Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government is carrying out consultations in a bid to ratify the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance- ACDEG. Head of Legal Department at the ministry, Ambassador Asaba Amooti says that while Uganda signed the charter in 2008, it has not yet ratified it. …
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Arrest of Makerere University students protesting tuition increment makes a joke of our democracy COMMENT | MICHAEL ABONEKA | The right to dissent is by and large an extension of the freedom of conscience, expression, movement, religion, assembly and association enshrined under Article 29 of the Constitution of Uganda, 1995. …
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The Supreme Court in 2016 noted the need for electoral reforms and made a number of recommendations COMMENT | MICHAEL ABONEKA | Uganda will go to polls again in 2021 which is barely two years from now. The electioneering year will start next year (2020) as the Electoral Commission and some …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price