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The Minister of State for Fisheries who is also the Serere District woman Member of Parliament Hellen Adoa has ordered the arrest of the committee members of the Parish Development Model information system in Serere for presenting non-existent names to benefit from the fund. She also wants the parish chief... Read More
The rail line was built during British colonial rule and hasn’t been in use for nearly four decades. Uganda has started construction to restore a British-era railway line after it failed to get funding from China for another standard gauge railway (SGR). The line will cut the cost of shipping... Read More
WLEDE organized joint platforms Barazas for the communities, duty bearers service providers and political leaders to interface and receive feedback about milestones achieved, plans, and answer questions on the health and education sectors. This was done to improve civic awareness, accountability and service delivery. These were held on 22nd August... Read More
Government to Host 7th Land Awareness Week 2023 in Lango Sub-Region The Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development (MLHUD) is set to hold the 7th Land Awareness Week (LAW) 2023, in Lango sub-county under the theme “Promoting Land Rights and Inclusion for Enhanced Production and Sustainable Development”. The event is... Read More
Participating Emyooga women’s enterprise groups in Arua City have sent out a plea to Microfinance Support Centre [MSC] to consider them for the second funding phase. The women groups claim most of their beneficiaries got small loans that couldn’t meet all their business requirements, and as a result not much... Read More
We would like to congratulate Mrs. Mona Muguma Sebuliba on her latest appointment on the board of Stanbic Bank Uganda. Mrs Mona is a founding member and treasurer to the board at WLEDE and the organization takes this opportunity to congratulate you on your big achievement . Mrs Mona continues... Read More
On the 4th -5th of July 2023, WLEDE is undertook a two-day training on policy briefs engagement of 58 councillors for political leaders to improve civic awareness and accountability of service delivery at the Lira District Council Hall. The activity enhanced the capacity for Lira District Councillors to extensively comprehend... Read More
On the 20th of June 2023 WLEDE under the National Coalition of Human Rights Defenders Uganda commissioned the study on civic space index in Uganda. The National Coalition of Human Rights Defenders Uganda (NCHRDU) commissioned a publication for this Uganda: Civic Space Index, 2022.the study could never have been timely... Read More
On June 16, 1971 more than 20,000 South African students in the township of Soweto took to the streets demanding to be taught in their own language. Armed police officers responded by murdering hundreds of protesters. Now recognized as International Day of the African Child throughout the world. The day... Read More
To maintatian engagement in community“Interactive Issue based Radio talk shows on local radio stations to improve civic awareness and accountability of service delivery”. These were be call-in sessions for the leaders to enlighten the community on the status of the different issues at hand. The first round of shows was... Read More