By Francis Lubega
19th May 2023
The Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) has registered a 20 percent increase in the number of complaints received from citizens in the year 2022 compared to 2021.
This has been revealed by the chairperson of the commission Mariam Wangadya while handing over the 25th annual report on the state of human rights and freedoms in Uganda in 2022 to the clerk to parliament Adolf Mwesige who was representing the Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa.
Wangadya says that last year they registered 4,370 complaints in 2022 compared to 3624 that were received in 2021.
She says that of the 4370 complaints that they received 691 were registered and she has attributed this to the introduction of a mobile van.
He says that their report for the last year highlights violations of human rights in areas of environment, famine, fuel prices, and Ebola outbreak among others.
Wangadya says that in their report for the last year highlights violations of human rights in areas of environment, famine, fuel prices, Ebola outbreak among others.
The Clerk to parliament Adolf Mwesige informed the commission that the increase in complaints is a good sign that people are beginning to understand their mandate and urged them to continue looking at issues that affect the population.
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