Democratic Party legal counsel, Fred Mukasa Mbide has come out boldly to speak on yesterday’s high court ruling saying the ruling was not made against the current DP leadership as claimed by the applicants. Addressing a news conference at the party headquarters in Kampala today, Mbide reveals that those who went to court were after […]
The opposition Democratic Party has promised to help government raise funds to fight famine in the country. The party’s spokesperson Kenneth Paul Kakande says DP is concerned about the looming threat of famine in the country and that government is not taking action. Last month media reports showed two people who had died of hunger […]
The Opposition Democratic Party has vowed to put up a spirited fight against the scrapping of the constitutionally mandated bail. The deputy spokesperson Keneth Paul Kakande says the Party is ready to ensure that the constitutional bail is not scrapped by Parliament as proposed by President Yoweri Museveni. Kakande says bail is a fundamental human […]
Democratic Party women have threatened to demonstrate by undressing if the government doesn’t release people who were arrested during the September 2009 riots. DP national women leader Maxensia Takilambule says they will strip on the streets of Kampala while in Adam’s suit to express their anger towards the government. Takilambule alleges more than 20 people […]
The Democratic Party has started mobilizing voters to recall Lubaga North Member of Parliament Katongo Singh Katongole from parliament. Katongole of the ruling party NRM was sworn in yesterday 16th may 2011 a day before he was scheduled to take oath. His earlier swearing in came as his rival Moses Kasibante of DP was preparing […]
The Democratic Party has threatened to drag the government of Uganda to court for what they termed as malicious prosecution and unlawful detention. DP President Nobert Mao said they were arrested while walking individually to their places of work, detained for long hours and presented before court after working hours (after 5pm), which Mao says […]