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Museveni summons Nathan Igime Nabeta over Jinja East MP loss

President Museveni has invited the former industry minister; Nathan Igime Nabeta to statehouse to console him upon losing last week’s parliamentary by elections in Jinja East to an FDC candidate, Paul Mwiru. Museveni has reportedly summoned Nabeta after Nabeta announced yesterday to members of the press that he is quitting active politics such that he […]

Museveni receives intelligence report on how government lost Jinja MP Elections

President Museveni has received a shocking report narrating how the ruling party, NRM lost last week’s parliamentary by election to an opposition candidate. The highly contested race was won by Paul Mwiru of Forum for Democratic Change (FDC). The report shows that FDC used smear campaign to defeat NRM candidate, Nathan Igime Nabeta. For example, […]

Ugandans attack Museveni for stating that Uganda will be free of load shedding for only three years

  The President of Uganda Yoweri Museveni shocked the world when he told Parliament today that the country would be free of load shedding for only three years once the construction of Bujagali hydro power plant ends in July 2012. On receiving Museveni’s message to MPs and all Ugandans at large hundreds of people started […]

Museveni criticises parliament over oil agreements

President Museveni has addressed a special sitting of Parliament today in Kampala amidst tight security. The President entered parliament and welcomed by the Speaker of parliament Ms Rebecca Kadaga and the Parliament Clerk, Ms Jane Kibirige. The MPs had to go through thorough security checks before they could enter Uganda Parliament premises located in Kampala […]

Why FDC calls some of its MPs ‘rebels’?

In our first news report we told you that FDC has branded some of its MPs in the Uganda ninth parliament as rebels. The rebel MPs in FDC we are told are those FDC members who criticise the party president Col. Kiiza Besigye whenever he goes wrong. Like in NRM, Besigye doesn’t want people to […]

FDC rebel MPs named

It seems in Uganda whoever disagrees with the policies of his or her political party becomes a rebel. In Uganda’s ruling party NRM, the MPs such as Mohammad Nsereko for Kampala Central and Theodre Sekikubo who have been challenging the dictatorial practices of president Museveni and NRM have already been branded rebels. For the Democratic […]

Museveni appoints woman to head parliament

President Museveni has appointed a woman as the de-facto chief executive officer of the Uganda Parliamentary service. Ms Jane Kibirige was appointed yesterday. This brings the number of women in the top administration of parliament to three. Others are Rebecca Kadaga, the speaker of parliament and Helen Kaweesa who is the public Relations officer of […]

Museveni, Ban Ki Moon return from Ethiopia

Uganda President Yoweri Museveni and the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon are among the world leaders who have left Addis Ababa, Ethiopia after attending the 18th African Union summit. Others who have left Ethiopiaare Benin’s President Thomas Boni Yayi, and Libyan interim Prime Minister Abderrahim el-Keib. Over 40 heads of states attended the summit. […]

FDC praises government, Museveni, police

The Kitgum District Woman MP Beatrice Anywar (FDC) has praised President Museveni and the inspector general of police, Lt. Gen Kale Kayihura for looking after her when she got an accident. The MP was speaking at Town Parish Church during a thanks giving service. Hundreds of people especially from Acholi sub region attended the service. […]