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Uganda MPs want government to change

Members of Parliament on both opposition and government ticket want the ruling government to get out of power. Lwemiyaga MP Theodre Sekikubo says that many MPs including those supposed to dance on government believe in change and they are ready to implement the same. He tells us that the 9th parliament is no long interested […]

Buganda invites Museveni to attend Buganda conference

Buganda kingdom has invited president Museveni to attend this year’s Buganda conference due to take place from 15th to 16th December this year at Hotel Africana in Kampala. A source at statehouse has told this journalist that the president’s office has got the invitation letter today.  The conference will start with a Youth Conference on […]

Museveni suspends aide over Luweero polls

We have been told that president Museveni has suspended his special assistant for political affairs, Jacob Asiimwe over his failure to campaign for NRM candidate in the recently concluded Luweero district woman MP race, Rebecca Nalwanga. The race was won by DP’s Brenda Nabukenya. It is said that Jacob Asiimwe got 900 million shillings from […]

Kampala woman MP Nabilah Sempala accused of selling Forum for Democratic Change supporters to Uganda statehouse

It is hard to believe that an opposition MP can be accused by her own party of selling the party supporters to the ruling NRM. The FDC is accusing Kampala woman MP, Nabilah Sempala of colluding with the FDC Kampala chairperson, Livingstone Kizito to persuade some FDC youth to defect to the ruling party. A […]

National Resistance Movement is still strong in Luweero, says president Yoweri Museveni

After the ruling NRM party lost the Luweero woman MP race to DP’s Brenda Nabukenya in the recent parliamentary by elections, President Museveni has assured the members of the public that the ruling party is still strong. Meeting NRM supporters in statehouse Kampala today, Museveni explained that his party lost the polls due to some […]

Mpuga inists Kabakumba, Mary Karooro should resign

The Member of Parliament for Masaka municipality Mathias Mpuga has called for the resignation of the minister for presidency Kabakumba Matsiko and the minister for information national guidance Mary Okuruti over the scandals they are involved in at UBC. Mpuga told journalist at parliament that Matsiko was the minister of  information and national guidance a time when many UBC […]

Rwandese in Uganda plan to meet Museveni

 About 300 Rwandese residing inUgandaand working inKampalaare planning a meeting with president Museveni at a time to be defined soon.  We are told by one of Rwandese that they hope to meet Museveni this month under their umbrella association of ‘Umubano.’ However the preparations for the meeting have turned controversial because some Rwandese security operatives […]

Museveni, Somali president discuss offensive against al-shabaab

President Museveni of Uganda and his counterpart, the president of Somalia, Sheikh Ahmed Sharif have held a closed door meeting at statehouse Nakasero, Kampala. Sheikh Sharif Ahmed secretly arrived in Uganda on Tuesday this week and straight away headed to Statehouse Nakasero. The meeting was a one on one and no minister or aide of both Somalia or Uganda government attended it. […]

Clerk to Parliament Aeneas Tandekwire replaced

Former Clerk to parliament Aeneas Tandekwire has been replaced by the parliamentary deputy clerk in charge of administration and services Mr. Chris Kajja and his second deputy Paul Wabwire. The two will run the parliamentary affairs in an acting capacity as the house awaits the official appointment of a substantive clerk to parliament by president […]

MP Mafabi promises showdown over attempts to shield corruption in oil sector

Things will not be easy when oil debates resumes in the Uganda’s ninth parliament anytime from now according to Budadiri west MP Nandala Mafabi. Mafabi who president Museveni’s advisor in charge of the media issues John Nagenda recently termed as an improvement of FDC leader, Col. Kiiza Besigye has today told the executive to get prepared […]