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I’ll Accept CEC’s Decision 100%, Says Thomas Tayebwa as Female MPs Ride on Gender Balance to Push for His Exit

I’ll Accept CEC’s Decision 100%, Says Thomas Tayebwa as Female MPs Ride on Gender Balance to Push for His Exit

Tayebwa, who also serves as Ruhinda North MP, said he was ready to respect whatever decision is reached by the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) Central Executive Committee (CEC) regarding the party flag bearer for the influential parliamentary position.“I’m ready to abide by w

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JUST IN: Norbert Mao Locked Out Of Speakership Race As NRM Invites Expression Of Interests For Candidates

JUST IN: Norbert Mao Locked Out Of Speakership Race As NRM Invites Expression Of Interests For Candidates

Laroo-Pece legislator also Democratic Party president General Norbert has been locked out of the Speakership race by the NRM party after it opened expression of interest for Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the 11th parliament.The party’s Apex organ Central Executive Committee sitting today

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How State spied on ex-Speaker Anita Among from 2021

How State spied on ex-Speaker Anita Among from 2021

confidential dossier pieced together by covert intelligence shows that State actors put Anita Among under surveillance as early as 2021, when she was Deputy Speaker of Parliament.The voluminous collection of documents, a copy of which Weekend Monitor has seen, discloses that “a reliable

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Tragic domestic dispute ends in suicide and near-fatal attack in Mayuge

Tragic domestic dispute ends in suicide and near-fatal attack in Mayuge

Shock and grief have gripped the residents of Nabitu Village, Buwaya Sub-county in Mayuge District, following a horrific domestic dispute that left a 48-year-old man dead and his wife battling for her life.Simon Kibuka, reportedly took his own life by stabbing himself after carrying out a

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Prosecutors Country wide to meet next week as DPP Caution them Against indiscipline

Prosecutors Country wide to meet next week as DPP Caution them Against indiscipline

On addressing journalists at ODPP headquarters on Friday, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Mr. Lino Anguzu revealed that the annual Symposium brings together prosecutors under his office, licensed prosecutors and key stakeholders in the justice system.“The objectives of the symp

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Ukraine retakes 400 square kilometers after Russian Starlink terminals deactivated

Ukraine retakes 400 square kilometers after Russian Starlink terminals deactivated

SpaceX collaborated with Ukraine's Ministry of Defense to shut down thousands of unauthorized terminals, degrading Russian command and control at a critical moment.Starting February 4, 2026, thousands of Starlink terminals operated by Russian forces went dark. In the weeks that followed, U

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Soroti NIRA official arrested over National ID extortion

Soroti NIRA official arrested over National ID extortion

An official attached to the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA), Joshua Ekule, has been remanded to prison after being accused of extorting money from residents seeking national identity cards.Ekule was arrested during an operation by Soroti Resident District Commissi

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Tanga Backtracks on Independents as Namuganza Joins Speaker Contest

Tanga Backtracks on Independents as Namuganza Joins Speaker Contest

Bukono County MP Persis Namuganza has entered the Speaker of Parliament race after the NRM Electoral Commission accepted her expression of interest, despite earlier declarations that independent MPs would not be allowed to participate in the process.Bukono County MP Persis Namuganza has fo

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M7 Tells IGG to Avoid Auditor General’s Office in the Anita Among Investigations, Says That Office Has to be Probed

M7 Tells IGG to Avoid Auditor General’s Office in the Anita Among Investigations, Says That Office Has to be Probed

President Museveni is deliberate about the IGG playing a very big role in the Anita Among investigations in order to sanitize and give credibility to the entire exercise because that is the sort of work the Aisha Naluze-led office is mandated to do under the Constitution.The Inspectorate m

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LIST: 15 MPs Nominated for Thomas Tayebwa’s Deputy Speaker Job; Three Nominated for Anita Among’s Speaker Job

LIST: 15 MPs Nominated for Thomas Tayebwa’s Deputy Speaker Job; Three Nominated for Anita Among’s Speaker Job

The race for the leadership of the 12th Parliament has officially taken shape as the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) Electoral Commission concluded the exercise for expression of interest in the positions of Speaker and Deputy Speaker.By the end of the exercise presided over by N

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