Budama West MP Jacob Oboth Oboth, has been elected the Speaker of the 12th Parliament, after securing the majority of votes from 519 out of 528 Members of Parliament that cast their ballots in the election. The Chief Justice Dr. Flavian Zeija, who was the presiding officer, declared Oboth after he emerged as the winner […]
The outgoing Mawokota South Member of Parliament Hon Yusuf Nsibambi, has quit the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) and crossed over to the National Resistance Movement (NRM). Nsibambi was on Wednesday received by the Speaker of Parliament, Rt Hon Anita Among, and the party’s Secretary General, Richard Todwong at the secretariat in Kyambogo. Nsibambi’s switch […]
The Sembabule District Police has arrested two Uganda People’s Defence Soldiers (UPDF) over the violence that marred the local council elections in Sembabule Town council which saw two civilians left injured after UPDF soldiers allegedly shot at the National Unity Platform (NUP) candidate William Kangave’s car on Wednesday. According to the Greater Masaka Regional Police […]
The National Resistance Movement (NRM) Chairperson Aligoi Sub-county in Bukedea district, Samson Wamimbi, has died following acts of violence that erupted in the area during the just concluded Local Council Elections conducted on Wednesday across the country. According to reports, violence began on Tuesday evening when Wamimbi and his team allegedly moved around the villages, […]
The Chairperson of the U.S Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Jim Risch, has urged his government to re-evaluate it’s security partnership with Uganda following the recent posts by the Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba on his X account. Senator Risch in a post on his X account warned that Gen Muhoozi had […]
The Mukono Magistrates Court has dismissed an election petition by former State Minister for Water Ronald Kibuule, seeking a vote recount in the recent Mukono North MP Elections. Former legislator Kibuule ran to court after he lost out on the second attempt to return to parliament to National Unity Platform’s (NUP) Kiwanuka Abdullah Kayongo Mulimamayuuni. […]
After a decade away from political office, the National Resistance Movement’s (NRM) Ian Kyeyune has been declared the winner of the Wakiso district chairperson seat. Kyeyune, a former Wakiso District Chairperson got 177,710 votes to beat off competition from National Unity Platform’s (NUP) Najja Nasiifu who got 99,235 in second place, and DF’s Nakafeero Flavia […]
With only two days left to the National Elections, Mr Mahad Kawuma, an advocate of the High Court has sued the Justice Simon Byabakama led Uganda Electoral Commission and the Attorney General Kiryowa Kiwanuka over disqualifying nominated candidates from the ongoing electoral process. Kawuma who has petitioned the constitutional court in Kampala is seeking to […]
By Denis Jjuuko It is not uncommon to find a social media post in Uganda regarding the price of land or property being shared many times. The argument is that land prices are extremely high especially around Kampala and in many major cities or towns across the country. With an ever-increasing population and poor infrastructure […]
Tension within the National Resistance Movement (NRM) supporters in Orungo Constituency, Amuria District keeps growing after one person was shot dead and several others were left injured during a fight between supporters of the party flag bearer, Ms Teddy Anyuk Osiire and incumbent Hon. Jeje Abubakar Odongo. According to reports, the deceased identified as 30 […]
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