President Museveni has grilled his ministers over the declining support of the ruling party, the National Resistance Movement (NRM). Museveni sounded bitterness before his ministers over the lost support of NRM to an extent that winning a single election is almost a tag of war.

Museveni met his ministers on Thursday at a retreat in Kampala. The purpose of the retreat originally was to review the performance of their ministries over the last six months.

The retreat was attended by almost all ministers and the permanent secretaries of their respective ministries. They briefed Museveni on the performance of their sectors, covering half the period of the financial year 2012/2013.

The performance review came after three months to the next reading of the 2013/2014 budget which is expected to outline the priorities for the country’s development. Museveni reportedly told the ministers to improve their service delivery in order to restore the declining support of government among members of the public.

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Over 50 civil society organisations have convened for a retreat to discuss new strategies of advocating for the rights of people living in oil rich areas.

Tullow Oil drilling in Bulisa

The Chairperson of civil society organisations on oil and gas Enock Nimpami says in the recently passed oil bills, it is stipulated that the indigenous people will get 7 % of the oil proceeds but the government has not come out to discuss this issue with the locals.

Nimpami says that this campaign is meant to ensure the issues raised are tackled comprehensively before the actual oil production begins.

He adds that the outcome of the retreat will be taken to the communities where prospecting is ongoing, for further discussions.

The retreat is organized by International Alert in collaboration with other organisations like Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment, African Institute Energy Governance and Green Watch among others.

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The retreat kicked off on March 5^th and closed on March 7^th. It attracted representatives from the Democratic Party, Forum for Democratic Change, Justice Forum, National Resistance Movement, Uganda Peoples Congress and the Conservative Party.

Each of the 40 participants who attended the conference got 500,000 shillings as sitting allowance daily for three days.

The retreat was held under the theme “The role of the National Consultative Forum in supporting political parties copes with challenges in a growing democracy: The Uganda case.”

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The retreat which attracted representatives from the Democratic Party, Forum for Democratic Change, Justice Forum, National Resistance Movement, Uganda Peoples Congress and the Conservative Party kicked off on Monday March 5^th. The secretary general of NRM Amama Mbabazi says that the retreat will end on Wednesday morning. We have heard that the participants in this meeting will each receive 500,000 thousand as sitting allowance.

The retreat has been held under the theme “The role of the National Consultative Forum in supporting political parties copes with challenges in a growing democracy: The Uganda case.”

The retreat has featured presentations and discussions by political party leaders, officials from the South African and Ghanaian election management bodies, Electoral Commission Uganda, representatives ofMakerereUniversity, and key members of the general public.

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The retreat which attracted representatives from the Democratic Party, Forum for Democratic Change, Justice Forum, National Resistance Movement, Uganda Peoples Congress and the Conservative Party kicked off on Monday March 5^th. The secretary general of NRM Amama Mbabazi says that the retreat will end on Wednesday morning. We have heard that the participants in this meeting will each receive 500,000 thousand as sitting allowance.

The retreat has been held under the theme “The role of the National Consultative Forum in supporting political parties copes with challenges in a growing democracy: The Uganda case.”

The retreat has featured presentations and discussions by political party leaders, officials from the South African and Ghanaian election management bodies, Electoral Commission Uganda, representatives of Makerere University, and key members of the general public.

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The opposition Mps is set to travel to Jinja this evening for a three day retreat.

Speaking to journalists at parliament today the opposition chief whip and Kasese woman Mp Winnie Kizza said the retreat is intended to allow an internal audit of the opposition performance noting that it is not political.

She says while a lot has been done by the opposition in the 9^th parliament, they need to evaluate their performance and forge a way forward.

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The acting chief whip of NRM, David Bahati says that the one-week retreat is scheduled to start on Thursday January 12th at the National Leadership Institute in Kyankwanzi.

The retreat comes at a time when most of the MPs on the NRM ticket are sidelining with the opposition to fight the increasing case of corruption in Uganda government. Bahati says that the retreat will help NRM to tame their members who are sidelining with the opposition to fight the government in power.

The retreat has also come at a time when the country is in a deep financial crisis and hundreds of Ugandans hardly get one meal a day. Some of the voters in Uganda due to poor sanitation, corruption scandals and political unrest in Uganda, want to recall some of the leaders in parliament.

By Moureen Nakyanzi

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Aruu County MP, Odonga Otto

Aruu County MP, Odonga Otto yesterday filed a petition before the Attorney General’s office, seeking to call for 17 independent MPs to be thrown out of Parliament.

The MPs’ woes stem from their attendance of a retreat of NRM MPs at the National Leadership Institute in Kyankwanzi over two weeks ago.

Speaking to journalists at Parliament, Otto contended that the legislators breached the contract with their voters by being involved in party activities yet they were sent to Parliament on no political party card.

The independent MPs recently attended the caucus called by the NRM leadership to discuss several issues, among them the special oil debate.

Speaking to the media at Parliament, Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi dismissed the claims that the independent MPs had been influenced to change their decisions made during the special oil debate, calling for the resignation of three ministers implicated in alleged corruption deals in the sector.

Mbabazi says the retreat was open to all and not the NRM party since several speakers made meaningful presentations on different issues.

Last year, 70 MPs, among them 8 ministers, lost their seats after the constitutional court ruled that the MPs vacate their seats for choosing to join other parties different from those to which they were elected to parliament.

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