Tag Archives: POMA

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The future of the Inter Party Organization for Dialogue-IPOD is uncertain as its facilitators and member political parties accuse government of failing to implement resolutions. IPOD was formed through a three year Memorandum of Understating in 2017, with fourteen objectives including, fostering and facilitating peaceful …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The constitutional court has received a petition from three legal practitioners against the Public Order Management Act (POMA). The petitioners James Nkuubi, Cissy Nabatanzi Ssempa and Grace Mark Tusubira, under the Network for Public Interest Lawyers (NETPIL) petition the Court of Appeal to scrap off …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Attorney General has filed a notice of appeal challenging the recent Constitutional Court ruling on the Public Order Management Act- POMA. The ruling delivered on March 26 nullified section 8 of POMA which gave discretionary powers to the Inspector General of Police who in …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Public Order Management Act-POMA is now redundant after a recent court decision that expunged a section that gave the Inspector General of Police sweeping powers stop public gatherings, a section of Ugandan lawyers has said. The section was often cited by security officers …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Interparty Organisation for Dialogue- IPOD has commended the constitutional court for nullifying Section 8 of the Public Order Management Act- POMA 2013. This particular section granted discretionary powers to the Inspector General of Police-IGP or his representative to stop or prevent a public …

Uganda’s Constitutional court has nullified Section 8 of the Public Order Management Act and all Police acts done under the said section. Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The Constitutional court has nullified section 8 of the Public Order Management Act  of 2013, that was giving absolute powers to Police …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The opposition Forum for Democratic Change-FDC wants government to explain the violence directed at opposition politicians if they are to sit and discuss under the Interparty Organization for Dialogue – IPOD. The FDC party spokesperson Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda told journalists during the weekly press briefing …

They say government failure to account for past abuses not a good sign Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | The Ugandan government’s continued failure to account for past human rights abuses does not bode well for the 2021 general election, Human Rights Watch said in its recent global annual review …

That’s stupidity, say Opposition but experts blame the law Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Opposition politicians and human rights activists are concerned about a recent directive by police to its district and division police commanders to ensure that all political meetings being held in private homes get dispersed. The …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | On January 6th, 2020, Police stopped a planned consultative meeting organised by the Kyadondo East Member of Parliament and People Power pressure group leader, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine that was scheduled to take place at Gayaza Our Lady of Good Counsel playground. …