The reported torture of Kamwenge Town Mayor Geoffrey Byamukama, sent chills down the spine of many in Uganda when gory images of his wounds featured in the media. The assertion that he was tortured at Nalufenya Police Station where he had been incarcerated on allegations of masterminding the killing of police spokesperson Andrew Felix Kaweesi, […]
Continue readingNalufenya detention facility has in the recent past become synonymous with torture of detained suspects. Haggai Matsiko and Agather Atuhaire of The Independent magazine, detail accounts from victims of police brutality at the detention facility, putting top government officials on the spot. This article was published with funding from ACME’s Enhanced Media Reporting for Transparency […]
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With financial support from the African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) and the Democratic Governance Facility (DGF), the investigative report has revealed, in a series of articles, that despite initial false steps that were encountered in the early stages of SACCO development, tremendous progress has been made to nurture the cooperatives as grassroots financial institutions.
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