Makerere University political science lecturer and analyst Dr. Sabiti Makara says the victory of opposition parties on different elective positions in urban areas is a sign to government that electorates here are disgruntled in terms of service delivery. Giving an example of the youth that constitute the biggest percentage in urban settings, Makara says these are unemployed hence […]
Human rights organizations, Foundation for Human rights Initiative (FHRI) and Women Leadership Development (WLEDE) recommend that the security personnel desist from exercising excessive power over women engaging in politics as it is one of the deterrent for other women to actively participate in politics. According to a recent report on the just concluded parliamentary elections, the human rights organizations observe that […]
The ministry of gender, labor and social development has appealed to the finance ministry to avail funds to enable election of workers’ members of parliament. The sector’s minister Muruli Mukasa, says that the ministry has no money to hold these elections yet their efforts to seek finance’s intervention have also hit a snag because the finance […]
The speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga has asked the attorney general to come up with a statement on when elections for the LC1s will be conducted. Kadaga says people are yearning for these elections which she claims complete the election cycle but the date when they will be conducted is still unknown. The speaker made the […]
Eastern Region Youth are demanding for a speedy election of the youth Member of Parliament for their region despite pending court cases frustrating this election. Angry youth leaders from different districts of Eastern region told journalists in Kampala that they want the electoral commission to hold the Eastern youth election as soon as possible so that […]
The spokes person of the NRM campaign task force Hon. Mike Ssebalu says that the landslide victory registered in the LC elections across the country as well as the parliamentary elections is a true reflection that the party presidential flag bearer also swept the country in the presidential elections on 18th February. Addressing a news conference […]
The Member of Parliament elect who was among the Rebel MPs, Wilfred Nuwagaba, says the overwhelming support for their return to parliament is an indication that they defeated the party dictatorship which was imposed on them. Wilfred Nuwagaba who contested on the independent ticket and won the Ndorwa East parliamentary seat overwhelmingly says that in the […]
The journalists’ rights body Human Rights Network for Journalists Uganda (HRNJU) revealed that during the presidential and parliamentary campaign season and polling day, about 70 cases were recorded all having a bearing on the violation of the rights of journalists in the country, something the rights defenders says indicates signs of no respect to media […]
The newly elected Mawokota North MP, Hon. Amelia Kyambadde is maintaining her stand to continue extending basic social services to her electorates to better their living stands with Amelia being ready to work with her opponents in the just concluded race as one of the ways to develop and address challenges of the electorates. According […]
As Majority of the longest serving ministers and members of parliament lost in the just concluded parliamentary elections, those who survived speak out on how they made it. One of the ministers who has been in parliament for more than two terms Ruth Nankabirwa says although the election process was too tough, including her being challenged for over stay, she explains […]