Prepare for Worst Human Rights Violations: Security Analyst Warn as UPDF Recruits More 10000 LDUs

  As leadership of Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) is finalizing with the recruitment of more 10000 Local Defense Units- LDUs, security analysts have warned Ugandans to expect worst in regard to human rights violations. Security experts such as Grace Matsiko and Fred Egesa say  with how LDUs have subjected Ugandans to all sorts of…

127 Girls Under the Kyaaggwe Bursary Scheme Impregnanted in Lockdown..

Kyaggwe county leaders are concerned about the increasing number of pregnancies and deliveries involving school-age going children due to the prolonged school closure.  At least 127 out of the 1000 girls under the Kyaggwe county (Ssaza) bursary scheme have conceived in the lockdown. Some of the children have given birth to healthy babies while others…

Democratic Republic of Congo Declares Meningitis Outbreak

The Democratic Republic of  Congo has declared a meningitis outbreak in the North-Eastern Tshopo Province where 261 suspected cases and 129 deaths—a high case fatality ratio of 50%—have been reported. Confirmatory tests carried out by the Institute Pasteur in Paris detected Neisseria meningitidis – one of the most frequent types of bacterial meningitis with the…

Police to act on officers exploiting Covid orders to extort money from public

A fortnight after police’s director for operations Assistant Inspector General of Police- AIGP Edward Ochom, issued warning to police commanders and their juniors using enforcement of Covid19 orders to extort money from civilians, six police officers have been arrested over the same vice. AIGP Ochom sent out an internal communication expressing concern over increasing cases of civilians accusing police…

Medical Students Decry Forced Vaccination As Postmortem for Deceased Colleague Delaystem

Several medical students have petitioned their leaders to stop their supervisors from compelling them to produce proof of COVID—19 vaccination before they access training.  Boniface Osodi, the president of the Federation of Uganda Medical Students Association (FUMSA) told URN on Tuesday that he has received six letters from students since Friday calling for the reversal…