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Lawrence Alado is a JURIST Staff Correspondent in Uganda. He reports from Kampala.  Speaking at a dedication service convened under the theme, “Let your light shine; rebuilding our Godly image”, the Speaker of Uganda’s Parliament announced Tuesday that an anti-gay bill will be presented before the Parliament of the country tomorrow, the 1st of March. [...]

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and 108 aid organizations Friday requested $1.3 billion to assist 2.2 million South Sudanese refugees throughout 2023. Two-thirds of South Sudan has been submerged by persistent floods for four years, causing damage to tens of thousands of homes, farms and cattle. The money, requested in the South Sudan [...]

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God. (Matthew 5:9) South Sudan, Africa’s youngest nation, has been struggling with civil strife, armed conflict and a deplorable state of human rights and the rule of law before and after its independence in 2011. South Sudan came to international attention in the early [...]

Water scarcity is a growing problem. It can be demand-driven, typically caused by population growth, and supply-driven, typically caused by decreasing amounts of fresh water often resulting from climate change or a result of societal factors such as poverty. If it is allowed to reach dangerous levels, water scarcity has the potential to trigger conflicts. [...]

The Ugandan Constitutional Court Tuesday declared a section of the Computer Misuse Act, No. 2 of 2011 void with enforcement banned. Section 25 of the act prohibited any person from “willfully and repeatedly electronic communication to disturb or attempt to disturb the peace, quiet or right of privacy of any person with no purpose of [...]

The International Criminal Court (ICC) Thursday unanimously rejected the appeal of Dominic Ongwen, former commander of Ugandan rebel group the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). In May 2021, the ICC sentenced Ongwen to 25 years in prison for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Ongwen’s defense team filed an appeal on 12 grounds, including claims that [...]

A group of activists, journalists and lawyers in Uganda Monday petitioned the Constitutional Court of Uganda to overturn the Computer Misuse (Amendment) Act, 2022 which criminalise specific uses of the internet in the country. The Act was signed into law last week by President Yoweri Museveni. The activists contend that the amendments violate the right [...]

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni Thursday signed the Computer Misuse (Amendment) Act into law, amending the Computer Misuse Act of 2011. Introduced by Kampala Central MP Muhammad Nsereko, the Act lists imposes punishments on people who send malicious information, hate speech, unsolicited information or information about children without the consent of their parents or guardians. Section [...]

Supreme Court of Uganda Justice Esther Kisaakye Monday petitioned the Constitutional Court of Uganda seeking inter alia to be reinstated on the payroll and permitted to deliver her judgment on the 2021 presidential election. Kisaakye filed the petition against Chief Justice Alfonse Chigamoy Owiny-Dollo, Judiciary Permanent Secretary Dr. Pius Bigirimana, Chief Registrar of the Courts [...]

Aynsley Genga is a JURIST Staff Correspondent in Kenya.  On Tuesday, Kenyans went to the polls in general elections and are now waiting for the tallied results. A lot has happened during this period. In fact, too much has happened that has just left the majority of the populace feeling either tense or exasperated. Tension [...]