The UK Court Cannot Decide Uganda’s Energy Future; Let Uganda and Africans Make Their Energy Choices

Four Ugandan farmers have launched a legal challenge in the UK High Court against the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), seeking to apply Ugandan constitutional, environmental and climate law to EACOP Ltd., the project’s UK-registered operating …

<![CDATA[Galidesivir Cleared for Compassionate Use in Uganda’s Ebola Outbreak]]>

Island Pharmaceuticals has received all required regulatory and ethics approvals to begin the compassionate use of its investigational antiviral Galidesivir in patients infected during the ongoing Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in Uganda. The program will …

What’s tearing Uganda’s Human Rights Commission apart?

Mariam Wangadya did not begin with legal arguments or political accusations. Instead, she spoke of exhaustion. “This is a very tough day,” the Chairperson of the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) told journalists last week, struggling to contain her …

Uganda Bans Lawyers From Calling Judges ‘My Lord’ and Orders End to Courtroom Bows

Uganda Bans Lawyers From Calling Judges ‘My Lord’ and Orders End to Courtroom Bows Uganda’s judiciary has introduced new courtroom etiquette rules, banning lawyers from addressing judges as “My Lord” or “My Lady” and ordering an end to bows in court. The …

Photos from Congo and Uganda during Ebola outbreak

Asuman Kiyingi And The Manufacturing Of A Political Vacuum In Uganda

BEYOND THE THEATRE OF FORMALISM: The Constitutional Question Morrison Rwakakamba Never Answers By Asuman Kiyingi I welcome Morrison Rwakakamba’s thoughtful response to my essay, The Theatre of Legitimacy: Why Muhoozi’s “Slow Coup” is the Climax of Uganda’s …

Uganda Calls for AI Governance to be Shaped with Developing Countries, not for them

Uganda has called for a more inclusive approach to global artificial intelligence governance, urging that developing countries must be part of shaping the rules, standards and systems that will guide the future of AI. The call was made during the High- …

Uganda : Parliament Approves Introduction of Bill to Reform Election of Leader of Opposition

By Kabugho Elias  The proposed Administration of Parliament (Amendment) Bill seeks to amend the current law by allowing all Members of Parliament belonging to opposition political parties to elect the Leader of Opposition. Kampala, Uganda – Wednesday, July …

14 killed, 28 injured in Uganda bus-trailer collision

KAMPALA, July 8 (Xinhua) -- At least 14 people were killed and 28 others critically injured after a passenger bus collided head-on with a trailer on the Kampala-Gulu Highway in northern Uganda, police said on Wednesday. The crash occurred on Tuesday night …

Bus-truck collision kills 14, injures 28 in northern Uganda

Kampala: At least 14 people have died and 28 others were injured after a bus collided with a truck in a remote area of northern Uganda, police said Wednesday. The incident happened late Tuesday at a trading centre along the highway to the northern city of …