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Winnie Kiiza officially hands over office to new Leader of Opposition

Agnes Tumuheire — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 15:49:15 +0000

Former opposition leader and Kasese Woman Member of Parliament, Winnie Kiiza has officially handed over the office of the Leader of Opposition to Betty Aol Ochan, the new Opposition Leader.

“It was a humbling experience and I am very grateful. It has given me wide exposure and an opportunity I know will take my career ahead,” Kiiza said before officially handing over.

Former Opposition Leader, Winnie Kiiza

Kiiza commended FDC party for giving her a platform and opportunity towards leadership as the first women leader of opposition.

Upon receiving the office files,Aol pledged to work hand in hand with her predecessor for the betterment of the opposition.
“Let your day continue to be open to us,” she urged Kiiza.

“The first thing I thought was ‘where are we going to deploy her? Where is her office going to be?’ Those are questions I kept on asking,” Aol remarked.

although there are a lot of differences in the opposition, Kiiza believes that they can be ‘sorted out and we find one front’.

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Winnie Kiiza sidelined, Betty Aol Ochan new leader of opposition

Agnes Tumuheire — Mon, 06 Aug 2018 07:38:46 +0000

The new Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party president Patrick Oboi Amuriat has made changes within the party in which Winnie Kizza has been sidelined as leader of opposition in Parliament.After Kizza’s two year service, the president has resolved to replace her with Gulu Woman MP Betty Aol Ochan.

In a Press conference convened at the FDC party headquarters in Najjanankumbi, Oboi said that the changes should not be treated as political persecution for those who did not support his party presidency against Gen Mugisha Muntu but for the wellbeing of the party and the well being of their struggle to rid the country of the dictatorship that continues to torment Ugandans.(The Observer, August 4, 2018)

He added that the reshuffle is not in anyway connected to a reaction to the party’s dismal performance in the recent municipal elections.

New leader of opposition, Betty Aol Ochan

Similar changes were also made in other positions like the Kawempe South MP Mubarak Munyagwa replaced Abdu Katuntu as the new chairperson of the Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (Cosase) while Rubaga North MP Moses Kasibante is the new Cosase vice chairperson, replacing Bukedea Woman MP Anita Among.

However, the Kiira municipality MP Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda was retained as the opposition whip in parliament. He will be deputised by Bukonzo East MP Harold Tonny Muhindo who takes over a post hitherto held by Rukungiri municipality MP Roland Mugume Kaginda who has been nominated as a member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).

Francis Mwijukye was positioned as a parliament commissioner, dropping Dokolo Woman MP Cecilia Ogwal and nominated Mukono municipality MP Betty Nambooze as a representative at the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA), Busongora North MP William Nzoghu as a Pan African Parliament (PAP) representative while Mbale Municipality MP Jack Wamai Wamanga is sent to represent FDC at the African Caribbean and Pacific Parliament (ACP).

Further, Amuriat appointed Budadiri West MP Nathan Nandala Mafabi as the new chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and Chwa West MP Okin P.P Ojara as his deputy.

Former Opposition Leader, Winnie Kizza: Internet photo

These now replace Soroti Woman MP Angelline Osegge and Ntungamo Municipality MP Gerald Karuhanga who have been serving as PAC chairperson and vice chairperson respectively.

Agago Woman MP Franca Judith Akello is appointed new chairperson of the Local Government Accounts Committee replacing Aswa County MP Ronald Reagan Okumu. She will be deputized By Kilak County MP Gilbert Olanya, who is replacing Chwa West MP Okin P.P Ojara.

Obongi County MP Hassan Kaps Fungaroo is maintained as chairperson of the Government Assurance Committee deputized by Nakawa county MP Michael Kabaziguruka who is replacing Kawempe North MP Latif Ssebaggala.

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Winnie Kizza threatens legal action against minister Namuganza

Gerald Businge — Thu, 27 Jul 2017 12:25:32 +0000

Leader of Opposition in Parliament and also Kasese District Woman MP, Winnie Kiiza

The Leader of Opposition, Hon.Winfred Kiiza, has threatened to take legal action against the state minister for lands, Persis Namuganza, over accusations that Kiiza is a land grabber.

Kizza told Parliament that Namuganza in a recently televised statement said that there is a powerful FDC Woman MP from Kasese, who grabbed land from the school, leading to its relocation.

While presenting a personal statement to Parliament that Kiiza says that she wants Namuganza to come out with sufficient evidence to prove the location of the land, name of the school and the period when this happened.

Kiiza says that she has never grabbed land from anybody’s school as alleged by the lands minister.

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Government to terminate Tibet Hima Industry Mining Company contract

Isaac Senabulya — Thu, 06 Jul 2017 14:17:08 +0000

Leader of Opposition Winnie Kizza

Government is in the final stages of terminating the contract of Tibet Hima Industry Mining Company Ltd at Kilembe mining in Kasese district over what authorities say are irregularities of its operation.

The move comes after the Leader of Opposition, Winfred Kiiza, reported to Parliament that the investor of Tibet Hima Company has mismanaged the Kilembe mining assets which were entrusted to his company when he was given the mining contract together with other companies.

Kiiza said that Tibet Hima Company has never paid any money to government yet its receiving money which she says belongs to Kilembe mining company.

She said that the investor is freezing the tax payer but nothing is paying to government though was supposed to pay the first payment worth 1.05 million dollars.

Kizza said that government should instead terminate their contract and make them leave a mining deposit.
Earlier, government through the ministry of finance had written a letter to Tibet Hima company proprietors threatening to terminate their contract over violating the contract but they did not take the
letter serious.

Kilembe Mines in Kasese

Tibet –Hima company owner is also accused of selling the mineral scrap, equipment and power to the neighboring community.

However, the minister of state for planning, David Bahati, government is moving in direction of terminating this investor’s contract and promised to give the final decision on this matter next week.

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Nandala threatens to resign post of leader of opposition in parliament

Walakira — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 15:11:54 +0000

Budadiri West MP, Nandala Mafabi has threatened to resign the post of leader of opposition in parliament so that he contests for the presidency of Forum for Democratic Change (FDC).

Nandala Mafabi says he would leave his office as he campaigns for the Forum for Democratic Change presidency. But he also says he will not use his office resources to campaign for party presidency because he has the ability of using everything personal in this exercise.

He says he will put someone to act as Leader of opposition during the time he would be very much involved in campaigns. FDC last week announced that the two candidates seeking the party’s top leadership must step down from their public positions during the campaigns.

Mafabi is contesting for the post with former Uganda Army Commander Maj. Gen. Mugisha Muntu and Tororo County MP Geoffrey Ekanya. The elections will take place on November 22 at Namboole in Wakiso District.

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Mukasa Mbidde tells Mafabi to be careful with his words

Gerald Businge — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 19:48:30 +0000

The newly sworn in DP member for EALA and the new chairman for legal committee of the EALA, Mukasa Denis Mbidde has warned the leader of opposition in Uganda parliament, Nathan Nandala Mafabi to be careful with his words he utters on DP.

Mbidde says that DP went to court because NRM and FDC had connived as the only political parties in Ugandan parliament to represent Ugandans in EALA for the past 10 years.

“Therefore Mafabi has no moral authority to accuse DP of connivance with NRM because DP sued both FDC and NRM,” Mbidde says.

Speaking to our informers in Arusha this morning, Mbidde said at least now all shades of political opinion in Uganda parliament have been somehow well presented in EALA and Mafabi must respect this!

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IPU president is in Uganda

Gerald Businge — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:40:08 +0000

President Abdelwahed Radi of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) assembly arrived at EntebbeInternationalAirporton Tuesday for the 126^th Parliamentary Assembly.

Abdelwahed Radi Radi was welcomed by the Speaker of Uganda Parliament ms Rebecca Kadaga and the leader of opposition, Nandala Mafabi at Entebbe International airport.

The IPU meeting will run from March 31^st to April 5^th at the Commonwealth Speke Resort Hotel Munyonyo. Kadaga says that the conference to be opened by president Museveni will bring together over 3000 delegates from across the world.

Kadaga says that the meeting will discuss good governance, rule of law, maternal health, vote rigging, domestice violence and the increasing police brutality inUgandaamong other issues.

IPU is an international organization of world Parliaments established in 1889. IPU works for peace and co-operation among peoples’ and for the firm establishment of representative democracy.

Ms Kadaga struggle to bring IPU conference to Uganda because many members of IPU consider Uganda as undemocratic because of the corruption, shielding corrupt ministers, displacing people from land largely because they are not in good books with the government in power, nepotism, favouritism in job allocation, tribalism in job promotion, oppression of opposition politicians and supporters, denial of Kabaka Mutebi’s right to move freely around the country, imprisonment of people without trial and vote rigging reportedly by the party in power, the National Resistance Movement.

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Besigye prays for Museveni and Kayihura

Gerald Businge — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:32:54 +0000

If you had thought that the leader of opposition Col. Kiiza Besigye can not pray for the president of Uganda Gen. Yoweri Museveni and the Inspector General of Police, Lt. Gen. Kale Kayihura, better read this.

Besigye in a closed door meeting today at FDC head offices in Najjanankumbi on Kampala –Entebbe road, reportedly told his party members (FDC) that one day Kale Kayihura, president Museveni and their cohorts will reap what they are sowing now.

Besigye said that he just pray for Museveni, Kayihura and their cohorts because for them they think they were born to oppress others and they have never passed through any gradual changes to become military generals. Besigye says that Museveni and group believe No changes can take place in their lives and they believe in no change but the time will tell one day.

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Policemen who work with opposition to lose jobs

Gerald Businge — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 16:15:13 +0000

The policemen who work with opposition face to lose their jobs. A source in Uganda police have told us this evening that the inspector general of police, Kale Kayihura in a radio call message today warned that its illegal for civil servants to work with opposition members.

The source quoted Kayihura as saying that there are some police officers who leak our secrets to the members of opposition. But we are told the police’s disciplinary team is investigating the reports and the officers who would be found guilty shall lose their jobs or be demoted.

Recently the police reshuffled the policemen who were working at parliament following allegations that they were working closely with the leader of opposition Nathan Nandala Mafabi and with other opposition MPs.

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Mulago Hospital workers appeal for more support as MPs visit

Gerald Businge — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:04:00 +0000

Patients and health workers and authority cry foul over congestion in Mulagao hospital while the opposition MPS visit the hospital and patients today.

The opposition MPS who included Hussien Kyanjo , Richard sebuliba Mutumba Mathias Mpuga and Dr. Lulume Bayiga led by the leader of opposition Nathan Nandala Mafabi visited Mulago hospital to assess the health service delivery at the hospital and knowing how the money which has been sent to Mulago has been used .

The MPS observed that the health facilities at Mulago are the worst and patients live in poor conditions in congested rooms which were meant for few people when the country’s population was still small.

The mps noted that Mulago hospital has poor facilities where by the patients sleep on the floor together with their attendants, hospital floor with potholes, toilets are in bad state, some hospital rooms have no lights and hospital roof is leaking.

The leader of opposition Nandala Mafabi blamed the hospital administrators for making president Museveni visit renovated side of Mulago instead of him visiting the dilapidated side of Mulago so that he takes action.

The Director Mulago hospital Byarugaba Baterana told opposition MPS that the congestion in Mulago is high because of the increased number of patients on daily basis and asked mps to support 88 million dollar loan from African Development bank for renovation of the hospital and decongest it.

He asked mps to support the increase in the hospital staff remuneration, recruitment of more health workers and more funding for patients food.

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