President Museveni yesterday released a statement condemning in the strongest terms the shooting and beating of civilians by the Police. The president questioned as to why police fired tear gas and live bullets during the Monday demonstrations that saw the rioters, section of the public, and journalists brutally beaten and arrested. “Youth groups of Monday […]
Opposition Members of Parliament have given the office of the speaker at parliament up to tomorrow to ensure the security matters of MPs are discussed first before any other business can proceed. This happened as the opposition still shunned today’s plenary sitting after two months of recess where MPs have been making consultations on the constitutional […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said that there are two groups of people against the proposed amendment to the land law. President Museveni who was accompanied by the Deputy Attorney General Mwesigwa Rukutana and the Minister for Housing Chris Baryomunsi made the remarks last evening at Spice FM radio station in Hoima municipality where he […]
The president of FDC Mugisha Muntu urged opposition MPs in parliament to always have a common voice as they build unity and consistency if they are to cause any successful change in the country. This as he witnessed the handover power of the office of the leader of opposition in parliament where Hon. Wafula Ogutu handed […]
The Leader of Opposition in Parliament Winnie Kiiza is asking the speaker of parliament to protect MPs from unnecessary arrests by police with out her notice. She has given a case in point of Nakawa Municipality MP Micheal Kabaziguluka who was last week arrested from his home for suspected cases of treason. Kiiza says the […]
Some Opposition MPs in the 10th Parliament are seeking for the constitutional amendments to change the title of the Leader of Opposition to at least minority leader in parliament. They say that the old title known as the leader of opposition has a negative connotation which government portrays as opposing its programmes yet in most cases […]
Democratic Party (DP) has called on government to embrace a political dialogue with opposition leaders and Civil Societies to solve the current political impasse in the country. Addressing the press this morning at City house in Kampala, the DP National Chairman Mohammed Besweri Kezaala says that government has gone astray with the way they treat […]
Kasese opposition members of parliament have demanded for an apology from the Inspector General of Police, Gen. Kale Kaihura for insinuating that the Opposition and Rwenzururu Kingdom were behind the violence in Kasese. Woman MP for Kasese district Winfred Kiiza and Busongola North MP William Nzhoghu told parliament that Omumbere is being accused wrongly over violence […]
The Foreign Correspondents’ Association of Uganda (FCAU) is concerned over a recent series of abuses aimed at journalists covering Uganda’s 2016 general election. FCAU recognizes Uganda as a country with a vibrant media landscape and with room for expression of diverging opinions; we call upon the authorities to safeguard this status by respecting the freedom of journalists both […]
The member of parliament for Bulisa county Stephen Birahwa Mukitale says that there should be a mechanism to have the leading opposition presidential candidate to physically be in parliament. Speaking to journalists at parliament Mukitale says the leader of opposition like Dr. Besigye currently should be in parliament to give his brain to the lawmaking process […]