Day: May 16, 2023

The Ministry of Kampala has reported progress on its 4-Year Project of development of the Greater Kampala Master Plan. With support from JICA, the project focuses on urban spatial structure, transport and land use, environment, wetland, drainage and land use, electricity, water supply and solid waste management for future urban development, and local level detailed plans. The ministry also reported progress in the Coordination of the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area Urban Development Program (GKMA-UDP). “The Ministry with support from the World Bank embarked on the development of GKMA-UDP which focuses on mobility and accessibility; environment and resilience; job creation; and institutional strengthening for capacity enhancement in GKMA,” said Kyofatogabye Kabuye, State Minister for Kamp...

Attorney General Kiryowa Kiwanuka blocks Parliament from allowing a private member to reintroduce the nullified bill on narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances control. The bill reintroduced by Bugiri Municipality legislator Asuman Basalirwa who was seconded by MP Christopher Komakech, was opposed as Kiwanuka argues the government’s continued interest in the Act nullified for lack of quorum. Earlier this month, Constitutional Court nullified the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Control) Act, 2015 which among others prohibited the sale and use of several narcotic and cannabis drugs in Uganda. In a ruling delivered by Justice Muzamiru Mutangula Kibeedi, the court ruled that the manner in which the entire law was enacted was illegal and the only remedy was repealing it. “In the ...

The UN says the month-long war in Sudan has now forced close to a million people to flee their homes – most of them are displaced within the country. Despite an agreement to protect civilians, both the army and the rival Rapid Support Forces have continued to fight in densely populated areas – especially in Khartoum. Both the Sudanese army and the rival Rapid Support Forces or RSF are blaming each other for shots fired at a church on the outskirts of Khartoum that left a number of people injured. Envoys of both sides are meant to be meeting in Jeddah to plan the withdrawal of the fighting forces from populated areas. But that seems highly unlikely to happen given that the RSF is deeply entrenched in neighbourhoods across the capital. The insecurity in Darfur is getting worse. In El Geneina...