Tag Archives: CSOs

`This is a moment when the voice and actions of civil society are indispensable,’ they say | THE INDEPENDENT | Governments need to recognise and include Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in their national emergency responses and long-term development efforts. That is one of the main practical solutions that funders and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sixteen of the 54 Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) that were suspended in August are engaging government to have their suspension lifted. Of the 54, 23 NGOs were suspended by the National Bureau for Non-Governmental Organisations for operating with expired permits, 15 …

The group wants government to open up on the plan for this cash Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government needs to open up on the recent allocation of the Shs1.2trillion International Monetary Fund’s Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) and invest in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic to boost economic recovery, …

Move follows banning of more than 12,000 CSOs Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Civil society organisations have reacted with dissatisfaction at the government’s closure and suspension of 54 NGOs many of which work in the areas of transparency, accountability and governance across the country. On Aug.20, the National Bureau …

Rakai, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and children rights activists in Rakai and Kyotera districts have decried the increasing domestic disputes among communities affected by the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project. They say that families are breaking up and children neglected as parents remain incapable …

Can nature rescue small lake with rich history that mystics and conservationists have failed to save? Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | It is a small 97 sq mile lake on the western edge of Uganda’s central region and quite shallow; just 4.3 metres at its deepest. So compared to Lake …

  Nurses check the progress of an expectant mother’s pregnancy at a hospital in Kampala city. COURTESY PHOTO Civil Society demand vote for maternal and reproductive Health to stop more mothers dying in the labour ward Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Sylivia Nalubowa was pregnant with twins when she …

Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | Sophie Nampewo, a budget policy specialist at Civil Society Budget Advocacy Group is urging government to invest more resources in interventions geared towards curbing Gender Based Violence. Nampewo was speaking at a strategic meeting with policy makers to influence GBV financing in FY2021/22 budget in …

Low absorption of loans has led to an increase in the cost of loans hence leading to low returns on public investments Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Increasing finance towards the social sectors will improve the livelihoods and incomes of most households as envisaged in the National Development Plan …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Civil society Organizations-CSOs and representatives from the private sector demand that the government review the stimulus package instituted during the Covid-19 pandemic. From April 2020, the government put in place several packages with an objective of supporting the different businesses that were hit hard by …