Uganda politics

Later today, more delegates from the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) are expected to arrive at the party headquarters in Najjanankumbi. This is in preparation for the National Executive Committee (NEC) leadership elections scheduled to happen tomorrow. The NEC elections will involve at least 1,400 party delegates representing over 125 districts where the party had grassroots elections.The deputy party spokesperson, ...

Exiled novelist and human rights activist as well as lawyer, Kakwenza Rukirabashaija has told Bobi Wine that his supporters are a bunch of internet noise-making cowards who can’t effect anything. This is after the NUP leader announced his return to the country. Taking to his social media pages, Kyagulanyi announced that he will be back on the 5th of October ...

The recent claims suggesting that a land title for the Najjanakumbi property is held by Mr. Erias Lukwago and his associates have been met with laughter and dismissal by Mr. Nandala Mafabi, a prominent figure involved in the matter. The alleged ownership of the land, located in Najjanakumbi, has caused a stir, prompting Mr. Nandala Mafabi to respond to the ...

The Constitutional Court has this Thursday morning overturned the decision by parliament to remove Hon Francis Zaake, the Mityana Municipality MP from the Parliamentary Commission. The court in its judgment ruled that Zaake was illegally thrown out of the Commission (the top governing body of parliament) without a quorum. The judges also found House Speaker Anita Among to have had ...

Patrick Amuriat, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party president, has announced that Mr Jack Sabiiti will be the new party chairman. The party’s electoral commission nominated Sabiiti on September 21 to contest for this position. Sabiiti will now hold it for the next five years. Amuriat said the declaration came after Sabiiti being the sole nominee who stood unopposed ...