on the sidelines of a national dialogue by government anti-graft agencies and civil society […]

By Benjamin Jumbe The Uganda Human rights Commission has registered close to 1000 complaints on rights violations in a period of two months. This has been revealed by the commission’s chairperson Mariam Wangadya as Uganda prepares to join countries around the world to commemorate the international human rights day. Wandadya […]

By Juliet Nalwooga As the 16 days of activism against gender based violence continue, a number of customary laws have been challenged before the Constitutional Court for being discriminative in nature. The petitioners; Michael Aboneka and Martins Kirya contend that the Customary Marriages Act, contrary to the constitution, provides a […]

By Ritah Kemigisa The minister for International Relations Okello Oryem has assured that Uganda will not loot anything from the Congolese soil as the UPDF continues with its military operation to flush out the ADF rebels. In 2001, a report commissioned by the then U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan showed […]