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President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has suspended campaigns for both Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the 11th Parliament. We’ve learnt that Museveni issued the directive on Monday at State House in Entebbe while meeting the current Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga, her Deputy Jacob Oulanyah who have both expressed interest in speakership for the 11th Parliament.…
Members of Parliament led by Prime Minister Dr Ruhakana Rugunda have called upon leaders at all levels of government to emulate the former President of Tanzania HE, John Pombe Magufuli’s leadership methods which they termed as exemplary. While paying tribute to the late Tanzanian President,Dr Rugunda described Magufuli as a leader who had love for…
It was all pomp and luxury at the Speke Resort Munyonyo on Wednesday, March, 24, 2021 as the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga, 65, launched the first ever public bid to become the longest serving Speaker – an unmatched 15 years in the 100 years history of the Ugandan Parliament. (Speaker Kadaga…
The National Resistance Movement (NRM)Secretary General, Rt Hon Justine Kasule Lumumba has paid last respects to deceased Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli. Lumumba was accompanied by other senior leaders that included the party’s National Treasurer, Hon Rose Namayanja Nsereko, Hon. Emmanuel Dombo, the Director for Information and Public Relations, Hon Mathias Kasamba (Director Mobilisation, Recruitment…
Former Kamuli Woman MP Contestant, Proscovia Salaamu Musumba of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has petitioned the high court in Jinja challenging Speaker Rebecca Kadaga’s victory in the recently concluded polls for Kamuli District Woman Member of Parliament. In the race to represent Kamuli, the incumbent, Speaker Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga emerged winner with 92,388…
The Speaker of Parliament Rt Hon. Rebecca Kadaga has run to the Uganda Communication Commission (UCC) over a media article that exposed how she pocketed Shs2.8bn in travel abroad allowances in less than 2 years. The speaker rushed to the national communications regulator the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) after she was exposed of using her…
Anti-riot police in Central Business of Kampala have arrested National Unity Platform ‘NUP’ President Robert Ssentamu Kyagulanyi alias Bobiwine and other party members in downtown Kampala as he led what he called a peaceful protest demanding the release of NUP supporters who are suspected to be in military detentions. Kyagulanyi was apprehended at around city…
Since taking office as Deputy Speaker of Parliament way back in 2001 (20 years ago in May 2021), Rt. Hon. Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga has created one of the most secretive but powerful political hegemony within the NRM environs in modern Uganda’s Political history. It’s hard to tell how much the legendary Woman Member of Parliament…
City traders under their umbrella body Kampala City Traders Association (KACITA) have warned leader of the National Unity Platform party Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine not to dare stage riots in the city because they are fed up of robbery and hooligan squads who storm business and loot them to zero. In a statement signed…
The 1st Vice Chairperson of National Resistance Movement ‘NRM’, Alhaji Moses Kigongo has cautioned MPs against dragging the party’s Central Executive Committee (CEC) into the hotly contested race for next Speaker of Parliament. Kigongo released a statement condemning senior NRM leaders who have started vulgarizing the race by using unparliamentary language. “Yesterday, the 10th of…
