The High Court has set Friday 1st April as day to decide whether the Democratic Party Annet Namwnga deserves bail. Namwanga, who has been on remand since January 18th 2011, was arrested on allegations that she was funding the terrorist groups that terrorized Kampala last year. Before she was remanded Namwanga was working as a […]
The Uganda army and the Uganda police have warned Uganda’s opposition leaders against organising mass protests following their dissatisfaction with the outcome of the last week’s Presidential Elections. This follows a declaration by opposition leaders in Uganda who called for peaceful protests against the victory of incumbent President Yoweri Museveni of the National Resistance […]
The former presidential candidate in the just concluded elections Retired Col. Dr. Kiiza Besigye Warren Kifife has been summoned by police to explain the elections irregularities he mentioned. After elections declaration by the Electoral Commission that announced Museveni the winner with 68.4% and Besigye with 26%, Besigye told the press conference that Museveni rigged […]
STATEMENT ON THE 2011 GENERAL ELECTIONS BY DEMOCRATIC PARTY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE NORBERT MAO A Dream Deferred by Langston Hughes What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raising in the sun? Or fester like a sore– And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over– like […]
The Chairman of the Uganda Electoral Commission, Dr. Badru Kiggundu has declared President Museveni winner of Uganda’s 2011 presidential election with a landslide victory of 68.38 per cent of 8, 272, 760 total votes cast. Kiggundu says Museveni obtained 5, 428, 369 votes, FDC/Inter-Party Cooperation flag bearer, Dr Kizza Besigye, has obtained 2, 064, 963 […]
With barely 10 days left to the February 18th presidential elections, President Museveni will sleep comfortably following the latest opinion poll results showing he will win by 65%. In its latest research done between 26th and 30th January 2011, the Afrobarometer says President Yoweri Museveni of the National resistance Movement is still leading with 65% […]
“Honour your vote. Vote issues not wolokoso” is the latest slogan plastered everywhere. But what is wolokoso? My nine-year-old niece thought it was one of the presidential candidates. Unreliable sources confirm that wolokoso means things that don’t make sense. Eight candidates are competing for the post of President in the upcoming elections. They all claim […]
The President General of the Democratic Party, Norbert Mao has urged opposition Inter Party Coalition (IPC) to join DP to form a strong political block to defeat NRM in 2011 general elections in Uganda. Speaking in Kampala today, Mao said there is a serious need for all parties in IPC to join DP in its […]
The President General of the Democratic Party (DP), Norbert Mao has asked all Ugandans to love him and support his presidential bid. He says the rising racial segregation in Uganda is caused by silliness among some people. Mao says all Ugandans should remember that they have the same colour of blood, red. In a news […]
The President General of the Democratic Party, Norbert Mao has urged the Uganda People’s Defence Forces to be non partisan and to have a national outlook rather than being identified with the regime that is in power as the regime’s army. He says though the UPDF has tremendously improved in terms of professionalism as […]