Oxfam in Uganda in partnership with the Uganda Women Organisation Network (UWONET) has launched Enough Campaign in Uganda aimed at fighting violence against women and girls in Uganda. Enough is a worldwide campaign that has sparked a movement against violence towards women and girls, to address negative social norms in their specific contexts. According to Oxfam Uganda Country Director Francis…
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The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has been awarded as the overall best integrated financial reporting company by the Institute of Certified Public Accountant under the 2020 annual Financial Reporting (FiRe) awards. NSSF was handed the gold award for having presented an all-round integrated report and demonstrated a high level of adherence to the guiding principles and content elements of…
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The Chairperson of Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC), Sylvia Ntambi has been granted bail by the Anti Corruption Court Chief Magistrate after spending days in Kigo prison over corruption charges and embezzlement of government funds. The EOC boss was remanded to Kigo prison last week by the Court Chief Magistrate, Pamela Lamunu Ocaye, on grounds that the sureties she had presented…
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The National Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Association of Uganda (SHAU) has appealed to government to come up with unique and specific interventions that favor people living with special conditions suffered by People Living with Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus (SBH) condition. The call was made during a media dialogue that was organized by the association to mark and celebrate the National…
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Civil Society Organisations under Children at Risk Action Network (CRANE) have revealed that there has been a growing number of abandoned children during the COVID-19 lockdown period. This according to the girl child activists is as a result of the skyrocketing numbers of teenage pregnancy in the country. The 2016 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey (UDHS) indicated that about 28…
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The Uganda National Association of the Blind (UNAB) has appealed to government and other key stakeholders to reconsider some of the measures that were put in place in the fight against COVID-19. The call was made by UNAB Chairman, Francise Kinubi at an event organized to mark the International White Cane Safety Day held in Kampala under the theme; “Breaking…
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The Uganda Local Government Authority (ULGA) has welcomed the move by the National Planning Authority for a comprehensive review of decentralization. Speaking during a review workshop organized by Action Aid in conjunction with ULGA, Gertrude Gamwera the ULGA Secretary General noted that the review of the Decentralization policy comes on a welcome note following their continued plea to government. “We…
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The East African Partners Managing Director, Isaac Kigozi has revealed that a team of Journalist from the Forbes Magazine are in the country to profile Uganda’s economic achievements over a period of years. Kigozi said that the Forbes an American business magazine is in the country for a second time following the earlier engagement that they had with President Museveni…
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