Uganda politics

Religious leaders ask for Presidential term limits, change in Uganda electoral Commission

The executive members of the Uganda Inter-Religious Council (IRCU) have asked the Parliament of Uganda to reinstate the presidential term limits as they were in the original 1995 Uganda constitution.   The Secretary General of IRCU, Joshua Kitakule says that for the people to respect the leadership of the government, Presidents should be leaving power […]

Commonwealth Observer Group statement on Uganda 2011 Elections

Commonwealth Observer Group Uganda Presidential and Parliamentary Elections 2011 INTERIM STATEMENT Read out by Dame Billie Miller Chairperson of the Commonwealth Observer Group The Commonwealth was invited by the Government of Uganda to observe the 2011 elections, and the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth constituted an Observer Group supported by a staff team from the Secretariat. […]

Uganda DP to deal with UYD over militia

The secretary General of the Uganda Democratic Party (DP), Mathias Nsubuga has indicated that the party will internally deal with Uganda Young Democrats (UYD) over a militia group it formed. The UYD deputy national leader Moses Bigirwa said on Thursday that DP had formed a youth group to counter the highly unpopular Kiboko squad. The […]

Museveni must go – Mulwanyamuli

The president of Uganda, Gen. Yoweri Museveni must quit the presidency if he loses 2011 general elections to the President of the Democratic Party (DP), Norbert Mao or Col. Kizza Besigye of Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) according to the former Katikiro of Buganda Kingdom Mulwanyamuli Ssemogerere who recently made a decision to support Uganda […]

Uganda MP Ekanya hails government , denies joining NRM

The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) Member of Parliament for Tororo County Geoffrey Ekanya has hailed the Uganda government for commissioning the new Tororo in land port because it will help improve the livelihoods of the people of Eastern Uganda. This comes days after it was reported in Uganda media recently that the Tororo county […]

Former Buganda ministers form political pressure group

Former Buganda Kingdom ministers led by Medard Lubega Seggona have teamed up with the former premier, Joseph Mulwanyammuli Ssemwogerere to form a pressure group that will agitate for Buganda Kingdom interests ahead of the 2011 Uganda elections. Seggona, who is the Buganda Kingdom former Deputy Information Minister, is the coordinator of the goup code named […]