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 […]
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 […]
Parliament failed to sit yesterday over the lack of quorum caused by the fact that many of members of parliament losing their seats in the concluded parliamentary elections held on 18th February. Parliament was scheduled for business but it only managed to sit for 20 minutes due to lack of quorum, though some ministers said that […]
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 […]