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30 May '26
Parliament has formally constituted the powerful Appointments Committee, paving the way for the vetting of President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s newly appointed Cabinet ministers beginning Monday, June 1, 2026.The committee, chaired by Speaker Rt. Hon. Jacob Marksons Oboth-Oboth and deputis
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25 May '26
National Unity Platform Secretary General David Lewis Rubongoya delivers remarks after the unveiling of Paul Mwiru as the party’s candidate for Speaker in Kampala on May 1, 2026.The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has endorsed National Unity Platform (NUP) candidate Paul Mwiru in today
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23 May '26
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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23 May '26
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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16 May '26
Outgoing speaker Anita Among has cancelled a dinner she had planned for Saturday, May 16, 2026, as NRM MPs have reportedly been ordered to attend Jacob Oboth Oboth’s thanksgiving party in Mukono.Both events were meant to happen on Saturday but following developments in the last 48 hours,
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09 May '26
Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja has praised Ugandans for what she described as overwhelming support for President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and the National Resistance Movement (NRM), saying the party’s performance across presidential, parliamentary, and local government elections reflected broad
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06 May '26
Kampala — The Secretary General of the National Resistance Movement (NRM), Rt. Hon. Richard Todwong, has commended district party leaders for their decisive role in securing the party’s recent electoral victory and called for renewed mobilization ahead of the next week’s presidential inaugu
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05 May '26
From left, Betty Nakisita, Persis Namuganza, and Yona Kayogera. Their parliamentary election victories are being challenged in court.Four candidates who lost parliamentary races in Namutumba District have filed petitions at the High Court in Iganga, challenging the election of newly declar
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05 May '26
National Resistance Movement (NRM) Secretary General, Mr Richard Todwong, has announced May 12 as a Public Holiday, as party leader and president-elect, Mr Yoweri Museveni, is sworn in for his seventh elective term of office.Mr Museveni, who won the January 15 presidential election with 7,
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22 Apr '26
The point of a Sovereignty Bill being before Parliament is for it to be debated and adjusted as long as the ultimate objective and purpose are achievedThe National Resistance Movement (NRM) Director of Legal Affairs, Enoch Barata, has argued that the proposed Protection of Sovereignty Bill