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"Where JUSTICE is a Dream": A report of a study of formal and informal justice mechanisms in Adjumani
(Special Report of Adjumani District Local Government, The German Overseas Development Program (DED), and the Refugee Law Project (RLP), December 2009)

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We want clean elections - US envoy
During the one-hour interface, the envoy warned on the damages of increasing corruption; the Anti-Homosexuality Bill, defended the military crackdown on September rioters and laid new ground rules for Washington’s diplomatic engagement with Kampala.
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Government keeps off Busoga king saga
NONE of the parties claiming the Busoga Kyabazingaship (kingship) is recognised by the central Government, President Yoweri Museveni has disclosed. “The central Government does not recognise any of the two. We are working with the Ssabalangira Wakholi (chief prince) and all the princes of Busoga,” Museveni said during a public rally at Butembe Primary School in Kamuli district on Saturday evening.
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Turkana pastoralists defy arms ban
Turkana pastoralists from Kenya have defied the UPDF ban on entering Uganda with guns. The pastoralists enter with guns to graze their animals on the slopes of Mt. Moroto.
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MPs to pass crucial poll laws by March
Parliament has set itself an ambitious target to pass all critical legal reforms by March 15 ahead of next years elections. Speaker Edward Ssekandi and the chairperson of the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs committee Mr Stephen Tashobya said yesterday that the House would fast-track debate on the proposed amendments amidst concerns about delays to fix the loopholes in the electoral and political processes.
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2011 elections will be transparent
THE 2011 general elections will be transparent and successful, the chairman of the Electoral Commission, Badru Kiggundu, has said. He said the electoral process in Uganda is among the most transparent in the world.
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As CBS saga continues; is there need to review posture on kingdoms?
Most of the big names have weighed in on the ongoing controversy surrounding government’s decision to keep CBS permanently off air. We have heard from President Museveni, the direct target of demonstrations last year, which rocked Kampala and its environs, being forced to stake out his position.
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Parliament to fast-track election Bills
PARLIAMENT is to fast-track the four electoral bills tabled by the Government in December 2009 ahead of the 2011 general elections. The chairperson of the legal and parliamentary affairs committee, Stephen Tashobya, announced yesterday that public hearings on the bills will start on Tuesday.
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