Uganda faces a growing health crisis with an estimated 900 children under the age of 14 living with diabetes. Across Africa, type 1 diabetes among children and adolescents accounted for 166,400 cases in 2015, with 7,600 new diagnoses annually. While comprehensive data on type 1 diabetes prevalence in Uganda remains scarce, anecdotal evidence from Mulago

The UNCC-FOPWL, a coalition of legal and human rights advocates, petitioned the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs to intervene in the escalating public health crisis caused by diet-related NCDs in Uganda. Citing alarming statistics from the 2023 Uganda STEPS survey—including a 33.2% overweight/obesity rate, 23.5% hypertension prevalence, and 34% of deaths attributed to NCDs—the coalition emphasized the urgent need for regulatory measures to promote healthier food choices.

For over 10,000 years, peasants and smallholder farmers have freely saved, selected, exchanged, and sold seeds while using them to produce food and sustain livelihoods. These customary practices remain essential to the right to food and biodiversity, particularly for women in Africa. However, since the mid-1990s, the push for commercial seed systems and stronger intellectual

The Center for Food and Adequate Living Rights (CEFROHT), alongside other Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) from East Africa, filed a public interest case at the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) against the Attorney General of Uganda, the Attorney General of Tanzania, and the Secretary General of the East African Community. The case addresses violations

Uganda is facing a dilemma as 43% of children born in the country are not exclusively breastfed for the first six months, as recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, and the Ministry of Health under the Essential Maternal and Newborn Clinical Care Guidelines. Women in employment constitute one of the major barriers to exclusive breastfeeding in Uganda, as the legal framework on employment does not provide for the regulation of breastfeeding in workplaces. Consequently, working women must choose between employment and continued breastfeeding of their children.

The Government of Uganda bears a constitutional mandate to promote social justice and ensure access to education, food, and nutrition security for all children. This obligation is enshrined in Articles 8A, 20, 22, 24, 30, 32, 34, and 45 of the Constitution. To advance this mandate, the government introduced Universal Primary Education (UPE) and Universal

The application of chemical fertilizers on plants and the use of herbicides to control weeds are negatively affecting soils and the environment. Reliable research shows that humans are contracting diseases, such as cancer, after consuming foods grown using chemical fertilizers and pest control methods. However, the Centre for Food and Adequate Living Rights (CEFROHT) is

The Uganda National Civil Society Coalition on Front of Pack Warning Labelling (UNCC-FOPWL) has issued a clarification to correct misinformation from a recent article titled “Staple Foods Causing Diabetes.” While raising awareness about Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) is crucial, the coalition emphasized that the disease is not caused by traditional staple foods like matooke, cassava,

Kampala, Uganda – The Centre for Food and Adequate Living Rights (CEFROHT) is pleased to announce that its Executive Director, Dr. Kabanda David, has been awarded the Food Systems Award at the Annual Agricultural Awards Ceremony. The event was jointly hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry

KAMPALA, UGANDA – The Uganda National CSO Coalition on Front of Pack Warning Labelling (UNCC-FOPWL) led by the Center for Food and Adequate living Rights (CEFROHT) today issued a warning regarding the unregulated marketing of unhealthy foods to Ugandan children and the absence of key legal frameworks governing the right to adequate food in Uganda. This

In a historic move, the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) Agriculture, Tourism and Natural Resources (ATNR) Committee recently adopted a groundbreaking resolution recognising agroecology as a strategic priority—a major step forward in the region’s journey towards resilient, sustainable food systems. This resolution, passed during the capacity-building event held from 13th to 15th November 2025, has

At the 2nd East Africa Agroecology Conference, held from 25th to 28th March in Nairobi, Kenya, the Centre for Food and Adequate Living Rights (CEFROHT) made a significant intellectual and advocacy contribution to the regional agroecology movement. As a legal and policy-focused organisation dedicated to transforming food systems through a rights-based lens, CEFROHT took centre