Nation Media Group has announced changes to its news operation in Uganda creating a centralized news gathering platform called the “One Newsroom Initiative”. According to a communication from Daniel Kalinaki, the General Manager for Editorial at Nation Media Uganda, there will be one News and Planning Desk based at Serena Hotel. Kalinaki wrote that all…
The upholding of the Anti-Homosexuality Act by the Constitutional Court today has put Uganda back into the international spotlight. In a ruling, court said it found that the law complies with the Constitution although it nullified four sections of the Act and it said contravened the Constitution. For Parliament which passed the law and advocates…
The Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) has warned against the endless increase in taxes on essential commodities like fuel, which they said will lead to high prices. Addressing the media today at their headquarters in Bukoto, Alice Alaso, the national coordinator of ANT said in the end, the ordinary people are going to suffer. In…
The chief executive officers of military industries from the East African Community have met in Kampala to consider the progress of operationalization of the defence facilities that are jointly utilised. They also reviewed the status of implementation of previous decisions and directives of the sectoral council on cooperation in defence. Speaking at the opening of…
The Constitutional Court has upheld the Anti-Homsexuality Law, dealing a blow to human rights advocates who had wanted it struck from the law books. “We decline to nullify the anti-homosexuality law in its entirety,” Richard Buteera, the deputy chief justice who read the judgement said. Court said the law generally complies with the Constitution. It,…
