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The Church of Uganda is in a crisis after a retired Bishop declared his interest to contest for a parliamentary seat on the National Resistance Movement (NRM) ticket, yet religious elders had endorsed Rtd. Col. Hon. Stephen Basaliza for the Elderly MP seat in the 2021 elections. The retired Archbishop Bishop of South Rwenzori, the…
The High Court Civil Division has dismissed an application filed by Dr. Wilberforce Wandera Kifudde, the former Technical Manager Production of National Animal Genetic Resources Centre and Data Bank (NAGRC & DB) against the Executive Director and Attorney General. Through his lawyers, Crispus Ayena Adongo and Gordon Kifudde, Wandera sued the NAGRIC ED, Dr. Charles…
Police in Mbale City on Saturday morning fired teargas and live bullets to disperse the supporters of National Unity Platform (NUP) party led by the Kyadondo East Member of Parliament, Mr Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine. Mr Kyagulanyi was scheduled to appear on one of the local radio stations for a talk show from 9am…
Members of Parliament have rejected a move by Finance State Minister, David Bahati, to provide finances for running newly approved cities in the country through a motion and instead demanded for a substantive amendment to the Appropriation Act. Minister Bahati had brought a motion for a resolution of Parliament authorizing Government to transfer funds initially…
The National Resistance Movement (NRM) Party has reportedly resolved to postpone elections for the top Central Executive Committee (CEC) members. According to the Party revised roadmap, elections for the Party chairperson, first national vice chairperson, the second national vice chairperson (female) and the six regional vice chairpersons were slated for this Friday, August 7. The…
Rtd. Col. Steven Basaliza aka Omudumizi, the former Burahya Member of Parliament (MP), in Kabarole District, has revealed that come rain or sunshine, he has to contest for one of the five seats for the elderly that were recently created by Parliament. It should be noted that the Parliament of Uganda recently created five new…
Leaders of the Alliance for National Transformation party (ANT) paid a courtesy call on Speaker Rebecca Kadaga at Parliament. Key issues of concern include membership to the Interparty Organisation for Dialogue (IPOD). Kadaga said she will consult widely, especially on the issue of MPs that have since crossed from one party to the other; including…
Members of Parliament have created five Parliamentary seats for elderly persons, one of which has been ring-fenced for women. Every region including Central, Eastern, Northern and Western will each have a representative elected by the Elders’ Council constituting all the districts in a particular region, while the National Female MP for the elderly will be…
Five Members of Parliament have been unveiled by Robert Sentamu Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine as new members of National Unity Platform (NUP) party, a political wing of people power pressure group. These lawmakers include Hon. John Baptist Nambeshe (NRM, Manjiya County), Hon. Patrick Nsamba Oshabe (NRM, Kassanda County North), Hon. Abdulatif Sebaggala (Ind, Kawempe Division…
By URN Plans are ongoing, to reconcile the Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga and the Deputy Speaker Jacob Oulanyah as bickering between the two senior leaders of Parliament heightens. The two leaders have had a bitter relationship since 2016 when Oulanyah sought to contest for the position of the Speaker of Parliament, currently occupied by…
