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On April 12, 2021, city lawyer Male Hassan Mabirizi wrote a letter to the Secretary-General of the Electoral Commission demanding that he be availed with a copy of the constitution of the National Unity Platform-NUP. The party changed leadership in 2020 from Moses Nkonge Kibalama to Kyagulanyi Robert Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine. In August of…
The Constitutional Court has ruled that the Court Martial has no powers to try civilians. In a majority ruling of three justices against two, the court ruled that although the Court Martial is a competent court under the 1995 Constitution, its powers are only limited to serving officers of the Uganda People’s Defense Forces. “Emphasizing…
Former speaker of Uganda’s parliament Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga was 30, June 2021 sworn in as an ex-officio member of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) in Arusha, Tanzania. We’ve learnt that the Kamuli Woman legislator who served for 10-years as Speaker of the Ugandan Parliament and another 10 years as a Deputy Speaker before her recent…
Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has expelled Owek. Joyce Naboosa Ssebugwawo who has been the Deputy President as a member of the party following her acceptance to work as Minister in Museveni’s government. President Museveni on Tuesday appointed the former Lubaga Division Mayor Joyce Ssebugwawo as the state minister for ICT, with her appointment pending…
On Tuesday evening, President Museveni announced his new cabinet list of ministers throwing many Ugandans into surprise with peculiar and unexpected appointments in top government positions. We take an in-depth look at the new faces appointed in the cabinet released. Jessica Alupo Born 47 years ago in Katakwi district, the retired teacher served in the…
The opposition Forum for Democratic Change’s Hon. Joyce Nabbosa Sebugwawo and the newly appointed State Minister for Information and National guidance rejected calls by different opposition party leaders to turn down President Museveni’s Ministerial position. The Rubaga veteran Catholic leader was on Tuesday appointed a state Minister for Information and National guidance, a position formerly…
President Yoweri Tibuhaburwa Kaguta Museveni has officially released the full cabinet list for his sixth political term in office. This follows ongoing media rounds on his leaked cabinet list of minister which prompted the President to release the official list earlier than anticipated. According to the official presidential list, Museveni wrote thus.. I hereby inform…
A Tanzanian female Member of Parliament (MP), Condester Sichwale, was thrown out of Parliament by the speaker, Job Ndugai, for wearing tight clothes. The MP was thrown out after Nyang’wale MP, Hussein Amar raised a complaint about her dress code. According to Amar, he said MPs should dress in an exemplary manner since they are…
The ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) has forwarded a list 22 for Parliament’s Appointment Committee, which includes the outgoing Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development Frank Tumwebaze, and health state minister Joyce Moriku Kaducu. The Appointments committee chaired by the Speaker of Parliament vets and approves members appointed by the President. NRM released its…
Controversial City Lawyer Male Mabirizi has run to court to challenge President Museveni’s swearing-in for a sixth elective term as the president of Uganda. H.E. Yoweri Tibuhaburwa Kaguta Museveni was on May, 12 sworn in as Uganda’s president following his victory against 10 other candidates after winning 58 per cent of the votes cast in the…
