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State Minister For Gender, Grace Hellen Asamo has advised communities to do away with cultural beliefs that affect women. She said communities should focus on reshaping structural issues that affect women and enhance women’s economic empowerment. Asamo said communities should come up with plans that can incorporate women and men to develop their visions for change. She says both genders should ...

The Uganda Child Rights NGO Network (UCRNN) regrets the increasing reports of physical, sexual, and emotional violence. This cuts across reports from homes, schools, as well as communities involving children. A video made rounds on social media recently of a mother brutally beating her biological 10-year-old son. Another is of a teacher who defiled a 6-year-old girl. On Tuesday 17, ...

Leader of opposition in parliament, Mathias Mpuuga has said if it were up to him, he would have fired the whole cabinet. He says instead of minding about the ongoing crisis, the impending reshuffle that could take away their ministerial positions is scaring them. According to him, one doesn’t need to have a Ph.D. to sort out the ongoing economic ...

Yesterday, a team of lawyers managed to gain access to political activist Col (Rtd) Dr Kizza Besigye amidst heavy police deployment around his home. They promised that they would sue government for damages despite the police’s warnings to arrest anyone demonstrating. Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago, Mr Gawaya Tegule, and Ms Proscovia Kunihira are the lawyers that made contact with ...

Law Development Center, LDC, has decided to suspend its 49th graduation indefinitely due to the expiry of the term of the management committee. The management committee is in charge of the administration and management of the LDC. Among the duties is to approve the students’ results and this is under LDC Act 1970. “They postpone the ceremony because the term ...