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OBITUARY | Alfred Geresom Musamali | Now that former Democratic Party (DP) President-General Dr Paul Kawanga Ssemogere is dead, I urgently need to inherit one of his intellectual property items – to wit, the Big, Black Book in which during the 1980s he conceptualised recording the names of all the perpetrators of human rights abuses in…
The Police on Friday fired teargas to disperse supporters of the National Unity Platform-NUP political party who had gathered at their party headquarters to remember those killed during the November 2020 riots. Today marks two years since at least 54 people were killed as police and the army tried to quell protests in Kampala and…
The former Democratic Party President Dr Paul Kawanga Ssemogerere is dead. The 90+ year old man breathed his last at his home. According to Wakiso District Chairman Mr Bwanika, Ssemogerere died in the wee hours of November 18, 2022. “Dr. Paul Kawanga Ssemogerere : (11 February 1932- November 18, 2022). KITALO NNYO,” reads a message…
Parliament has adopted a recommendation from its Committee on Human Rights that tasked the Electoral Commission to conduct presidential and parliamentary elections last in the cycle. Committee Chairperson, Fox Odoi Oywelowo said the changes will guarantee interest in the local government elections which have historically suffered notoriously low turnout. “The Electoral Commission should organize general…
By Ben Ssebuguzi Kampala: Developing countries rely on international borrowing to finance special projects, infrastructure and to compensate for the needed revenue. Due to natural disasters like heavy rains, mud slides have adversely affected aids to trade like roads, where even the paved ones have either developed potholes or narrowed hence causing accidents. Even the…
The Speaker of Parliament Rt Hon. Anita Among has refuted media reports that legislators plan to increase their salaries. The Monitor newspaper recently reported that President Museveni rejected a proposal by Members of Parliament to have their pay and pension contribution increased. The article alleged that in a 13 October letter to Speaker Anita Among,…
In a long running play, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba has defied his father, President Museveni’s advice, to stop tweeting. Museveni during an interview with Kenya’s KTN said Muhoozi would stop the controversial tweeting that has raised dust in Uganda and beyond. The former UPDF Commander of land forces sent out a tweet in response saying he…
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has on October 24, 2022 received credentials from the new Danish Ambassador to Uganda, H.E Signe Winding Albjerg. Welcoming Her Excellency, President Museveni said Uganda has enjoyed a good relationship with Denmark for a long time. “Denmark has been our partner in the area of milk production. They gave our government…
After 45 days as prime minister, the majority of which was spent clinging on for her political life, Liz Truss announced Thursday that she is resigning. Now she is set to become the shortest-serving occupant of Downing Street in 300 years of British history. A disastrous series of self-inflicted wounds — which turned into a…
Former Independent presidential candidate Joseph Kabuleta has launched the National Economic Empowerment Dialogue (NEED) as his new political party at their headquarters offices in Bugolobi, a Kampala Suburb. According to Kabuleta, NEED under its slogan “Money in Your Pocket” is hinged on empowering Ugandans with economic power to change their standard of living and standout…
