Parliament on Thursday was fully packed as MPs eagerly waited for Igara West lawmaker Raphael Magyezi to table a Private Members’ Bill to remove the 75 years presidential age cap. Tension was high as Parliament was surrounded by police and the army. The opposition, civil society and many Ugandans had
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National Information Technology Authority-Uganda (NITA-U) has spoken out for the first time about its reported closure by the government. NITA-U says it is an autonomous statutory body established under the NITA-U Act 2009, to coordinate and regulate Information Technology services in Uganda and therefore a directive by Ministry of Finance
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Heavy security deployment at Parliament of Uganda ahead of proposal that constitution be amended to lift the presidential age limit. At Parliament, the deployment has increased,with all the four entrances fully secured by security. An armoured vehicle at two entrances, with security personnel, while other gates have security doubled. Kampala
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The US ambassador in Uganda Debora Malac has condemned Wednesday's police raid at the offices of an NGO that reportedly criticised plans to scrap the presidential age limit. She said in a statement that she was "disturbed" by the raids: Police conducted searches at ActionAid offices alongside other local NGOs.
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Uganda Police on Wednesday evening cordoned off Action Aid Uganda offices in Kasanga Kampala causing panic at the time when the NGO's workers were preparing to go home. Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson, Emilian Kayima in an interview denied knowledge of the cordoning off of the NGO's office. But emerged that
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Kenya Airways Chief Executive, Sebastian Mikosz has hired five new executives from Poland -- his home country – signaling a looming shake-up of the airline’s senior management, reports Business Daily. It is not unusual for an outsider CEO to bring in a group of individuals upon taking charge of a
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President Yoweri Museveni’s desire to close the mushrooming government agencies is beginning to see light of the day. Museveni directed Prime Minister, Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda to handle the matter and according to sources in Prime Minister’s Office (OPM), government will pilot Museveni’s directive beginning with National Information Technology Authority-Uganda (NITA-U).
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Robert Kyagulayi the Kyandondo East Member of Parliament has written to the Electoral Commission Chairperson requesting for a copy of the national voters register to enable him collect signatures calling for a referendum on the controversial age limit debate. [caption id="attachment_4630" align="alignnone" width="669"] A copy of Bobi's letter to
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Tanzania’s government has closed a critical newspaper for the second time in three months, banning the weekly MwanaHalisi for two years after accusing it of inciting violence. Another newspaper -- Mawio -- was banned in June over articles it published linking two former presidents to alleged improprieties in mining deals
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More than 40 million people were trapped as slaves last year in forced labor and forced marriages, most of them women and girls, according to the first joint effort by key anti-slavery groups to count the victims of the often hidden crime worldwide. The International Labor Organization (ILO), the human
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