Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Human Rights Committee of parliament will finally head to the field to probe rights violations during elections a month after they were tasked to do so. In February, committee chair Janepher Egunyu Nantume decided to postpone investigations into the matter due to funding problems. …
Read More »Committee to meet Museveni, Kyagulanyi over rights violations
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights plans to interact with major Presidential candidates as it investigates concerns of rights violations during elections. The Committee was tasked by the Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga to take stock of violations that marred the electoral process. It is …
Read More »MPs start censure process against general Tumwine
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have started the process to censure Security Minister General Elly Tumwine over contempt of Parliament. This is after the house debated the committee report that pinned Gen Tumwine for frustrating investigations into torture of Ugandans by blocking MPs from accessing safe houses, …
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