Tag: Parliament of Uganda

Nakandi Withdraws From NUP Kampala Woman MP Flag Race

NUP’s Winifred Nakandi has withdrawn from the contest for the National Unity Platform (NUP) flag for Kampala Woman MP ahead of the 2026 General Election over alledged irregularities in the in the party’s recent vetting process for local government candidates. While addressing media today in Kampala, Nakandi alleged that the party’s harmonisation process favours certain […]

Hon Nyeko Out of Makindye East MP Race, Here’s Why

In a surprising twist of events, incumbent Makindye East Member of Parliament Hon Nyeko Derrick has today quit the race to attain the National Unity Platform (NUP) ticket flag bearer for the seat in the 2026 elections. Nyeko on Tuesday took to his X account to announce his withdraw from the heated race which has […]

PHOTOS: Speaker Among Meets Pope Leo XIV

Speaker of Parliament Anita Annet Among has today met His Holiness Pope Leo XIV in a meeting of diplomatic and spiritual significance at the Vatican. The meeting followed a solemn Mass led by the Holy Father at St. Peter’s Basilica, where prayers were offered for global peace, unity, and love among nations.  “I was honoured […]

NUP Petition’s Court Challenging UPDF Amendment Act

The National Unity Platform has filed petition at the Constitutional Court of appeal challenging the recently passed UPDF Amendment Act which took back civilians to military courts. The Leader of Opposition in Parliament Joel Ssenyonyi, while addressing journalists at the constitutional court on Wednesday said in passing the law, Parliament abused the rules of procedure […]

Makerere University Student imprisoned over Museveni, Among Tik Tok Videos

The Entebbe Senior Grade One Magistrate Tibayeita Edgar Tusiime has sentenced a Makerere University finalist and TikToker Elson Tumwine to a two months imprisonment over offensive communication against President Museveni and Speaker of Parliament Anita Among. Magistrate Tibayeita sentenced Tumwine who had recently gone missing in Hoima during his internship after he pleaded guilty to […]

Tributes pour in for fallen “Mother of Parliament” Rhoda Kalema

As the news of the death of the trailblazing politician and revered legislator Rhoda Nakibuuka Nsibirwa Kalema popularly known as the “Mother of Parliament” at the age of 96 in Nairobi Hospital on Sunday spread across the country, tributes have started pouring in for one of Uganda’s most esteemed stateswomen from all walks of life. […]