Uganda politics

Kibanda North MP Hon Linus Ngompek has claimed that the current opposition in Parliament under Hon Mathias Mpuuga works for the government. According to Hon Ngompek, there is currently no opposition in Parliament. It was the previous Opposition that gave the NRM a hard time due to their defiant nature. However, this one with Mpuuga is so different and hasn’t ...

The leader of the National Unity Platform, Hon Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine, has come out to bluntly tell President Museveni that he should forget about extracting oil in Hoima. The singer and politician said that as a country, resources and wealth are needed. However, he and his comrades won’t allow these to be overseen by a “thief and ...

Veteran Journalist, Baker Batte, has said yesterday while in Parliament, all they could hear was noise because legislators were shouting. Due to this, they didn’t hear any candidate articulate their points. “We don’t have six representatives from NRM, we have all the nine from NRM. Politics is about greed. I was in the gallery, but we couldn’t hear the candidates ...

The police launched an investigation into circumstances surrounding an incident between MP Alioni Odira and police officer at the EALA Elections yesterday. Apparently, Yorke Alioni Odira, the MP for Aringa South in Yumbe District punched a senior officer on duty at parliament. The officer came with the security detail deployed on Thursday to oversee the EALA election process.In the scuffle, ...

Kiira Municipality Member of Parliament Hon Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda has lashed out at political parties UPC and DP. He said that these will soon be forgotten in the history of Uganda especially in the struggle against injustice. According to Ssemujju, these have connived with the NRM to continue oppressing Ugandans. “DP and UPC will be forgotten. The fight against injustice ...