Erias Lukwago

Lukwago claims protesters are being tried with trumped up charges

Members of Parliament are looking for a way forward in a bid to finding a solution to the impasse that is currently being experienced in the country. Initially at the start of the Session, the Government presented a video footage that showed and depicted Dr Kiiza Besigye wielding a hammer and later spraying pepper to […]

Lukwago accuses Mayor Sebagala of stealing KCC land

The Lord Mayor  for Kampala  Erias Lukwago has accused the Mayor of Kampala Alhaji Nasser Ntege Sebaggala of leading a group  which is grabbing Kampala city council land. Lukwago made the remarks while addressing journalists at parliament on the illegal land give away going on in kampala. He alleged that mayor sebaggala and the chairman of kampala […]

Kampala Lord Mayor Lukwago and other opposition leaders released after walk to work protests

Kampala Lord Mayor elect, Erias Lukwago and several other oppsotion leaders have been released on bail by different courts where they were arraigned by police after being arrested earlier today. Erias Lukwago, the Lord Mayor of Kampala, FDC Vice President for Eastern, Salaam Musumba and several other politicians have been brought to Makindye Magistrate’s Court […]

Erias Lukwago win Kampala Mayoral race to become Lord Mayor

Independent Candidate, Erias Lukwago has been declared winner of the Kampala Mayoral elections held on Monday March 14th. The Kampala district returning officer Molly Mutazindwa declared Lukwago winner with 229,325 votes, representing 64% of the total votes cast. He was followed by National Resistance Movement flag bearer Peter Sematimba with 119,015 votes representing 33%. The […]

Erias Lukwago leading in Kampala mayoral election results

Preliminary results from Monday’s elections for Mayor of Kampoala city show that Democratic party leaning Independent candidate Erias Lukwago is leading, with National Resistance Movement candidate peter Sematimba second. Lukwago is leading leads in Nakawa, Kawempe, and Rubaga divisions but information from all polling stations was not yet available. There are six candidates in the […]

Court puts an injunction on EC about Lukwago’s case

The Constitutional Court has stopped the Electoral Commission from deregistering the Kampala Central mayoral candidate Erias Lukwago from the Kampala mayoral race. The Electoral Commission had summoned Lukwago for an explanation tomorrow after Geoffrey Serwadda asked EC to disqualify Lukwago for having been involved in a criminal case with the court martial in 2005. The […]

Kampala mayor candidate Lukwago accuses Electoral Commission of favouring Sematimba

Education qualifications are turning out to be a defining factor in the Kampala mayoral race with the two leading contenders Erias Lukwango and Peter Sematimba involved. Erias Lukwago, the MP for Kampala central who is competing as an independent  today appeared before the Electoral Commission to defend his academic papers after a voter petitioned the […]

Court blocks nomination of Peter Sematimba for Kampala Mayor seat

The High Court in Kampala has issued an interim order barring the chairperson LC111 for Lubaga Division, Pastor Peter sematimba from getting nominated as the NRM flag bearer for the post of Kampala Mayor. This follows a petition by Capt. Francis Babu, the vice chairperson for NRN central region and former Kampala Central MP who […]

Erias Lukwago to stand for Kampala Mayor seat

By Mugisa Isaac Mathias The Member of Parliament for Kampala Central, Erias Lukwago has revealed that he is going to stand for the Kampala mayor seat. Lukawago has announced his intentions for the mayor ship this afternoon at a press coference he called at Christ the King and has promised to keep Kampala clean which he says […]

Uganda MP expresses doubts over Keep Kampala Clean project

The Member of Parliament for Kampala Central, Elias Lukwago is highly skeptical of the newly launched Kampala City Council (KCC) project to keep the city Clean. KCC recently launched the Keep Kampala Clean project that has costed KCC about 13 billion Uganda Shillings. The project aims at riding the city of filthy outlook. Lukwago told […]