Parliament and the National theatre; two identical twins separated by road
The national theatre is the central venue for music, drama and comedy shows. Adjacent to it is the Parliament of Uganda – ideally a place that should have been the nati...
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M7 New Cabinet Lineup Takes Shape After Kyankwanzi, As Ugandans Count Down to Swearing-In Day 12th May
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 info...
Museveni Rejects MPs’ Bid for Role in Top Civil Servant Appointments
KYKAWANZI, Uganda – President Yoweri Museveni has rejected a proposal from ruling party lawmakers seeking a formal role in recommending appointees for positions includi...
BITTER TRUTH: Here’s Why Gen M7 Alone Can’t Keep Anita Among in Speakership Job
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...
UGX 300m Not Enough for MPs’ Cars; NRM MP Wants Grant Raised to UGX 500m
Bukoto West MP Muhammad Mayanja Ssentayi has explained why he believes the UGX 300 million Parliament plans to give members of the 12th Parliament to buy vehicles is not...
Date Set for Newly Elected MPs’ Swearing-in Ahead of Speaker Election
Speaker Anita Among congratulated the winners in the recently held parliamentary elections as the house convened to pay tribute to fallen colleague Stella Apolot Isodo, w...
MP Ochwa pledges to lobby power extension to Aleles Bridge TC.
Pallisa, Uganda: Agule County Member of Parliament David Ochwa has pledged to lobby government for the extension of electricity to Aleles Bridge Trading Centre in Cheleku...
How Nandala Mafabi’s Shs300m Offer Blocked Mass FDC Defection to Semujju Nganda’s PFF
A behind-the-scenes political strategy by FDC Secretary General Nandala Mafabi may have stopped a mass defection of MPs to the new Katonga-based Freedom and Unity Front...
Is Uganda's Opposition Opposing — or Profiting from the System?
In Uganda’s political landscape, opposition parties are constitutionally expected to provide checksand balances, speak for the people, scrutinize government decisions...
Museveni Only Has a Maximum of 10 Years to Live: NRM MPs Turn on M7 Call for Abolishment of Election
A group of National Resistance Movement (NRM) MPs, led by Buyaga West MP Barnabas Tinkasimire, has sparked nationwide debate after calling for the abolition of elections...