Kibaale District deputy RDC Emmy Ngabirano wants National Forestry Authority (NFA) to stop all its activities of evicting people out of the forest in which they encroached illegally until the 2016 elections are done. According to Ngabirano, evicting people from the forest even if they settled there illegally might cause unnecessary unrest, and disgust to the seating government. This comes […]
Two NRM rebel Members of Parliament are seemingly plotting to return their nomination forms at the party headquarters. This as the party delayed to have a common understating granting them authority to be entirely accepted into the party. Sources indicate that the Central Executive committee was supposed to meet the Chairman of the party and approve […]
NRM MPs allegedly forging academic papers are in trouble after the party’s Electoral Commission headed by Tanga Odoi seeks critical information from the Uganda National Examinations Board [UNEB]. The national examinations board was approached by the party’s legal experts to avail them with crucial information in relation to particulars of the aspirants who are under […]
Kampala central Member of Parliament Mohamed Nsereko Zake says abandoning NRM party ticket for the same parliamentary seat will not affect him. This as Nsereko resolved not to participate in NRM party primaries; Nsereko says that he is waiting to tussle it out with NRM party candidate. He said that standing as independent Member of Parliament would be […]
The Electoral Commission has launched a voter’s education module that’s to guide and empower the citizens to exercise their rights and participate in the electoral process. The manuscript compiled by Civic Education Coalition in Uganda (CECU) that is to be translated into 17 major local languages is to create awareness of the procedures and relevant laws […]
Youth have vowed to shun whoever wants to lead this country in 2016 unless he or she agrees to their demands. The demands were contained in what they called the youth manifesto authored by youth organizations in conjunction with Uganda parliamentary forum on youth affairs led by the female national youth MP Monica Amoding. Among […]
Opposition MPs welcomed the Former Premier John Patrick Amama Mbabazi’s decision to stand as an independent presidential candidate for 2016 General elections. They said that Mbabazi’s quitting of NRM will give the opposition a platform to win. Speaking to reporters at Parliament, the Leader of Opposition Phillip Wafula Ogutu said any percentage taken from NRM during elections will […]
Incumbent legislators’ seats are threatened after over 1000 people picked forms to challenge them for parliamentary seats of constituencies. The women MP positions have over 200 challengers. In total, there are 1,550 people including incumbent MPs who have picked forms to contest for direct constituencies while for district women MP seats, there are 410 contestants […]
2016 Presidential hopeful Prof. Venacious Baryamureeba says that president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni should facilitate a peaceful transition of power to a young generation to avoid a precedent of a Ugandan president dying in office because of old Age. Quoting Psalms chapter 90:10, the former Makerere University Vice Chancellor Baryamureeba, said that President Museveni at his age, above 70, should be retiring just […]
Opposition in parliament has attacked the NRM party youth members of parliament for promoting the issue of sole candidate for the president and forget demanding programmes addressing the problem of youth unemployment. The opposition Chief Whip Cecilia Ogwal Atim said that she is surprised that youth MPs keep quiet over unemployment which mostly affects youth and […]