Busoga sub region Members of parliament have officially announced their unanimous support for the speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga to extend her term of office as the speaker for the 10th parliament. 34 members out of the 37 MPs from Busoga unveiled by the Kadaga campaign taskforce chairperson Rapheal Maghyezi at parliament. Busoga MPs described Kadaga […]
The NRM electoral commission has set May 5th as a date on which NRM caucus MP-elects are going to select their candidate for speakership and deputy. This comes after, according to sources, NRM CEC sitting last night at Entebbe failed to come out with a sole candidate for speakership between Rebecca Kadaga and Jacob Oulanyah who […]
A section of leaders of trade unions have petitioned the High Court seeking for a nullification of the elections for the 5 representatives of the workers members of parliament in the 10th parliament. The petition before the court was signed by more than 10,000 workers challenging the workers MPs elect for the 10th parliament. Addressing a […]
A report released by European Union Observation Mission (EU EOM) indicates that the Electoral Commission lacked independence and transparency during the just colluded general elections 2016. They note that elections were full of violation of human rights and freedoms by the security personnel especially police which used excessive power which created fear for the electorates hence […]
Members of parliament on the legal and parliamentary Affairs committee have grilled the Uganda Human Rights commission officials over their slow intervention on the house arrest of the FDC leader Dr,Kiiza Besigye by security agents. This was raised by the member of parliament for Busiro south Joseph Balikudembe on the legal committee while the officials of […]
Members of parliament on legal and parliamentary Affairs committee have demanded the Electoral commission to issue out the road map for elections of chairpersons for village (LC1) and parish (LC2) levels. The MPs’ demand came after they realized that in the Electoral commission budget 2016/17 there is only 7 billion shillings allocated for L.CI and L.CII elections […]
NRM parliamentary flag bearers who lost in the just concluded 2016 general polls are calling for an agent meeting with the party chairperson president Museveni, who doubles as the 2016 presidential party flag bearer to iron out some hard issues to have a smooth run of the party in this term. The over 87 losers […]
The NRM party chairman president Museveni has asked NRM members who are in the retreat at Kyankwanzi leadership institute to stop campaigns for the post of the speaker and the deputy speaker of parliament. Sources from Kyankwanzi reveal that members especially the old ones had seriously started campaigns to convince the new ones vote for current speaker Kadaga, others for Sam […]
The Ass. IGP Asan Kasingye maintains that police will remain deployed on different streets as it maintains peace in this country so long as security sees elements that want to disrupt this peace. He explains that as a security organ, they have keenly analyzed the furious language used by key figures both in government and oppositions […]
Ugandans have been urged to hold on to the stability and peace prevailing in their country as they look for alternative means to solve the dissatisfaction of the outcomes of the just concluded 2016 presidential elections.The call has been made by Ambassador Bethuel Kiplagat of Kenya, a senior consultant on peace and conflict resolution while […]