Elections

EC should clean up the national register again to delete non Ugandans – Fungaroo

EC should clean up the national register again to delete non Ugandans – Fungaroo

Obongi county  MP Hassan Kaps Fungaroo says the Electoral Commission should again clean up the national register to delete non Ugandans. Fungaroo who is also shadow minister for Defence and internal affairs, there is evidence of existence of names of Tanzanians of Rwandese origin in areas of West Nile especially Obongi. Fungaroo says Obongi residents have […]

Unify the NRM party instead of dividing it – Banyenzaki

Unify the NRM party instead of dividing it – Banyenzaki

The minister of state economic monitoring also, Rubanda County West MP, Henry Banyenzaki says the NRM Party Secretary should work towards unifying a party instead of attacking the NRM losers who have stood on the Independent ticket. Recently, the NRM Party Secretary General, Justine Kasule Lumumba had been quoted saying that the NRM  Secretariat will campaign […]

Opposition MPs condemn police deployment at hospitals

Opposition MPs condemn police deployment at hospitals

Opposition MPs condemn the action by the police authorities to deploy police officers at hospitals in order to block presidential candidates from accessing them. The opposition chief whip who is also Dokolo woman MP Cecilia Ogwal says this is abuse of state machinery, because where they are being deployed there is no insecurity. Bushenyi municipality  MP Odo […]

Presidential candidates should focus on income generating projects – Nanyunja

Presidential candidates should focus on income generating projects – Nanyunja

The aspiring member of parliament for Kawempe North Robinnah Nanyunja has called on the presidential candidates for 2016 to focus on income generating projects for the people to sustain other government services in various sectors. Nanyunja said that they should put programmes that will engage youth for labour production and desist from crimes as they […]

NRM party calls on ministers who lost in primaries not to run as independents

NRM party calls on ministers who lost in primaries not to run as independents

The NRM party has called on ministers who lost in primaries and are running as independents for parliamentary seats to withdraw from the race or risk being decampaigned. The was disclosed by the party secretary general Justine Kasule Lumumba, noting that such a minister is no longer a member of NRM and it is showing that […]

Sebei people believe that President Museveni made empty promises to construct bridges and roads in the area – Chemaswet

Sebei people believe that President Museveni made empty promises to construct bridges and roads in the area – Chemaswet

The Chairperson of NRM in Kween District, also Kween County MP Abdi Fadhil Kisos Chemaswet, says he supports the actions of people of Sebei sub Region in Kween district in walking away from the President Museveni Campaign rally recently in  Kween and Bukwo district over claims that he made empty promises to construct bridges and […]

Mao lines up strong legal team to challenge polls’ commission

Mao lines up strong legal team to challenge polls’ commission

Following the rejection of Norbert Mao to stand as the Gulu municipality MP, the party and the fallen candidate have lined up a massive and strong legal team to challenge the polls commission on the grounds used to refuse him from contesting for his desired post. Speaking to journalists today in Kampala, the head of […]

Kibaale district’s Nabanja goes unopposed

Kibaale district’s Nabanja goes unopposed

The woman member of parliament for Kibaale district Robinah Nabanja has become unopposed in the coming 2016  parliamentary polls for the district following her opponent withdrawing from the race. Easter Turyasingula withdraws  from the race after the NRM party secretary general Justine Kasule Lumumba pleaded to her to go out of the race for the […]

All registered voters will be allowed to vote

All registered voters will be allowed to vote

The electoral commission has dismissed reports that Ugandans without national IDs will be denied chance to vote. This follows media reports that millions could miss voting over IDs. Addressing journalists at the commission headquarters EC chairman Eng Badru Kiggundu said the national voters register will be the basis for participating in the 2016 general elections. He says […]

President Museveni orchestrated spread of nodding disease – Besigye

President Museveni orchestrated spread of nodding disease – Besigye

FDC presidential candidate Dr. Kizza Besigye has attacked President Yoweri Museveni over the existing nodding disease in Acholi sub region. Dr. Besigye while on his support seeking trail in several sub counties of Lagoro, Mucwini and Kitgum-Matidi in Kitgum district accused president Museveni of orchestrating the spread of nodding disease which has existed in Kitgum for […]

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