The swearing in of Members of the 10th Parliament has been scheduled for Monday 16th to Wednesday 18th May, 2016. The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga revealed this in her communication to parliament. She told Clerk to Parliament Jane Kibirige to communicate to new Members of Parliament on Friday May 13, 2016 about the swearing in, which […]
The nine Supreme Court judges have unanimously accepted the 5 amendments to candidate Amama Mbabazi’s petition challenging President Museveni’s re-election. The ruling read by Chief Justice Bart Katureebe comes after the Deputy Attorney General Mwesigwa Rukutana and lawyers representing Yoweri Museveni, objected to the amendments presented earlier by Amama Mbabazi’s legal team. Mbabazi lodged the initial […]
Civil Society Organizations have renewed their call for disbanding of the entire Electoral Commission over credibility of the 2016 elections. Speaking to the press about the post elections at NGO offices at Kabalagala, the Executive Director NGO forum Richard Ssewakiryanga says the irregularities that marred this year’s election justify the incredibility of the electoral commission […]
DENIVA Uganda, a local NGO has added its voice to the already raised voices calling for a special independent audit into the results of the February 18th presidential polls outcome to give the country a very clear picture of what truly transpired during the whole exercise. Addressing a news conference today in Kampala, the board member, DENIVA Uganda, Rubben […]
Opposition MP Paul Mwiru who lost in recently parliamentary elections in Jinja east municipality says he is worried that their petitions will not be heard fairly if handled by the judges who were appointed by president Museveni a few days to elections. Mwiru told journalists at parliament that some of the judges will have a challenge […]
Makerere University political science lecturer and analyst Dr. Sabiti Makara says the victory of opposition parties on different elective positions in urban areas is a sign to government that electorates here are disgruntled in terms of service delivery. Giving an example of the youth that constitute the biggest percentage in urban settings, Makara says these are unemployed hence […]
Human rights organizations, Foundation for Human rights Initiative (FHRI) and Women Leadership Development (WLEDE) recommend that the security personnel desist from exercising excessive power over women engaging in politics as it is one of the deterrent for other women to actively participate in politics. According to a recent report on the just concluded parliamentary elections, the human rights organizations observe that […]
Some of the Members of Parliament from the main opposition party FDC have expressed mixed feelings on blocking their presidential candidate from petitioning court over the recent concluded presidential elections. One of the senior members in FDC Elijah Okupa of Kasilo county says that it would make a difference if Col. Besigye was allowed to petition and expose the rot […]
The ministry of gender, labor and social development has appealed to the finance ministry to avail funds to enable election of workers’ members of parliament. The sector’s minister Muruli Mukasa, says that the ministry has no money to hold these elections yet their efforts to seek finance’s intervention have also hit a snag because the finance […]
The speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga has asked the attorney general to come up with a statement on when elections for the LC1s will be conducted. Kadaga says people are yearning for these elections which she claims complete the election cycle but the date when they will be conducted is still unknown. The speaker made the […]