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Several Councilors at the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCAA) on Monday June 22, 2022, warmly accepted Hon. Nasser Basajjabalaba’s reappointment on the Kampala District Land Board, which will see him serve for another five years. The move came after Councilors unanimously approved Hon. Basajjabalaba as a member of the District land board for another term…
The African Union (AU) has suspended South Sudan from the continental body over failure to honour its financial obligations over the past three years. A letter from the country’s mission in Ethiopia to the Foreign Affairs Ministry confirmed the development saying the amount in question came up to over 9 million dollars. The Xinhua News…
The Chairman of the ruling party National Resistance Movement (NRM), who is also the President of Uganda Gen. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, has made changes in the party’s Central Executive Committee (CEC), by appointing new cadres to key positions. The new appointments came a day after the CEC, (the top leadership organ of the party), had…
The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Justice Simon Byabakama has said that the Commission is not responsible for the inconveniences the recently released election roadmap may present because he is fulfilling his obligation as the law requires within a challenging environment of COVID-19. Mr. Byabakama said after the initial roadmap was affected by the…
The Chairman of the Uganda Electoral Commission (EC) Justice Simon Byabakama has said the issue of postponing the 2021 elections has not occurred to them, because the constitution commands them to hold elections within a specific time-frame. “Article 61, Clause 2 of the Constitution commands us to have elections, to uphold the sanctity of the article.…
The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has directed the Minister of Finance, Matia Kasaija, to explain discrepancies contained in his Budget speech presented last week and the National Budget for 2020/2021 as approved by the House. “The Minister is required to come here tomorrow to explain the variances between the Appropriation Bill we passed here…
The Electoral Commission yesterday released a statement and roadmap for 2021 elections containing a reference to the conduct of candidates’ campaigns digitally for Local government, Parliamentary and Presidential Elections. This raised a serious matter of national importance that must be urgently addressed by Parliament and the Judiciary, if need be. This novel practice has been…
The Electoral Commission (EC) has on tuesday issued new guidelines for 2021 General Election in the wake of Coronavirus Pandemic. EC has banned all political gatherings and rallies in the ‘Revised Roadmap for 2021 General Election’ basing on Ministry of Health guidelines in the fight against the spread of COVID-19. “The Constitution commands us to…
People Power movement leader who is also the Kyadondo East Member of Parliament Hon. Ssentamu Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine, has officially announced a coalition with (Rtd) Col. Dr. Kizza Besigye, leader of the People’s Government, and all other forces of change, with an aim of ousting President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, through a ‘No, Nedda’…
The leader of opposition in Parliament Betty Aol Ocan, who doubles as the Gulu district woman Member of Parliament was on Monday morning involved in a road accident along the Gulu-Kampala highway. Aol Ocan was travelling in her official vehicle registration number UG 0346H when it knocked a pickup truck registration number UAX 888V from…
