Elections
Speaker of Parliament Rt. Hon. Anita Annet Among has threatened to cut the budget for parliamentary committees that haven’t submitted their reports to date. While presiding over the plenary, Among revealed that the executive arm of government tasked them to work on sixty (60) bills this term and currently little has been tackled yet next […]
Security beefed up at Makerere University after the University council overnight canceled the would be today’s Varsity guild president polls. This followed the death of a student identified as Betungura Bewatte. Kampala Metropolitan Police Deputy Spokesperson Luke Owoyesigire confirmed the incident and confirmed the arrest of Kassanda South MP Hon.Kabuye Frank, Ssekidde Allan and Kaburwa […]
Women Council elections may not take place in Uganda as expected earlier because the Electoral Commission insists that they don’t have money to facilitate the process. Appearing before the parliamentary committee on Constitutional Affairs, Electoral Commission Secretary, Leonard Mulekwa revealed that the funds for these elections were not put into the budget for the financial […]
The High Court in Jinja Friday declared the Bunya South Parliamentary seat in Mayuge District vacant after nullifying the January 14 parliamentary election of the incumbent, Mr Iddi Isabirye. The now successful election petition challenging the victory of the NRM’s Mr Isabirye was filed by the runner-up of the vote, Independent candidate, Robert Ntende. Mr […]
Hearings for the Parliamentary Election Petitions will start on August 16 whereby parties in the matters will be notified through hearing notices when to appear at various courts. This decision follows an issuance of revised contingency measures and guidelines to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 during the hearing of election petitions by the Chief Justice, […]
Renowned journalist and politician, Dennis Katongole popularly known as Katongole Omutongole has denied the claims circulating around that he was denied the National Unity Platform (NUP) ticket. Circulating information that has been a storm on internet has it that Katongole was denied the NUP party ticket to represent the party in the Kayunga district LCV […]
Singer Wajja Victor aka Victor Ruz has dropped a song praising Former Speaker Of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga ahead of the Speakership Elections for the 11th Parliament of Uganda. The song comes hours after the Kamuli Woman MP got rejected as the official candidate by her political Party(NRM) for Jacob Oulanyah in the […]
Former Presidential candidate John Katumba was the center of drama at a Parliament committee meeting after he resorted to pleading with members to buy his book. Katumba was last Thursday appearing before the Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights probing violence stemming from the 2021 elections. Katumba who entered the committee about an hour late left […]
National Unity Platform, (NUP) leaders from Mukono District on Monday surprised their party president, Mr Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, by returning Shs25m meant for facilitation of polling agents during the recently concluded elections. In the run-up to the elections, money was a top priority for most leaders to either carry their party flag or […]
A joint Security Force made of the Uganda People’s Defense Forces and the Uganda Police last night vacated the home of former National Unity Platform presidential candidate Kyagulanyi Robert Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine. The move comes barely a day after the High Court in Kampala ordered for the immediate withdrawal of security forces in and […]