Norbert Mao’s entry into the race for Speaker of Uganda’s 12th Parliament is less about securing the chair and more about repositioning himself within the country’s power structure, political commentator Wilfred Businge has argued. As the contest intensifies, Mao’s move is now bein
Semujju Nganda says that Norbert Mao knows he can’t get speakership but he is busy pushing hard and making maximalist demands because he wants to end up getting something big and better from Museveni and general Saleh.Semujju says that Mao is like a man who goes to a friend’s home to a
this file photo, former Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga [left] and People's Front for Freedom council speaker Salaam Musumba attend a children’s event in Bugabula South, Kamuli District, wearing Independence medals. PHOTO/SAM CALEB OPIO People’s Front for Freedom (PFF) council spe
President Museveni and the Chief Justice will on Monday preside over the opening sitting of Uganda’s 12th Parliament, where Members of Parliament are expected to elect a new Speaker and Deputy Speaker.According to the official order paper, the First Meeting of the First Session of the 12
The NRM Central Executive Committee (CEC) the party’s apex body on Friday failed to endorse another candidate for Speakership and Deputy speakership after the candidate they had endorsed earlier [Anita Among] pulled out of the race as she faces a corruption probe.CEC instead of endorsing
Former UPDF intelligence chief Gen. David Sejusa has offered his view on the ongoing debate around Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister Norbert Mao’s Speakership bid, framing it as part of wider political arrangements rather than a routine party contest.In a public reflection, Sej
Rukungiri Municipality today held an emotional farewell ceremony in honor of its long-serving mayor, His Worship Charles Makuru, recognizing his decades of dedicated leadership and contribution to the development of the municipality.The event brought together various municipal departments,
The Principal Judge, Lady Justice Jane Frances Abodo, chaired a high-level Judiciary engagement during the Pre-Fortnight Settlement Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Users’ Roundtable for the Land Division of the High Court.The meeting was held at the Supreme Court Conference Hall in
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
The High Court has ordered the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) to refund more than Shs 73.5 million to the Pentecostal Assemblies of God (PAG) after ruling that the tax body illegally collected Value Added Tax (VAT) on humanitarian food aid imported for South Sudanese refugees.In addition,
