Uganda news

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has revealed why NRM CEC dumped Kadaga for Oulanyah. Yesterday, CEC dropped Kadaga for Oulanyah in the speakership race. Museveni explained that terms have to be followed in the NRM party. He says all the previous speakers served two terms only and it just couldn’t be different this time round. This is because Kadaga has already ...

Ever since musician turned politician Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine declared his intentions to run for presidency, many of his comrades have faced a lot of persecution from the security forces. Prior to the elections and in the aftermath, many of Bobi Wine’s supporters and close allies have been incarcerated. These include supporters, bodyguards among others. Among those allegedly behind ...

The 11th parliament is today going to vote for their speaker. The race is tight and mainly between Jacob Oulanya and Rebecca Kadaga. The National Resistance Movement CEC voted for Oulanya as their candidate yesterday. As opposed to what we all expected, Kadaga is now standing as an independent. This is the first time we are having such an issue ...

With the swearing-in ceremonies for the 11th parliament done and dusted, Jacob Oulanyah and Rebecca Kadaga’s fight for speakership is underway. However, the newly elected legislators have to first choose their speaker and deputy speaker of parliament. So far the race has confirmed one participant who is FDC’s Ssemujju Nganda the MP for Kiira Municipality. The big story is however ...

The Old Taxi Park has been closed for a long time now as it has been under renovation which got completed. The reopening of the park had been scheduled to take place today, however, due to unavoidable circumstances, has been postponed. KCCA made this announcement on Friday. The authority had recently just informed the nation that it had substantially completed ...