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National Unity Platform-NUP president Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu Alias Bobi Wine has petitioned the United Nations High Commission on Human Rights over the continued abduction and torture of his supporters. Speaking to reporters at the party headquarters in Kamwokya a Kampala suburb, following the withdrawal of police who had locked out NUP personnel and supporters since…
Uganda’s Foreign Affairs Minister Sam Kahamba Kutesa has responded back to European Union (EU) Parliament on proposed sanctions against government officials. Last week, the EU Parliament recommended sanctions against Ugandan individuals and organisations they claim are responsible for human rights violations during the recent general election, which it said wasn’t democratic and transparent. The EU…
National Unity Platform President Robert Ssentamu Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine has threatened to withdraw presidential elections petition challenging President Museveni’s win if Supreme court continues frustrate his evidence. Bobiwine wants Chief Justice Owinyi Dollo, Justices Ezekiel Muhanguzi and Mike Chibita to excuse themselves from hearing his petition while citing bias. “We’ll withdraw the case from…
The Electoral Commission has declared the National Resistance Movement- NRM candidate Juliet Achayo Lodou as the winner for Ngora county parliamentary seat after the complete tally of all the 65 polling stations in the county. Ngora District Returning Officer Peter Toddu had declared the incumbent, David Abala as the winner on January 15, 2021. Toddu…
Some section of West Ankole Diocese (WAD) Christians have shunned a political reconciliation led by Bishop Johnson Twinomujuni and Richard Kaijuka due to disharmony and disintegration which were exhibited in recent concluded general elections. At the beginning of the this month, Bishop Twinomujuni officiated a reconciliation of service for Ankole political candidates. But the function…
The Supreme Court Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo has set 18th March 2021 as the date they expect to deliver Judgement in the Election Petition filed by National Unity Platform (NUP) President Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu challenging the victory of the incumbent, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. This was during the first hearing of the election petition where…
The Supreme Court has dismissed National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential candidate Kyagulanyi Sentamu Robert aka Bobi Wine’s application to amend the main presidential electoral Petition challenging the outcome of January 14, 2021, presidential race. According to court, the application was dismissed on grounds that the matters brought challenging the legality of Museveni election were filed…
Over the years, the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party has echoed their commitment to fight corruption in the country and put a stop to the vice of embezzling public funds that have crippled the development of the country. However, the party seems to have a problem stamping out the vice in its own house.…
Former presidential press secretary and media advisor Joseph Tamale Mirundi has once again written a book titled “People Power” predicting Bobi Wine’s fate after losing presidential election against President Yoweri Museveni. Mirundi compares Bobi Wine to a grasshopper hunter who struggles a lot to catch the grasshoppers but never gets rich because the business only…
The Supreme Court has set the pre-hearing date for the election petition filed by National Unity Platform’s Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobi Wine challenging Yoweri Museveni’s victory in the just-concluded presidential elections. The pre-hearing conference has been set for Thursday, February 11, 2021. This is one where parties involved in a case meet with judges…
