Uganda politics

”Amin was better than Museveni.” The former Forum for Democratic Change presidential candidate, Dr Kizza Besigye, on Sunday lauded former Ugandan president Idi Amin, saying his eight-year leadership was more developmental than President Museveni’s 30-year reign. Check Also: Besigye: Am seeking international remedies The late Idi Amin ruled Uganda from 1972 to 1979. “Although he was not highly educated, he left ...

Ugandan police arrested opposition leader Kizza Besigye, who lost February’s election to President Yoweri Museveni, after his party announced he would be sworn-in in an alternative inauguration ceremony in the country. Check also: As Ugandan Troops Withdraws From AU Mission, Is Kony’s LRA Finished? Voters re-elected Museveni for a fifth term with 60.8 percent of the February 18 vote, ahead of Besigye on ...

Uganda is pulling out of the hunt for Joseph Kony and his Lord’s Resistance Army ( LRA ), taking with it the best hopes of eliminating the militia once regarded as one of the world’s most brutal. The withdrawal of the roughly 2,500 Ugandan troops from an African Union military mission, which is set to be completed by the end ...

MPs  will bag Shs200m instead of Shs150m as had earlier been budgeted by the Parliamentary Commission, it has emerged Check also: US objects towards Uganda’s ban on second hand-clothes A Parliament official privy to the decisions by the Parliament Commission told Daily Monitor that the deal to increase the MPs’ vehicle money by Shs50 million was reached at during a meeting ...

KAMPALA, Uganda – Officials with Uganda’s ruling party passed a resolution to remove the age limit on the presidency so President Yoweri Museveni can run again.[9] Check also: Opposition MPs Walk Out On Museveni Over Besigye Museveni, now 71, would be ineligible to seek re-election in 2021 because the constitution bars anyone older than 75 to serve. He has been ...