Human Rights
Part 1: Kiteezi: One year after the tragedy, serious concerns emerge
A year after a section of Uganda’s largest garbage dump site at Kiteezi near the capital Kampala collapsed killing dozens of people and displacing hundreds, the smell of rot may have faded from the air, but for survivors and relatives of the dead and missing, the stench of injustice lingers.…
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Part 2: KCCA moves from Kiteezi tragedy to Buyala disaster
In the weeks after a section of Uganda’s largest garbage dump site at Kiteezi near the capital Kampala collapsing and killing dozens of people and…
Part 3: Compensation woes for Kiteezi victims
For months after the disaster at Kiteezi, the death toll was disputed, with residents and local authorities reporting different numbers. KCCA public health director Dr.…
Part I: One political activist’s lasting fight with Speaker Among
An acquittance invited Habib Buwembo, 42, a renown political activist, for a meeting at a Kampala hotel in January 2017. When Buwembo arrived, the acquittance…
Part II: How Buwembo was jailed for threatening Speaker Among
On February 8, 2022, the Ugandan parliament was unusually charged. One after another, legislators lambasted government over widespread state-sponsored torture. Kampala Central MP, Mohammad Nsereko, had increasingly toned…
How Uganda tried to silence #March2Parliament protests
“I expected to be killed. I expected to be raped,” said Aloikin Praise Opoloje, a few days after she was released from detention on bail…
‘Worse than business as usual’: EU overlooks Uganda’s attack on human rights
The European Union claims to stand up for human rights, the rule of law, transparency in government and peaceful, democratic elections. Yet in recent years…