Back to Americans and the lessons in hypocrisy. Former Iranian President Hassan Rouhani once said, “A constructive approach to diplomacy doesn’t mean relinquishing one’s rights but to engage with a counterpart on equal and mutual respect, to address shared concerns and achieve shared objectives.” In the week that US government delivered more financial, lethal military aid, political and diplomatic cover for Israel’s indiscriminate genocidal war on Palestinians most of them little children in the tiny Gaza Strip, Secretary of State Antony Blinken also conveyed additional rebuke announcing a freeze on issuance of travel visas for Uganda government officials allegedly involved in human rights abuses.
As a way of compelling President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni’s government to repeal the Anti-Homosexuality Act, the Joe Biden’s US administration has reduced the support it has been offering to Uganda.
Uganda Prisons Service (UPS) still has a chance to have his name removed from the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN) and have the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) reverse sanctions against him.
A Monday, December 11, 2023, fire has gutted City House, the headquarters of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister Norbert Mao’s Democratic Party (DP).
Heavy rainfall has caused flash floods across Uganda, damaging or even washing away roads and bridges. As the impoverished East African country stares at the adverse effects of climate change, government is seeking a World Bank loan to promote climate smart agriculture.
SANCTIONS: Main opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) leader Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine has reacted to a decision by the US government to the addition of Uganda Prisons Service (UPS) commissioner general Johnson Byabashaija on the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN) List.
African ministers at the ongoing COP28 in Dubai, UAE, have expressed disappointment with the slow progress regarding commitments by rich nations and big polluters to finance adaptation efforts for developing countries.
The United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has announced sanctions against Uganda Prisons Service (UPS) Commissioner General Johnson Byabashaija over allegations that he was linked to human rights abuses and violations, including rights for homosexuals.
Uganda’s main opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) and the wife of a man paraded as one of the party’s missing 18 members and mobilizers is not their member. A Resident District Commissioner (RDC) representing President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni is on the spot for presenting a wrong person to bolster his criticism against NUP’s push for accountability for its missing members.