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President Museveni Welcomes Back Rebel MPs
Theodore Ssekikubo (Lwemiyaga), Barnabas Tinkasimire (Buyaga West), Sam Lyomoki (Workers) and Monica Amoding (Kumi) have led a group of 16 Members of Parliament that have sought forgiveness after defying and voting against their NRM party positions. The group, named “Rebel MPs” for opposing key party positions, like the Constitutional Amendment Bill 2017, which among others amended Article…
Richard Byamukama: The Challenges Of Building A Strong Opposition In Uganda
IS IT THE END OF THE BEGINNING OR THE BEGINNING OF THE END? Every time something comes to an end, something else begins. So is it the end of a beginning or the beginning of an end for building strong opposition in Uganda? The future of Uganda’s opposition politics lies in the doldrums, as sharp…
Wellex Hardware Fraud: The Unanswered Questions
On 16th June, 2023, the Anti-Corruption Court sitting in Kololo, Kampala found two directors of Wellex Hardware Limited and their Accountant guilty of generating and selling fictitious invoices. The accused were; Jigar Chandarana, Jitendra Sorathiya and the accountant, Ronak Moradiya Ghanshyambhai. They were convicted on 5 counts of making false statements to a tax officer…
Judith Wangoic: WENRECO Not To Fault For Intermittent Power Supply In West Nile
Officials of West Nile Rural Electrification Company (WENRECO), the company that was contracted by government to supply power in West Nile, have blamed the power outages and intermittent supply in the sub-region on Nyagak’s failure to generate the 3.5 Megawatts due to the seasonal dry spell and Electromaxx severe fuel shortages to generate the thermal…
