Parliament has recommended disbanding the current leadership of the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) and appointing a new team following allegations of misconduct, financial mismanagement and a prolonged leadership dispute that has disrupted the commission’s work. The recommendation was adopted during a parliamentary debate on after legislators considered reports by the Committee on Legal and…
A section of ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) MPs has credited the government with improving Uganda’s political and economic stability, saying the gains made since 1986 should be protected as the country marks 64 years of independence. The legislators said the return to relative stability after years of political turmoil had created opportunities for democratic…
Parliament yesterday approved a new loan worth $121 million (Shs 420 billion) from the African Development Fund to finance Uganda’s electricity export project to South Sudan, despite sharp divisions among MPs While some legislators welcomed the project as a strategic regional investment that could generate foreign income, others warned that it would worsen Uganda’s debt…
