MPs demand safer migrant labour agreements

Members of Parliament have urged the government to negotiate stronger bilateral agreements on labour externalisation following a recent BBC documentary highlighting the plight of Ugandan girls subjected to sex slavery in the United Arab Emirates UAE). The documentary, titled Death in Dubai, revealed the tragic deaths of two Ugandan girls who suffered perverse sexual assaults…

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MTN deactivated simcard of Sarah Opendi’s husband. He sued and was awarded Shs 5 million

Atkins Godfrey Katusabe, the MP for Bukonzo West in Kasese district, has won a legal battle against telecom giant, MTN, after it deactivated his simcard due to what it called discrepancies in his indentification documents. Katusabe is the husband to Sarah Opendi, the vocal woman MP for Tororo. Justice David S.L. Makumbi of the High…

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Opendi accuses Tanga Odoi of bias in Tororo elections

Sarah Opendi, the Woman MP for Tororo, has publicly criticized Dr. Tanga Odoi, the chairperson of the NRM Electoral Commission, for alleged bias and lack of transparency in managing the party’s primary elections in Tororo. Opendi claims that despite winning NRM primaries since 2011, she has never been declared a winner under Odoi’s leadership, with…

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