Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court Civil Division has declared the indefinite suspension of the activities of Chapter Four Uganda by the National Bureau for Non-Governmental Organization as irregular. Justice Musa Ssekaana delivered the verdict in his judgment on Tuesday morning. He explained the suspension didn’t provide a …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has fixed March 18 as the date to deliver its decision on an application seeking to quash the government directive to indefinitely suspend the activities of Chapter Four Uganda. On Tuesday, Civil Division Judge Musa Ssekaana fixed the date after …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has ordered for written submissions in the case in which Chapter Four Uganda is challenging the decision by the National Bureau for Non-Governmental Organizations to suspend its license indefinitely. The court presided over by the Civil Division Judge Musa Ssekaana …
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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 …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As the NGO Bureau steps up enforcement of the law requiring all Non-Governmental Organizations to have licenses and file annual returns, the Bureau’s Executive Director Stephen Okello, and Executive Director of Uganda National NGO Forum Moses Isooba say compliance with the law is the way …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The NGO Bureau is undertaking a thorough investigation into Chapter Four Uganda, a human rights organization which is among the 54 organizations suspended two weeks ago. The organizations were suspended for operating without licences, operating with expired licences and failure to submit annual returns. Chapter …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Human Rights Watch has condemned the suspension of 54 Non- Governmental Organisations (NGOs). Last week, the National Bureau for Non-Governmental Organizations – NGO Bureau, suspended the NGOs for operating with expired permits, failing to file annual returns and audited books of accounts and operating without …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Bureau for Non-Governmental Organizations-NGO Bureau has suspended the operations of 54 NGOs. According to the Executive Director of the NGO Bureau Stephen Okello, they conducted investigations which revealed that 23 NGOs are operating with expired permits, 15 failed to file annual returns and …
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Executive Director CCEDU, Charity Ahimbisibwe argues that it’s CCEDU’s core mandate to do election observation, whether accredited by electoral commission or not Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The NGO Bureau has tasked the Citizens Coalition for Electoral Democracy in Uganda (CCEDU) to provide an explanation of how it produced a 2021 election …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Bureau of Non-Governmental Organizations-NGOs has revoked the operating permits and registration certificates of five organizations accusing them of defrauding the public. Speaking on Tuesday at the Uganda Media Centre in Kampala, Stephen Okello, the Executive Director of the Bureau named Agape Sanctuary Ministries …
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