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Officials from the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) together with their Uganda Law Society (ULS) counterparts yesterday had a disagreement with the members of the health committee of Parliament. They disagreed over the need for free consent and also free revocation when it comes to organ removal. The committee members wanted the time frame for revocation to be longer. However, ...

Gen. David Muhoozi, the minister of State for Internal Affairs, has urged the CID officers to be loyal and patriotic. On top of this, he said they should understand and promote the goals of the government in keeping law and order. He says the officers can do this by also maintaining peace and stability, to foster socio-economic development and transformation. ...

Makerere University students have taken a petition to the Leader of Opposition in parliament, Mathias Mpuuga requesting him to intervene in the suspension of guild elections. In the petition, the students say the decisions of the university council is against the provisions of the Universities and 0ther Institutions Act. “The chairperson of the council, Lorna Magara, acted outside the provisions ...

More Ugandan fuel importers have embarked on using the Tanzanian route to avoid relying on the Kenyan route which might experience disruption due to the ongoing elections. The preferred Tanzanian route is evidently longer which makes the transportation a bit more expensive. The government has also revealed that 20% of the importers are already using the route. “Currently, 20 percent ...

The government has pointed its guns towards the reconstruction of Masindi Hospital. This is according to Eng. George Otim, the commissioner health infrastructure in the Ministry of Health. Ministry of Health stakeholders held a meeting last week during which they presented the new hospital plan. Eng. George enlightened the stakeholders about the cost of reconstruction which will be shs50b. He ...