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The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has strongly criticized certain members of the Opposition for resorting to what they term as “intimidation and blackmail” against Richard Lumu (Mityana South) due to his contentious proposal to elect the Leader of Opposition (LoP). Sadam Gayira, the National Chairperson of the PPP, voiced the party’s concerns during a meeting with the Legal and Parliamentary ...

Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine, Principal of NUP has said the government is just trying to make people hate elections. Bobi Wine said this in light of what happened in Soroti on Thursday. According to him, the whole election process was saddening. “What happened in the Soroti East by-election is saddening given what Museveni’s government did. This was the case ...

Henry Kasacca, a governance and democracy consultant, says it is too early to exaggerate unity among opposition members. According to him, just because Bobi Wine and Besigye met in the same place yesterday means nothing for now. “It’s too early to say there’s unity in the opposition because Hon. Kyagulanyi has gone to Soroti East to campaign for the FDC ...

The MP for Butambala, Hon. Muwanga Kivumbi, has claimed that President Museveni is trying to reconstruct UPC based on hatred. This is after Museveni reached an agreement with DP and its president Nobert Mao to start a working relationship. The agreement also saw Mao assume the office of the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs. However, according to Kivumbi, this ...

Journalist, Baker Batte, has said Nobert Mao is not going to add anything to NRM but Museveni just loves buying old things that have no use. Even if he gets the ministerial position, Batte says Mao can’t influence how Museveni does his things in the country. “Museveni likes buying old things which have no use. He likes keeping things that ...