by Free Uganda | Apr 14, 2020 | Social Struggles
Donald Trump described the Coronavirus COVID-19 crisis as a war. Well and good, because wars sometimes have a weird way of expanding rights once the screaming stops. Consider World War II: Women mobilized through the Rosie the Riveter campaign manufactured the...
by Free Uganda | Apr 16, 2020 | Social sciences
Throughout the COVID-19 crisis workers in various essential services have gone beyond the call of duty to help the rest of us feel safe and secure, from supermarket staff to pharmacy workers to public transport personnel and others. Arguably, it is those front-line...
by Free Uganda | Apr 15, 2020 | Disasters and accidents
The 18th Extraordinary Summit of the EAC Heads of State which had been purposely convened to discuss the ongoing novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic today Wednesday, 15th April, 2020 has been postponed to a later date. The Summit had been called by Rwandan President...
by Free Uganda | Apr 21, 2020 | Business
Rwandan authorities are blocking Ugandan cargo trucks en-route to Burundi, a high ranking government official has revealed. Trade Minister Amelia Kyambadde on Tuesday told journalists in Kampala that “trucks carrying exports to Rwanda are being allowed to enter...
by Free Uganda | Jun 16, 2020 | Democracy
The Electoral Commission (EC) has disallowed political rallies during the 2020/21 Uganda electoral process to prevent further spread of Coronavirus in Uganda. Speaking Tuesday at the launch of the revised roadmap for the polls, EC chairman Justice Simon Byabakama...