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I disliked Abiriga, but I cry tears for him – Nambooze

I disliked Abiriga, but I cry tears for him – Nambooze

One great writer said that, to the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth but when death comes more so abruptly and in such a gruesome manner like it happened to my Honourable brother Col.Ibrahim Abiriga, truth ceases to matter but the fact that a life is lost. I […]

Nambooze and three others inspected over Abiriga murder

Nambooze and three others inspected over Abiriga murder

Police has opened up investigations against four people believed to have incited or participated in the assassination of Arua municipality member of parliament Col Ibrahim Abiriga last week. They include Mukono municipality MP Betty Nambooze, on the basis of a video in which she explains how easy it is to attack Abiriga even with his […]

President Museveni should apologise over Abiriga murder – FDC

President Museveni should apologise over Abiriga murder – FDC

The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party have asked President Museveni to apologise to Ugandans over the murder of Arua Municipality Member of Parliament Ibrahim Abiriga and others who have died in a similar way. Addressing journalists at the party headquarters in Najjanankumbi, Kampala, yesterday, the party deputy Secretary General, Mr. Harold Kaija, said the […]

Gunfire greets arrival of MP Abiriga’s body in Arua

Gunfire greets arrival of MP Abiriga’s body in Arua

Sustained gunfire greeted the arrival of slain Arua municipality Member of Parliament Col. Ibrahim Abiriga (Rtd) on Sunday as security forces clashed with wild youths. The youths chanted “we don’t want yellow” apparently castigating the ruling National Resistance party’s symbolic colour and waved the opposition Forum for Democratic Change’s V sign. They burned one police […]

MP Abiriga shot dead near his Matugga home

MP Abiriga shot dead near his Matugga home

Arua Municipality Member of Parliament (MP), Ibrahim Abiriga has been shot dead near his home in Matugga, Wakiso District. Although Police has not confirmed the death of Abiriga, the Communications Department of Parliament has confirmed his demise. He was reportedly shot by two people who were riding on a boda boda at about 6:30 pm […]

MPs Abiriga and Atiku get into scuffle with each other

MPs Abiriga and Atiku get into scuffle with each other

There was drama at parliament this afternoon when two MPs from West Nile fight over age limit talk. Arua municipality MP Ibrahim Abiriga popularly known as yellow man was first heard telling journalists how Bernard Atiku of Ayivu County had tarnished his name and  that of investment minister Evelyn Anite  in their area for supporting […]

Buganda Prime Minister Charles Peter Mayiga and Bobi Wine named in the list of those to be killed

Buganda Prime Minister Charles Peter Mayiga and Bobi Wine named in the list of those to be killed

Buganda Premier Charles Peter Mayiga,Kyaddondo East Member of Parliament Bobi Wine, Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago, Minister Beti Olive Namisango Kamya among 12 others make a list of those targeted by assassins. Lubaga North legislator Moses Kasibante found the list dumped into his compound, a list in which he is also in. The list does not […]

Kassiano Wadri swears in as new Arua municipality MP

Kassiano Wadri swears in as new Arua municipality MP

      Wadri Kassiano has officially taken on the seat as the new Member of Parliament for Arua municipality. This was during a parliamentary ceremony presided over by the deputy speaker Jacob Oulanya. He has replaced Col. Ibrahim Abiriga who was massacred by gunmen in June this year. This is his fourth term as an MP, […]

Who is Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine?

Who is Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine?

Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu commonly known by his stage name Bobi Wine is a Ugandan politician and musician who joined politics in July 2017.  He serves as the Member of Parliament representing Kyadondo East constituency in Wakiso District, Uganda. He was born on 12th February 1982, in Mpigi District and grew up in the Kamwokya slums. […]

Detained Kassiano Wadri wins Arua Municipality MP by-election

 Kassiano Wadri (Independent) has won the Arua Municipality parliamentary seat after getting 6,528 votes representing 38% of the vote in the by-elections. Although Wadri was not able to cast his ballot as he’s still in police custody in Gulu, he beat 11 others, among them, Nusura Tiperu, a member of the ruling National Resistance Movement […]