The government has denied media reports that the delay in completing Bujagali power dam will cost the country 285 million shillings. The state minister of energy Simon D’Ujanga says it is the drought that has affected the production of the hydro power generation. D’ujanga says the country’s current power demand is about 450 mega watts […]
Since April 2011, activists for change (A4C) have been campaigning against government’s failure to manage rising cost of living, inflation and wastage of public resources which affect every Ugandan. Protesters from all walks of life including students to elderly citizens, ordinary working people to opposition party leaders, parliamentarians, lawyers, traders, civil society etc came out […]
Former legislator, Betty Kamya still has plans to go back to the August house. The news reaching our desk has it that the former MP for Lubaga North (Betty Kamya) is planning to seek reelection as area MP if the High Court happens to order fresh polls. Kamya’s plans come as the area MP Singh […]
The president of the People’s Progressive Party, Bidandi Sali has been scheduled to meet president Museveni on November 15th this year according to sources in Statehouse. The meeting has been initiated by the president, according to sources. We are informed that President Museveni is planning to discuss the possible return of Bidandi Sali to the ruling […]
Things are not well in Uganda Peoples Congress (UPC), the party that ruled Uganda twice (1966-70 and 1980-5). Some of the leaders of the party, including MPs are bitter that the party bank account has over 500 million Uganda shillings lying idle but the party president, Olara Otunnu has never withdrawn it to fund party activities. […]
Members of Kitgum meat packers and butcheries association have resolved to dragger the Kitgum town council to court for the demolition of their kiosks. Trouble between the two butcheries and Kitgum town council steamed on Tuesday last week in which the town council forcefully evicted them from a road reserve where they were operating from. […]
The director Centre for Women in Governance (CEWIGO) Miria Matembe has urged women leaders at different levels to advocate for the well being of women at all levels. Matembe says the Centre for Women in Governance is committed to building a pool of women who are knowledgeable, informed and with skills to participate in politics with a […]
Wakiso woman MP Rosemary Seninde condemned government for setting up a wrong precedent that for government to listen to people’s needs they have to first demonstrate. This follows recent strikes by traders and taxi drivers over wide ranging grievances that have later attracted the attention of the government. Seminde says that government should learn to […]
Former Supreme Court judge justice Prof George William kanyeihamba has advised political parties in the country not to use their caucuses to stop their members from expressing their views in parliament. Speaking to the mps during their induction seminar in Kampala Kanyeihamba said that caucus are the best avenues for party members to reach consensus […]
The politics of Uganda has been characterised by reactionary ideology (not progressive, not patriotic) before colonialism, during colonialism and after colonialism. Before colonialism, following the collapse of the Bachwezi Empire around 1500 AD, this area was being dominated by small kingdoms and chiefdoms: Bunyoro, Buganda, Ankole, Tooro, Rwanda, Burundi, Karagwe, the chiefdoms of Buhaya, Busoga, […]