Uganda politics

Government has dismissed reports of dialogue between President Yoweri Museveni and his political nemesis Dr Kizza Besigye, according to ofwono Opondo. Check also: Ugandan FDC Party Leader, Kizza Besigye Tells Residents to Fight Land Grabbers This follows press reports quoting Besigye telling Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party members in a workshop in Soroti district that they have reached an agreement ...

Kampala — A Ugandan Member of Parliament (MP) has claimed many Ugandans are being registered to vote in Kenya’s August 8 General Election. Samia Bugwe North MP, Gideon Onyango, claimed it is mainly those residing in districts bordering Kenya who are being registered. “Enrolment of Ugandans into the Kenyan voter register is massive.[9] Check also: President Yoweri Museveni Declared Winner Of ...

KAMPALA – President Yoweri Museveni on Friday named a new head of Uganda’s electoral commission but critics said the nominee was another government loyalist and reflected the veteran leader’s intent to extend his three decades in power. Check also: President Yoweri Museveni Surprised Villagers Of Luweero District By Fetching Water On A Bicycle Since taking office in 1986 after a five-year ...

”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 ...