The leaders of opposition parties are through with the list of candidates they want to represent them in EALA. The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has chosen its iron lady Salaam Musumba, and former MP Augustine Ruzindana to be its candidate for EALA. The Uganda Peoples Congress has sent Cecilia Nyakait, Okello Okello and Dr. Olara Otunnu.

Justice Forum has picked Asuman Basalirwa; Conservative Party (CP) picked Suzan Nakawuki while the Democratic Party is planning to pick Norbert Mao and former legislator, John Kawanga. Others still in the race on DP side are Mukasa Fred Mbidde, Kenneth Paul Kakande, Deo Kijjambu, John Mary Sebuwufu, and DP deputy Secretary General, Vincent Mayanja.

The parliament of Uganda will seat in April to vet the opposition party representatives. After the vetting exercise the MPs will vote two people from the opposition shades to represent the opposition opinion in EALA.

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Some of the officials on Otunnu’s cabinet who have reportedly deserted the UPC secretariat include Maj. Kisembo from Bunyoro, Cyprian Bamwoze Deputy Secretary General of UPC, Emmanuel Ofumbi, Rebecca Eryemu, and Lawyer Peter Walubiri among others.

The members of Otunnu’s cabinet are also angry that recently Otunnu reportedly saw them coming and locked himself inside his office perhaps because he did not want to talk to them. A source in UPC told us that the members of UPC on seeing this they felt disrespected and they nearly kicked his door.

On the same day, they called Otunnu to meet them in the board room such that they iron out their differences and Otunnu reportedly declined to do so. The party members have also reportedly written a letter to the financial controller of Milton Obote Foundation, CD Mindra requesting him to stop paying Otunnu’s monthly house rent of 1.8 million shillings until their party president reconciles with them. If Mindra honours the request of Otunnu’s cabinet, it will mean that the former UN diplomat will now be homeless because we also hear that Otunnu was recently chassed from the boy’s quarter of one of the UPC members, David Opul over late payment of rent. Opul is a son to late Oyite Ojok.

By Walakira Nyanzi

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 The  candidate of the Democratic Party is the party’s legal advisor, Fred Denis Mukasa Mbidde. Others vying for the same on DP ticket are Vincent Mayanja, John Mary Sebuwufu, Deo Kijjambu and Anselm Sebuguzi. 

Former MP Ben Wacha, is to contest on an independent ticket. Former presidential candidate Mohammad Kibirige Mayanja is the  candidate of Jeema while former MP for Lubaga South, Suzan Nampijja is the person the CP president John Ken Lukyamuzi has fronted for EALA seat. The candidate of Uganda Peoples Congress (UPC) is Peter Walubiri.

The National Resistance Movement has three slots for EALA and the party has fronted former lands minister, Omara Atubo (chosen by President Museveni), Hope Mwesigye backed by prime Minister Amama Mbabazi and Former Makerere Guild President, Sara Kagingo who is also fronted by backed by Mbabazi. We have reliably learnt that the former EALA Members, Lydia Wanyoto, Dan Kidega and Mike Sebalu among others are not going to be re-fronted by their respective parties.

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As world leaders meet in Busan, South Korea, this week, for the Fourth High Level forum on Aid Effectiveness, the Commonwealth is calling on participants at the international gathering to ensure that the outcomes help drive more effective development.

“This summit represents a milestone for international development and is a defining moment in the provision and use of global aid in a manner that will revise and set standards for aid and development finance policy for the future, said Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General Ransford Smith.

Mr Smith, who is currently in Busan, said that that while progress has been achieved in strengthening aid effectiveness in recent years – a step that has contributed to better development results — it is generally agreed that while aid recipient countries have generally progressed quite well in the last five years, the donor community has moved far less swiftly.

“It is important that this Busan forum addresses this imbalance, and comes out with clear guidelines for improving transparency and mutual accountability between the donor and recipient community,” Mr Smith added.

He added: “If Busan is to be successful it will need to set out a framework which responds to the needs of the day and to the contemporary challenges which the global community faces.”

The Deputy Secretary-General explained that Commonwealth Heads of Government as well as finance ministers have, at their recent meetings in Perth, Australia and Washington DC, respectively, highlighted a number of key areas where further reform in managing aid is needed and made a number of recommendations which should be considered at Busan.

“They called on the international community to strengthen mutual accountability backed by transparency and noted that success at Busan will involve concrete commitments on these two elements,” he said.

On her part, Ms Samantha Attridge, the head of International Finance and Capital Markets at the Commonwealth Secretariat said: “Our aid recipient partner countries have signalled clearly that the international community needs to go much further than just renewing their commitments at Busan but need to agree to a series of prioritised concrete actions to ensure that these commitments are met in a time bound manner. The Busan agreement should be supported by a post-Busan monitoring framework which ensures that this can be monitored.”

Ms Attridge, who is also in Busan, added that as well as building on the principles and procedures of the previous High Level Fora in Paris and Accra, it is equally important that discussions shift to consider aid in the context of the broader development challenges that the global community face today.

Notes for Editors

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Left is Beatrice Kiraso, EAC Deputy Secretary General, Political Federation at the meeting with EC

Speaking at the opening of the 4^th meeting of  directors of CID and registrars of motor vehicles in the region, Kiraso said that all what has been happening in Uganda has been affecting other member states which has posed great threat to the region’s security system.

She says while the issues of high commodity and fuel prices are common in many countries of the region, it is appropriate for the government to listen to those aggrieved and handle their grievances accordingly.

Kiraso also urges all member states to come up with uniform laws that will be used to administer justice to law offenders in the region even when they cross borders.

Meanwhile, Maj.Gen. Kare Kayihura is calling on all members states to acquire modern machines that would be used to check all goods crossing the borders as one of the ways in which security can be lifted in the region to combat, terrorism, human and drug trafficking among other vices.

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