The three names poised for Deputy Speaker race
Until this week, Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa appeared almost certain to retain his position in the 12th Parliament, buoyed by growing influence within the ruling Nation...
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EXCLUSIVE: Anita Among blue-eyed boys and girls to face investigation in the mix of the storm
Former Speaker Anita Among’s blue-eyed boys and girls are finding themselves in the corridor of corruption and financial storm as several legislators, parliamentar...
Anita Among Breaks Silence With Restrained Message Amid Speakership Uncertainty
KAMPALA — Speaker of Parliament Anita Annet Among has broken her silence amid mounting political uncertainty surrounding her future as Speaker of the 12th Parliame...
Museveni Reportedly Meets Electoral Officials Over Post-Election District Disputes
KAMPALA, Uganda — President Yoweri Museveni has reportedly summoned Electoral Commission officials from several districts over disputes arising from the January ge...
354 MPs Sworn in as Rain and Political Rhetoric Define Day Two
Amelia Kyambadde returned to Parliament as Mawokota North MPA total of 170 Members of Parliament-elect were sworn in on Thursday, bringing the cumulative number to 354 as...
Special NRM CEC Meeting — Excluding Anita Among and Her Allies — Held Ahead of State House Meeting to Decide Speaker’s Fate — Sources
Sources indicate that the meeting was deliberately exclusive, with Among herself conspicuously left out alongside several of her closest allies. Those reportedly excluded...
You Can’t Replace Corruption With Corruption†— Activist Justice Hunter Attacks Mao, Among Over Speakership Bid
Activist Justice Hunter has entered the debate over the Speakership race, criticising both Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister Norbert Mao and Speaker Anita Among...
SPEAKER’S POLITICAL FUTURE: Anita Among Reportedly Summoned to State House for High Stakes Meeting With Museveni
Anita Among, the Bukedea District Woman MP and second vice national chairperson of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM), is battling to keep her job as speaker.W...
Muhoozi Withdraws Speakership Endorsement From Anita Among And Tayebwa
Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the leader of the Patriotic League of Uganda (PLU) political group has withdrawn his support for Annet Anita Among and Thomas Tayebwa for speake...
Museveni’s challengers over the years
When President Museveni shot to power in 1986 by gun after a five-year guerrilla war, he famously declared that Africa’s biggest problem was leaders who overstayed...