Members of parliament have launched an operation code named ‘OPERATION TUNA LENGO MOJA’ [let’s work together] aimed at countering FDC’s defiance campaign which they say is illegal. The operation led by Col. Fred Mwesigye [MP Nyabushozi] and Buganda youth chairman Mukasa Sewava Joseph among others, has been launched at Fairway hotel. The group said that they […]
MPs from Buganda are sharply divided on whom to back between speaker Rebecca Kadaga and her deputy Jacob Oulanyah for speakership. Whereas last week a group of 25 MPs nationwide led by Buganda caucus chairperson Godfrey Kiwanda came out backing Oulanyah, this morning another group specifically from Buganda led by Benny Bugembe [Mubende woman] addressed scribes […]
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 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 […]
The member of parliament for Bulisa county Stephen Birahwa Mukitale says that there should be a mechanism to have the leading opposition presidential candidate to physically be in parliament. Speaking to journalists at parliament Mukitale says the leader of opposition like Dr. Besigye currently should be in parliament to give his brain to the lawmaking process […]
The electoral commission chairman Dr. Badru Kiggundu says the EC will not apologize to the Forum for Democratic change presidential candidate Dr. Kiiza Besigye over his statement that Besigye should have been disqualified from the presidential race on the basis of running defiant campaigns. He revealed this while raising a peace flag with the Turkish Ambassador […]
The woman member of Kitgum district Beatrice Anywar has abandoned campaigning for any of the opposition leading presidential candidates. Anyar told journalists in Kampala that she is no longer campaigning for either Dr.Kiiza Besigye or Amama Mbabazi though she nominated Amama Mbabazi yet she is hailing from FDC. She said that she refused to campaign for any […]
The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has said that political parties in Africa need to support women candidates because their financial limitations represent a substantial obstacle to them making a contribution in the governance of their countries. Kadaga was closing a four day Commonwealth Women Parliamentary Conference (Africa Region) in Dar-es-Salam, Tanzania. Kadaga said Women have the […]