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President Museveni has summoned to State House all leaders at different levels in Sembabule District including Non National Resistance Movement leaders. Those summoned include Sembabule District Chairperson, NRM District Chairperson, all Members of Parliament and all aspirants for the position of Member of Parliament. The others include all sub county chairpersons (LCIII) and all NRM…
Uganda People’s Congress [UPC] President James Akena has lost party Presidency appeal. A panel of three Justices have thrown out Jimmy Akena’s appeal of the UPC’s presidency arguing that he holds it illegally. A panel of three justices of the Court of Appeal led by Justice Irene Mulyagonja upheld the lower court decision. Their unanimous…
Shock and grief as unexpected twist in the ruling party National Resistance Movement primaries occurs, most incumbent Members of Parliament and Ministers lost the party elections. In the heavily contested race, most big wigs on the political scene lost the elections. From Koboko to Bushenyi and different parts of the country, a wind of change…
Six incumbent members of parliament from districts in Greater Masaka sub region, have lost in the National Resistance Movement-NRM party primary elections. They include among others, Haji Muhammad Muyanja Mbabali, the Bukoto South MP. Mbabali lost to Abdul Kiyimba who garnered 8,544 votes against 5,547. His Bukoto West counterpart, Abdul Kitatta also lost to Muyanja…
Early results in Friday’s NRM primary elections for MP seats indicated massive ‘casualties’ for the big boys and girls including senior ministers. In Bushenyi, early results indicated that General Duties Minister Mary Karooro Okurut was headed for an overwhelmingly defeat to newcomer Annet Katusiime Mugisha, who won in all sub-counties of the district, including Kyabugimbi,…
Incidents of chaos and tension are continuing to be reported as Uganda’s mass party NRM are in polls to decide their next representatives in the 11th parliament. Fresh development coming in indicates that Dr. Tanga Odoi, the Chairman Electoral Commission NRM has cancelled the party primaries in Bukono County Constituency in Namutumba District after an…
Police in Soroti has arrested several people after intercepting vehicles carrying NRM candidates found canvassing for votes around Soroti City and the neighboring areas. Atleast four vehicles carrying public address systems with posters of candidates have been intercepted and parked at Central Police Station in Soroti. The development comes ahead of Polls in the NRM…
The Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) has released a stunning warning to politicians that they are soon losing their military guards in case they don’t refrain from using soldiers in their political activities. According to UPDF Spokesperson Brig.Gen Flavia Byekwaso, warned that members of parliament who use their escorts for political gains will no longer…
Speaker Rebecca Kadaga has said her job demands fairness and neutrality in dealing with leaders regardless of their political party inclinations. In a talk show on Busoga One FM in Jinja, Kadaga said since the advent of multiparty politics in 2005, working with leaders from all political formations is inevitable. “There are people who do…
Today, National Unity platform (NUP) had organised to open their offices around Balintuma Road in Old Kampala. They had erected nine tents and mobilised people to attend in large numbers. They had also planned and hired a brass band to lead their procession from Namirembe up to the venue. “We talked to the organisers to…
