Parliament has constituted the parliamentary committee leadership and membership with government chief whip designating MPs perceived to be opposition on different committees causing anxiety. The chairpersons and deputies of the 26 parliamentary committees of the 10th parliament as approved by parliament include: Mohammed Nsereko, MP Kampala central heads Equal opportunities committee deputized by Helen Asamo, […]
President Yoweri Museveni has pleaded with the minister of justice and constitutional Affairs Kahinda Otafire and his political rival captain Dononzio Kahanda to hide their political differences and unite Mitoma district people. The Mitoma district NRM leaders told the media that they met the president and he asked them to stop splitting the people over […]
Drama ensued at the Democratic Party headquarters this morning when a group of the newly elected members of the youth wing attacked the senior officials. This was during the weekly party news conference held at City House. Led by the group spokesman, Alex Waiswa, the youth are accusing the senior party members of failing the […]
International Fellowships Programme (IFP): The Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program (IFP) provides opportunities for advanced study to exceptional individuals who will use this education to become leaders in their respective fields, furthering development in their own countries and greater economic and social justice worldwide. Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program (IFP) actively seeks candidates from social […]
African Girls Congress Fellowship Awards: Moremi Initiative for Women’s Leadership in Africa (Moremi Initiative) is pleased to announce its call for applications for the 2011 African Girls Congress – Nigerian Program. The GIRLS CONGRESS is an annual interactive initiative designed to prepare girls to take charge of their own lives and act as agents […]
In 1980s Gen. Yoweri Museveni got less than 100,000 votes countrywide but went to the bush to stage a rebellion against the then government of Uganda because they rigged his votes but was he rigged to have remained with few votes only? Whereas Museveni’s former Doctor, Col. Kiiza Besigye now of FDC has been reportedly […]
DP seems to benefit first in EALA after one of its leaders, Mukasa Fred Mbidde got a place in EALA house, and they have easily moved in to form an alliance with CHADEMA, Tanzania’s leading opposition party which has 50% of MPs in Tanzanian parliament. Our informers in Arusha tell us that there were […]
The NRM leadership is now gambling with former MP Alintuma Nsambu whose relationship with Buganda Kingdom establishment is as sour as the word its self. Sources tell us that Nsambu is expected to use his financial martial to battle it out with DP’s Mathias Nsubuga in a parliamentary by-election in Bukoto south, in Masaka […]
The NRM leadership is now gambling with former MP Alintuma Nsambu whose relationship with Buganda Kingdom establishment is as sour as the word its self. Sources tell us that Nsambu is expected to use his financial martial to battle it out with DP’s Mathias Nsubuga in a parliamentary by-election in Bukoto south, in Masaka district. […]
More than two years after Aswa MP Reagan Okumu raised the issue of top UPDF officers being from one region, western Uganda on the floor of Parliament, the top leadership of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces as well as the Special Forces Group, formerly the presidential guard brigade, remains dominated by officers from western Uganda. […]