{"id":59941,"date":"2022-11-01T12:38:55","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T09:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kfm.co.ug\/?p=59941"},"modified":"2022-11-01T12:38:55","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T09:38:55","slug":"cabinet-sets-up-standing-committee-on-human-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/cabinet-sets-up-standing-committee-on-human-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Cabinet sets up standing committee on human rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>By Mike Sebalu\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cabinet has established a 9-member standing committee on human rights to provide institutional framework.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the Information and National Guidance minister, Dr.\u00a0Chris Baryomunsi<strong>,<\/strong>\u00a0it will spearhead a coordinated and holistic approach to human rights protection in Uganda.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He explains that the committee chaired<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>by the Minister of Justice and deputised by the Internal Affairs minister will strengthen the function of monitoring and reporting on human rights in the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other functions of the subcommittee will also be to scrutinise reports before they reach Cabinet to reduce the time spent while studying them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Others are the Attorney General, Minister of Defence, Minister of Information and National Guidance, Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development, Minister of Security, and the Secretary General of NRM.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Mike Sebalu\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cabinet has established a 9-member standing committee on human rights to provide institutional framework. 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