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DP to give out medals to its royal members

  Democratic Party (DP) president, Norbert Mao is to give out medals to some of its members who worked hard for Brenda Nabukenya to win Luweero district woman MP race. A source in DP tells this journalist that Mao is so pleased that after 26 years the party has got an MP from Luweero. We […]

DP vows to win NRM in Jinja East MP race

The Democratic Party vows to defeat NRM party in Jinja East parliamentary by elections come January next year. The seat fell vacant last week after the high court nullified the victory of Igime Nabeta (NRM) over lack of academic qualifications and voter bribery. The DP president General, Norbert Mao says that DP has got money […]

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 […]

Prof. Gilbert Bukenya retains Busiro North County

  Former Vice President Prof. Gilbert Balibaseka Bukenya has retained his Busiro County North in the 1st December hotly contested by-elections. Prof. Bukenya of National Resistance Movement (NRM) party won the elections with 10,728 votes against 3,035 votes polled by his close rival, Hussein Caster Bukenya of the Democratic Party (DP). Other candidates in the race […]

DP promise deploys heavily in Busiro Parliamentary by-election

The Democratic Party and the rulling NRM have deployed their supporters in different polling stations during the Busiro North by elections this Thursday to curtail vote rigging allegations on either side. A low turn up is being reported but voting is going on smoothly in most areas. According to the head of DP parliamentary committee […]

Why Betty Nambooze split with Mayor Erias Lukwago

It is hard to believe that Mukono Municipality MP, Betty Nambooze and Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago are no longer friends. Gone are the days when Lukwago and Nambooze were moving together as if they were husband and wife or brother and sister. We have been reliably informed that currently when Nambooze brings an argument […]

Kamya says she will contest for president again

Former Lubaga North MP Betty Olive Kamya says that she will take 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 new entrant in the field. She says that this time she has mastered all […]

DP’s Brenda Nabukenya wins Luwero woman MP by-elections

The Democratic Party flag bearer in the by-elections for Luwero district Woman Member of Parliament, Brenda Nabukenya has beaten other five candidates in the polls that were held yesterday 21st of November 2011. The seat fell vacant after the High Court nullified the election of Rebecca Nalwanga of the National Resistance Movement on grounds that she […]

Busiro North by election polls set for December 1

The voting day for Busiro north parliamentary by elections will be December 1st this year according to the programme the electoral commission has issued. The nomination dates are December 14th and 15th. The seat went vacant after the High Court nullified his election victory over voter bribery. We have learnt that over four candidates are eying the […]

DP mobilizes funds to participate in Luweero woman MP by election

News from City House building in Kampala, the headquarters of the Democratic Party has it that this party’s leadership is short of money to run Luweero district woman MP by elections. Now the party leaders have resorted to calling upon their supporters to contribute money towards this “cause”.  DP has fronted Brenda Nabukenya, currently the UYD leader […]