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Resolution on the Need to Develop Norms on States’ Obligations to Regulate Private Actors Involved in the Provision of Social Services – ACHPR

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The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Commission), meeting at its 27th Extraordinary Session, held in Banjul, The Gambia, from 19 February to 04 March 2020; Recalling its mandate to promote and protect human and peoples’ rights under the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the African Charter); Considering Article 45(1)(a) of … Read more

Bunyoro to govt: back off Kibiro hot springs

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Bunyoro Kitara kingdom has opposed a government plan to establish a geothermal electricity project at Kibiro hot springs in the western district of Hoima. The hot springs, located 35-kilometres north of Hoima town in Kigorobya sub county, flow into Lake Albert. The water at the springs is always boiling at 100 degrees and is often … Read more

Opinion: Stop flip-flopping over Murchison Falls – Govt Spokesperson

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In the last three months, Cabinet has vacillated with statements over the possibility of permitting the development of hydropower dams on Uhuru and Murchison Falls (devil’s cauldron) along River Nile three times. That vacillation is causing anxiety and suspicion that perhaps the Government is acting under pressure from a dubious hand, up to no good, … Read more

Gov’t resurrects plans to build dam on Murchison Falls

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Godfrey Kiwanda Ssuubi, the minister of state for Tourism has said they are ready for a fight to save Murchison Falls so that a dam is not built on it. Speaking at a corporate Stakeholders meeting organized by the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) in Kampala, Kiwanda urged tourism stakeholders to ‘put on their boots’ because … Read more

A Look Inside Tata-World Bank Plantations

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Guwahati, India – Monday January 28, 2019: Today, the World Bank’s independent watchdog, the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO), released a monitoring report finding that the World Bank has failed to deliver on commitments to address serious health and safety concerns facing the 155,000 people that live and work on tea plantations it owns in India’s … Read more

Uganda cleared to join extractive initiative

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Cabinet has finally given government the go-ahead to join the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) , a move it said would improve accountability in the management of natural resources. Though not clear on when Uganda government will finally put in its request to join the initiative, the decision caps years of lobby by non-governmental organisations … Read more