Day: April 7, 2022

Amb. Abbey Walusimbi has held talks with the Head of Consular Services at the Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaH.E Bader Alsaqyan and other diplomats in a bid to iron out the challenges associated with labour externalization to the foreign country. Uganda and Saudi the major aim of the bilateral agreements is to streamline the operations of the labour externalization sector with focus on fighting against trafficking and violation of workers’ rights. However, several reports have been filed by Ugandans of mistreatment while in Saudi Arabia have since 2015 signed bilateral agreements to allow for the recruitment of labour both domestic workers and professional workers. President Museveni recently assigned Amb.Walusimbi to find lasting solutions and advise government on the best way fo...

Rwandan government has, for several years, accused Uganda of wanting to cause regime change in Kigali, and arresting and detaining Rwandans arbitrarily. Knowing African leaders, I don't think that the case for Rwandans being arbitrarily arrested and detained is so important to Kigali - although it could be legitimate. The issue might be expressed by Rwandans just because it gives Kigali a high moral ground to call out Kampala. But, is Kigali's accusation against Uganda (of wanting to cause regime change in Kigali) true? Well, because of the nature of Uganda's ambition against Rwanda, there's no and perhaps there won't be conclusive evidence that Kampala is interested in causing regime in Kigali. However, we can try to string dots together and see whether there could be some truth in the ...

Lango West Diocese has dragged Kwania district to court over the ownership of Aduku seed secondary school. The school is among sixty-nine seed schools built by the government under Uganda Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers Program-UGIFT. Denis Hamson Obua, the State Minister for Sports handed over the school to the community of Aduku sub county on March 16, 2022. However, the leadership of Lango West Diocese says the new school seats on 15 acres of land belonging to the church. The same land hosts Aboko primary school. Now, the church wants to take over the school as the founding body. West Lango has through Acan and Company Advocates filed a suit before Aduku Magistrate’s court accusing Kwania District Local Government of encroaching on their land. They claim that the land which was pr...