Two years ago, Agather Atuhaire and Dr Jimmy Spire Ssentongo were labelled witch-hunters. They were accused of chasing clout, taking foreign money, and trying to bring down the former speaker, Anita Among. This week, some of the people they accused of stealing public money during their social media campaign exposing mismanagement of resources at Parliament…
Solomon Serwanjja, the executive director of the African Institute for Investigative Journalism (AIIJ), has become the latest person to be summoned by police in what appears to be a widening crackdown on civil society organisations in the media, governance and human rights space. Serwanjja founded AIIJ in 2021, an organisation dedicated to training and building…
Operations at several good governance-centred civil society organisations have been disrupted after the Financial Intelligence Authority (FIA) froze their bank accounts. In a widening crackdown on organisations deemed to be “hostile” to the government, sources at the FIA alleged the CSOs have been receiving money to cause ‘unrest.” Among the organisations affected is Agora Centre…
