Asuman Basalirwa (Bugiri Municipality) Archives

News

PAC’s Kivumbi, PSST Ggoobi Clash Over Gross Budget Indiscipline

A tense standoff unfolded on March 4, 2025, between Secretary to the Treasury Ramathan Ggoobi and Members of Parliament (MPs) on the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) as they debated concerns over financial mismanagement in government. The session, focused on reviewing the Auditor

March 5, 2025

News

NGO Calls For Strict Laws Against Sextortion,Non-Consensual Sharing Of Sexual Content

The Development Network of Indigenous Voluntary Associations (DENIVA) has called on the government to criminalize sextortion and the non-consensual recording and distribution of sexual content, arguing that such acts violate human dignity and fuel sexual exploitation. Speaking before a joint session of

February 12, 2025

National News

Big Story! President Museveni Signs Anti-Homosexuality Bill Into Law

President Yoweri Museveni has signed into law Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2023, a move which now enforces tougher measures against people who pronounce themselves as gay in the East African country. The restrictive anti-gay bill comes with tough punishments and fines for those

May 29, 2023

Politics

Speakership Race: Asuman Basalirwa Declared Joint Opposition Candidate

The opposition has this afternoon declared Asuman Basalirwa of JEEMA as its joint candidate in the race for Speaker of Parliament ahead of tomorrow’s polls at Kololo. The Bugiri Member of Parliament will tussle it out with NRM’s Anita Among. The election

March 24, 2022

Crime·Uganda

ULC Didn’t Advertise Nakawa-Naguru Land Before Allocation

Members of Parliament on the Adhoc Committee investigating the allocation of land at the former Nakawa-Naguru housing estate have discovered that Uganda Land Commission (ULC) did not advertise for the land before it was allocated. Officials from ULC led by the acting

March 16, 2022

Politics

Parliament To Investigate Naguru-Nakawa Land Saga Again

Parliament is set to conduct another investigation into the controversial Naguru-Nakawa land after conducting a similar investigation into the same subject in the 10th Parliament. The latest investigation was pronounced by Deputy Speaker, Anita Among during the plenary sitting where she announced a

March 2, 2022