The voting day for the Jinja Municipality East parliamentary by elections will be held on February 9th this year according to the programme the electoral commission has issued. The nomination exercise is already over. The seat went vacant after the High Court nullified the election victory of Nathan Igime Nabeta over voter bribery. Over three […]
Former Lubaga North MP Betty Olive Kamya says that she will take part in the next presidential elections come 2016. Kamya has told our informers that last time she lost the polls because she did not have enough money and she was a new entrant in the field. She says that this time she has […]
Voters in Bamunanika say they are not happy because president Museveni appointed their MP John Chrysostom Muyingo to deputize a woman who holds a bachelors’ degree. President Museveni appointed Jessica Alupo (holds a degree in education) as the Minister for Education and appointed Dr. Muyingo who holds a PhD in Education to deputize her. The […]
Most people would expect that Mukono Municipality MP, Betty Nambooze must seek re-election as MP of the same area during 2016 general elections. Others would think that perhaps Nambooze could contest as Mukono district woman MP or LC5 chairperson. But this is not true. We have been told that the flamboyant Mukono Municipality MP is […]
Over 150 MPs have signed documents to censure the minister for general duties, Dr. Khidu Makubuya and his counterpart of Gender, Labour and Social AffairsSyda Bbumba for their role in the controversial compensation of businessmen including Hassan Basajjabalaba over loss of businesses. The censure move was by Ndorwa East MP, Wilfred Niwagaba and the youth […]
Over 150 MPs have signed documents to censure the minister for general duties, Dr. Khidu Makubuya and his counterpart of Gender, Labour and Social AffairsSyda Bbumba for their role in the controversial compensation of businessmen including Hassan Basajjabalaba over loss of businesses. The censure move was by Ndorwa East MP, Wilfred Niwagaba and the youth […]
Unlike manyUganda’s MPs who want to stay in parliament until they die, the Kyadondo East MP Hajji Ibrahim Semujju says he doesn’t want another term in the August house. Semujju has told his political pals at parliament that he wants to retire from politics and concentrate on managing his businesses including the weekly observer newspaper […]
The list of candidates vying for the 9 Uganda slots in the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) which most parties have been keeping as a top secret has been revealed now. The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has three candidates in the race: Salaam Musumba, former MP for Busongora South, Christopher Kibazanga and former Lead […]
Members of opposition political parties inUgandaare preparing themselves to vote their respective representatives in the East African Legislative Assembly come the month of April 2012. The chief Legal advisor of the Democratic Party, Mukasa Mbidde says that he is surprised that some people in DP are preparing themselves to vote on an order of […]
One might think that David Cameroon, the British Premier would cough and Uganda sneezes because he is a leader of one of the world’s super powers. But this is not the case. Recently Cameroon threatened to suspend aid to countries like Uganda that don’t respect gays. However Ugandan MPs have jumped into the queue and […]