The Tororo Chief Magistrate’s Court has dismissed an application by incumbent National Resistance Movement (NRM) MP Sarah Achieng Opendi seeking a recount of votes in 11 contested polling stations from the January 15, 2026, Tororo District Woman MP election.Chief Magistrate Irene Nanteby
Tororo Chief Magistrate’s Court has ordered a recount of votes for the January 15 polls in the race for District Woman MP.The order given today, Friday, 23rd January, 2026 follows a complaint filed by the incumbent Sarah Achieng Opendi (NRM), who polled 78,507 votes.Opendi lost to
After Jacob Oulanyah won a bitter race against Rebecca Kadaga to become the Speaker of the 11th Parliament in May 2021, he promised to preside over a “people-centred House.” When Oulanyah died in March 2022, Anita Among, his replacement, doubled down on the promise.In a four-part serie
Nyafamba Barbra Marcy, a determined daughter of Katandi village in Kirewa sub-county, is among the contestants for the Woman Member of Parliament for Tororo District in the 2026 general elections under the Uganda People’s Congress (UPC).Her story is one of grit, faith, and an unyielding
Parliament has demanded that government urgently explains why Ugandans, particularly young women working abroad, continue to suffer trafficking, torture, and exploitation, with some losing their lives.The debate was sparked on Tuesday when Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa, while opening the H
President Museveni urged African leaders to firmly resist foreign ideologies that threaten the continent’s familyfoundations and to match this resistance with a determined pursuit of economic and political integration to secure Africa’s future.The president made the remarks
The long-standing conflict over the administrative structure of Tororo District took a significant turn after leaders from both Tororo County and West Budama agreed to elevate Tororo Municipality to a city status using its current boundaries.The agreement was reached during a high-level me
Parliaments all over the world have been known as places where elected representatives of the people develop, deliberate, and adopt legislation that promotes public interests. In Uganda, Parliament has been at the forefront of originating, drafting and passing Bills that are often aimed
Private school administrators have responded to mounting public outcry over what is perceived as unduly high tuition fees, attributing the costs to operational expenses. Although many administrators declined to provide a detailed breakdown of their expenditure, they pointed to utility bi
We early this week reported about how Internal Affairs Minister had last weekend stormed the Njeru stock farm in a bid to evict government from his land which houses the only diary breeding, research farm in Eastern Uganda which was set up in the late 1960s.When he stormed the farm on a br
