Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court has issued a warrant of arrest against four people who stood surety for satirical novelist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija, who was facing charges of offensive communication. The sureties include lawyer Julius Galisonga, the Secretary-General of the National Unity Platform David Lewis …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Civil Society Organizations are asking the government to clear bank accounts of non-government organizations that were frozen close to a month ago. The frozen accounts were of the National NGO Forum, a membership organization with over 650 organisations and Uganda Women’s Network (UWONET), an entity that brings …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Human Rights lawyers and Democracy activists under the Center for Constitutional Governance-CCG are protesting a move by the Uganda Communications Commission to regulate data communication service providers The communications commission last week issued a deadline for Online Data Communication and broadcasters to obtain authorization from …
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