Uganda news

National Unity Platform, NUP, has pledged to support their candidate, Hon. Francis Zaake as he heads to court to challenge the move parliament made to do away with him as parliament commissioner. NUP Secretary-General, Lewis Rubongoya, said they will not in anyway abandon Zaake in this fight. He added that process that the parliament used to throw him out as ...

The Director of communications and public affairs at Parliament, Chris Obore has said the Deputy Speaker is not responsible for what happened to Hon. Francis Zaake. According to him, it is the Members of Parliament that decided that Zaake should leave the commission. “The mover of the motion censuring Hon. Zaake was not the Deputy Speaker. It was Hon. Mapenduzi. ...

The president of Rwanda Paul Kagame has apparently handed gifts of local breeds of cows to General Muhoozi Kainerugaba during his Rwanda tour. Muhoozi a few days ago left for Rwanda to resolve some of the outstanding issues that might still remain between the two countries. The two dignitaries met and discussed a wide range of issues. This saw Muhoozi ...

Mukono Municipality MP Hon Betty Bakireke Nambooze has come out to air her views in regards to the impeachment of Mityana Municipality MP Hon Francis Zaake as the Commissioner of Parliament. Nambooze says that the Deputy Speaker, Hon Anita Among doesn’t know that she was torturing Zaake as a result of her words. It should be recalled that Among mocked ...

Hon. Ssemujju has asked Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja why she has failed to whip the former Speaker and Minister for East Africa Affairs, Rebecca Kadaga to attend parliamentary sittings as required by the rules of procedure. Apparently, Kadaga rarely shows up at Parliament, not to say the sittings. However, Nabbanja just laughed off this question without answering it. Furthermore, Ssemujju ...