The National Resistance Movement Director of Communication, Emmanuel Lumala Dombo, has said the recently concluded party retreat at the National Leadership Institute in Kyankwanzi was designed to strengthen leadership capacity, ideological clarity, and service delivery among leaders.Speaki
The just-ended NRM MPs Kyankwanzi retreat was infiltrated by more than 50 undercover political operatives and IOs whose duty it was to help gather intrusive personal information about the targeted new MPs’ suitability for inclusion in Cabinet.The information gathered is meant to guide th
The Katikkiro of Buganda, Charles Peter Mayiga, has called upon newly sworn-in Buganda Kingdom representatives in the Ankole–Kigezi region to actively promote unity, cultural identity, and effective communication among the Kabaka’s subjects.The remarks were made during the official swe
Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda and Jimmy Akena have criticised President Museveni’s Shs 100 million pledge to MPs-elect who attended the Kyankwanzi retreat, warning that the payments risk undermining parliamentary integrity and exposing weaknesses in Uganda’s political leadership culture.Outg
KAMPALA – The Ministry of Local Government has issued fresh guidelines on the swearing-in, hand-over, and taking-over of office by newly elected local government councils as the current term expires on May 12, 2026.In a circular dated April 15, 2026, seen by ChimpReports, Permanent Secre
Closing the 2026 NRM leaders’ retreat in Kyankwanzi, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni pledged financial support to newly elected legislators. Museveni said MPs would receive facilitation ahead of their swearing-in, alongside additional support later.The first batch would be Shs20m, the p
Ordinarily, the typical script at the NRM retreat should have read like this. Journalists are locked out as MPs converge at Kyankwanzi under the guise of induction ahead of their swearing-in week. While there, they are cajoled and stampeded into passing resolutions cementing the ruling party’s
Hadija Namyalo has in an interviewed said she is tired of the current office and wants changeHadijah Namyalo Uzeiye, the head of the Office of the National Chairman (ONC) and one of President Yoweri Museveni’s most outspoken grassroots mobilisers, has publicly signaled that she may be re
As Uganda approaches the swearing of the presidency, new parliament and the subsequent formation of a new cabinet, an important national conversation is beginning to take shape; what kind of leadership does the country need for the next phase of its development?This is not merely a politic
Knowledgeable sources have insisted that Gen Ronnie Balya, currently an Ambassador, is going to be hard to ignore as Gen Museveni’s 9th term cabinet construction takes shape. In other words, he is destined to eat big come July.With the swearing-in ceremony being slated for next month, th
