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Uganda:
UJCC Rejects Public Order Bill
New Vision, 19 August 2013
The Uganda Joint Christian Council has protested the passing of the Public Order Management Bill calling it an abrogation of the constitutional provision of freedom of speech and… Read more »
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Uganda:
Public Order Law Opponents Mistaken
Independent (Kampala), 16 August 2013
Most debate on the recently enacted Public Order Management Act has focused on the politics when it should have been on the policy that informed it. Consequently, some nuance, most… Read more »
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Uganda:
Oulanyah's Mess in Parliament
Independent (Kampala), 16 August 2013
August 6 was a busy day for the Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga and her deputy, Jacob Oulanyah. It is the day the controversial Public Order Management Bill (POM Bill) was… Read more »
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Uganda:
Go to Court, Public Order Management Bill Critics Told
New Vision, 16 August 2013
Critics of the just passed Public Order Management Bill (POMB) are free to challenge it in the Constitutional Court, the Government has said. Read more »
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Uganda:
Public Order Bill - NRM Fighting for Survival
Observer, 15 August 2013
It is more than a week since Parliament passed the Public Order Management Bill. The irony is that a bill intended to ensure orderly public meetings, was passed in a chaotic… Read more »
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Uganda:
Mao Blasts Mbabazi Over Public Order Bill
Observer, 13 August 2013
Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi's firm defence of the newly passed Public Order Management Bill, that regulates public gatherings and effectively gags the opposition, has angered DP… Read more »
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Uganda:
Public Order Management Bill - Much Ado About Nothing
New Vision, 13 August 2013
Once again our debating platforms and the news outlets are awash with deliberately skewed commentaries about the recently passed Public Order Management Bill. Read more »
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Uganda:
UN Experts Call On Uganda to Repeal Law That Restricts Assembly
Sudan Tribune, 12 August 2013
United Nations human rights experts have called on the Ugandan government to repeal a bill passed last week by parliament saying it places restrictions on freedom of peaceful… Read more »
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Uganda:
With Public Order Bill, We Are All in Trouble!
Observer, 11 August 2013
Imagine this. You go to school to pick your two kids up and as you drive them home, they ask you: "Daddy, what causes breakdown of law and order?" Read more »
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Uganda:
Amama - Public Order Bill Only Restricts Police
Observer, 11 August 2013
NRM last week passed Public Order Management Bill, which effectively gives police powers to authorize or ban political meetings. The bill has been heavily criticized locally and… Read more »