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29 Jan '26
Youth delegates are voting for youth MPs across the country. The youth MP elections 2026 are being held at different regional locations. The Pearl Times is following up on the elections.For Eastern Uganda, over 2,000 delegates are voting for their MP at the Islamic University in Uganda (IU
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22 Jan '26
The Internal Security Organisation ISO has asked Parliament for an additional Shs218 billion in the 2026/27 financial year to strengthen intelligence collection and improve monitoring of the Parish Development Model PDM amid growing concerns over corruption and weak oversight.The request w
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09 Jan '26
The political environment in Mawogola North, Ssembabule District, is growing increasingly tense as the contest between President Museveni’s brother, Godfrey Aine Kaguta—popularly known as Sodo—and city lawyer Jet Tumwebaze intensifies.Sodo on Tuesday shared a video on social media sh
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22 Dec '25
Idi Ssemata, the National Unity Platform (NUP) party candidate for the Mawogola North parliamentary race, has withdrawn from next year’s general elections. He becomes the second NUP candidate to pull out of the race in Sembabule District ahead of the general election slated for January 1
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19 Nov '25
Dr Emmanuel Lyamulemye, the former executive director of the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA), is dead.Frank Tumwebaze, the Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, announced his death on X.“I learnt this morning with deep sorrow about the passing of Dr Em
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18 Nov '25
Uganda’s coffee sector has posted its strongest performance in history, with exports for the Coffee Year 2024/2025 soaring to 8.2 million 60kg bags, earning the country US$2.3 billion (UGX 8.1 trillion).The latest report from the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MA
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05 Nov '25
UNEB writes to Sodo’s rival; “If you Want his Academic papers, Go to his School” A letter written by the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) to Kampala Associated Advocates (KAA) has ignited fresh political tensions in Mawogola North, where Sodo Aine Kaguta contesting for Membe
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27 Sep '25
As Uganda heads toward the 2026 general elections, political temperatures in Mawogola North, Sembabule district are heating up after Kampala lawyer Jet Tumwebaze declared his bid to challenge President Museveni’s brother, Sodo Aine Kaguta, for the parliamentar
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25 Aug '25
Former Kampala Resident City Commissioner (RCC) Hudu Hussein has been declared the official NRM flag bearer for the Mbale City Northern Division parliamentary seat after successfully challenging the outcome of the party primaries.Hudu had initially lost t
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03 Jul '25
The Newly Formed Corporation Agreement between the Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) and the People’s Front For Freedom (PFF) has received praise from political analysts with many seeing ANT’s Gen. Mugisha Muntu as a potential figure to fill the leadership gap left by Dr. Kizza Besig