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President Museveni has appointed Sandor Walusimbi as his new senior press secretary. He replaces Lindah Nabusayi who has been retired. Walusimbi has been the head of communication at State House Anti-corruption Unit was appointed on Sunday, July 31. Nabusayi replaced Don Wanyama after he was appointed the managing director/chief executive officer, Vision Group, Uganda. Lindah…
The NRM candidate Edmund Ariko has been declared the winner of the hotly contested Soroti City East parliamentary race in polls conducted today. According to the returning officer Soroti District Christine Eyu, Ariko Herbert Edmund Okworo garnered 9407 votes, followed by FDC’s Attan Moses Okia with 8771 while the UPC candidate Pascal Amuriat trailed with…
The East Kyoga Regional Police has confirmed the arrest of 43 opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) members for allegedly bribing voters. According to East Kyoga Police Spokesperson, ASP Ageca Oscar, those arrested include FDC Party President Patrick Oboi Amuriat, former Kasese Municipality Member of Parliament, Robert Centenary. and others who were allegedly bribing people…
Most of opposition politicians in parties like Forum for Democratic Change ‘FDC’, Democratic Party ‘DP’,Jema and National Unity Platform ‘NUP’ have distanced themselves from fueling a section of excited Ugandans engaging in demonstrations over high fuel and commodity prices. This comes after several messages have been circulating on different social media platforms from yet to…
The Electoral Commission has registered an additional 1,679 voters for the Soroti East by-election. In the 2021 general elections, Soroti City East Division had 34,784 registered voters, but the number has now increased to 36,481 voters. During the update of the National Voters’ Register that was conducted between June 10-14, 2022, the commission recorded other…
President Museveni has appointed the Democratic Party’s President Nobert Mao as the new Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs. He replaces the Minister of Public Service Muruli Mukasa who has been serving in the acting capacity. The appointment comes a day after Mao together with a delegation from DP met with ruling National Resistance Movement…
Opposition Democratic Party president Norbert Mao has met with ruling National Resistance Movement party (NRM) national chairman President Yoweri Museveni and inked a deal to work together. According to president Museveni, the duo met for a meeting at State House in Entebbe on Wednesday morning. The meeting was also attended by the Secretary Generals of…
Twenty-three-23 aspirants have petitioned the High Court to restrain the ruling National Resistance Movement-NRM party from implementing its decision to ring-fence six positions of members of parliament for the East African Legislative Assembly-EALA. The applicants are part of more than 100 people who had expressed interest to hold the flag for NRM in the coming…
The Finance Committee of parliament and Roko Construction Limited have disagreed on the alternative financing possibilities for the company. The committee is considering a proposal from the government to purchase 150,000 shares worth Shillings 202.13 billion in Roko Construction Limited payable over five years. The transaction, according to the Ministry of Finance, is intended to…
