Uganda politics

Godber Tumushabe, a policy analyst, has said just because Uganda has voting going on every after five years, doesn’t mean we are actually having an election. He says it’s more of a ritual and it can’t take the country anywhere. “The mere fact that every after five years, you conduct a ritual doesn’t make it an election. You have people ...

Persis Namuganza, the Minister Of State For Lands, has said MPs should produce evidence that shows she disrespected the legislators. The Minister is being investigated for allegedly questioning the integrity of the House over the Nakawa-Naguru land give-away when she appeared before an Adhoc committee investigating the saga early this year. Yesterday, Namuganza appeared before the disciplinary committee but she ...

The People’s Front for Transition (PFT) leader, Dr Kizza Besigye, has said he has hope for a day when Uganda will have a peaceful power transfer. However he revealed that despite his hope, he is sure it will not happen under President Museveni’s rule. His remarks follow recent events in Kenya that facilitated a peaceful transition of power from Uhuru ...

Credible reports and intelligence officers of the speaker, Anita Among, have revealed that her junior, Thomas Tayebwa, had a direct role in the escape of her ADC ASP Aggrey Aruho. Aruho left the country for the US after affiliating himself to an entourage led by the Deputy Speaker who had departed for September 2-5 34th UNAA convention. Among’s intelligence backed ...

Former President of FDC, Dr. Kizza Besigye, has said he doesn’t see the day Museveni will hand over to another president. He says in all the 60 years of Uganda’s independence, Ugandans have never witnessed what Kenya is going to witness today as Uhuru hands over to William Ruto. “Frankly, I don’t envisage a day when Mr. Museveni will be ...