In Arua District, residents of Pajulu-Olevu village in Ajia sub-county, are among the locals residing in the neighborhood of a tobacco processing plant – Meridian Tobacco Company. In community engagements and stakeholder meetings in West-Nile, the plight of communities affected by the Meridian Tobacco company was shared. The community has suffered and complained of the … Read more
Tooro-Rwenzori region has experienced an influx in the investment in the extractive sector and infrastructural development including granting of exploration licenses, location permits, retention licenses and mining leases to various companies for various mineral. This influx has not only come with economic growth but also with increased cases of human rights abuses and violations. TLC … Read more
The discussions comprised the situation of Project Affected Persons of the major infrastructure projects including; theKabwoya –Kyenjojo (KK) Road project which is part of the 15 oil roads which is funded by World Bank and is implemented by Chinese Company called Shengli Engineering Construction (Group) Co. Ltd of Shengli Oilfield, the 44.7MW Muzizi Hydro Power … Read more
Background With support from the African Development Bank (AfDB) the government of Uganda is implementing a Farm Income Enhancement and Forestry Conservation Project consisting of four components namely; i) Agriculture Infrastructure Development; ii) Agribusiness Development; iii) Integrated Natural Resource Management and; iv) Project Management. The overall goal of the Project is to contribute to poverty … Read more
As part of stakeholder trainings on emerging business and human rights issues, the UCCA conducted trainings of ISER’s Community Advocates on 9th and 10th February in Kayunga, Buikwe and Mukono districts and on 9th to 11th March in Kumi and Namayingo districts. The trainings were conducted at the request of ISER’s Business and Human Rights … Read more
The Uganda Consortium on Corporate Accountability in partnership with the Public Interest Law Clinic (PILAC) – School of Law, Makerere University conducted a research study examining the occurrence of child labour in select out-grower communities and companies in Uganda’s sugar industry. The report CHILD LABOUR IN AGRI-BUSINESS: A CASE STUDY OF SELECT OUT-GROWER COMMUNITIES AND … Read more
The Uganda Consortium on Corporate Accountability with partners including Initiative for Social and Economic Rights – ISER and Public Interest Law Clinic -Pilac School of Law, Makerere University School of Law are organising the 7th Annual National Conference on Economic Social and Cultural Rights under the THEME: “ELECTION PROMISES, POLITICAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND SERVICE DELIVERY, A … Read more
The UCCA and partners COTFONE planned engagements are anchored around the need to ensure community consultations and meaningful participation of various stakeholders in the project design and implementation. The relevant stakeholders including companies and government agencies must ensure respect for free prior and informed consent (FPIC) of the affected communities as a key avenue to … Read more
In the past 5 years the region continues to register increased cases of abuses and violations of economic social and cultural rights by corporate entities. As such community based organisations working with communities in resource rich areas have been working together with other national and regional stakeholders to build capacities and strengthen community efforts around … Read more
With coronavirus (Covid-19) hitting the globe, the government of Uganda through Presidential and Ministry of health directives put in place measures to curb down the spread of the pandemic. Significant of these was the total lock down of non-essential services in the country—in effect leading to a number of business enterprises closing up and others … Read more