The Attorney General has appealed against a Constitutional Court ruling which grants an injunction into the election of special interest groups including Youth MPs, Army representatives and Workers’ Representatives. Recently, the Constitutional Court made the ruling challenging the process under which the above special interest groups are elected into Parliament following a petition filed by […]

Our team had the opportunity to meet the Secretary General of ULGA(Uganda Local Government Authority) Rose Gamwera to discuss our common work in regard to strengthening youth coordination work in Local Governments and implementation aspects of the LG Youth coordination strategy. She disclosed new lobby spaces available with most ministries and welcomed UPFYA to take them […]

After a series of consultations with legal minds, Attorney General (AG) and the speaker of Parliament to which we were party. The ruling does not in any way suggest that the concerned MPs should leave the house. The ruling affects the electoral processes for the same categories however and the court pronounced itself clearly on […]

Lira residents have raised concern over the increasing cases of mental illness among the youth. Shamim Atim a youth who works in a Bakery welcomed the manifesto but noted that the most critical problem is mental illness.” Many  of the youth here are drug addicts which makes them mentally unstable but if our leaders come […]

Members of Parliament want government to take serious steps to address the youth unemployment. The MPs say that the current interventions do not match up to the high level of youth unemployment. The MP for Mbale Municipality, Jack Wamai Wamanga warns that youth unemployment is a time bomb ready to explode if not addressed. The […]

Uganda Parliamentary Forum on Youth Affairs (UPFYA) in conjunction with other youth actors organized a validation conference for the draft of National Youth Manifesto 2016-2021 to provide a platform for interaction, engagement and consultation towards building consensus around the final Manifesto. The conference which attracted over 200 youth comprising of Youth councillors, Guild representatives, Student […]

The professional life of Olivia Nanyange will never be the same after she was accepted into the i-Serve program of the Kampala Capital City Authority, KCCA. Nanyange graduated in 2013 with a Bachelors Degree in Social Works and Social Administration but she is different from many fresh graduates who lack employability skills. Nanyange has been in […]

On the 2nd , June, The inter party youth platform, IYOP presented Constitutional Amendment proposals to the committee of legal and Parliamentary affairs committee. The proposals included; Amendment of Article 183 and subsequent amendments of the local government act to reduce the age for which one qualifies for local government positions to 18 years from […]

The Uganda Law Society has proposed an amendment to the age limit and qualifications for those intending to become Members of Parliament.  Currently the law allows any person of 18 years and above with a minimum qualification of senior six to contest for position of Member of Parliament. But while appearing before the Parliamentary Committee […]

Some of the Youth MPs and the youth minister pledging to work with members of the civil society organisations. This was during the National reflection platform meeting that was organised by UPFYA to discuss the policy paper. The meeting was attended by youth leaders from several districts, civil society organisations as well as government representatives […]