Opinion: At what Stage will Opposition Politicians in Uganda start owning mistakes without blaming NRM?
The opposition parties in Uganda are currently entangled in internal fights, incoherence and poor leadership with each party having at least more than two factions.
The Democratic Party is divided with Nobert Mao faction against Lulume Bayiga’s team, FDC has Najjanankumbi faction led by Patrick Amuriat and Nandala Mafabi against Besigye’s Katonga faction. The National Unity Platform is grappling with Pro-Mpuuga team against Bobi Wine and a developing rift with Ssenyonyi, and so is the old UPC grappling with infights.
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NUP IN THE SPIN: Firing Mpuuga for Senyonyi, Bobi Wine jumped from frying pan to fire
European Parliament Session a few days ago discussed the Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Act an act that has been seen as detrimental to Uganda’s sovereignty.
During the debate held on Thursday 9 May 2024 Lord Cashman asked His Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the government of Uganda regarding its Anti-Homosexuality Act. Among the speakers, Lord Bellingham noted that the new Leader of Opposition in Uganda, Joel Senyonyi is the new kid on the block in as far politics of...
How Lukwago’s 2026 Presidential bid will end Bobi Wine’s dominance in Central region and give NRM Soft Landing
On 19 September 2023,the Forum for Democratic Change Katonga group held an extra-Ordinary delegates conference at their Katonga office.The same delegates conference passed a resolution to suspend the current leadership of Patrick Amuriat and Nandala Mafabi and put Erias Lukwago as the Interim Party President.
Lukwago who has been the Party’s deputy president is Kizza Besigye’s right hand man and and being seen as the Party’s potential presidential candidate in 2026 regardless of the ongoing fights between Katonga and Najjanankumbi...
Human Rights Observer on NUP Tours Shocked By Lack of Integrity
The National Unity Platform (NUP) Party President, Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, is nursing disappointment after his plans to coerce aggression from security forces failed. Bobi Wine planned on provoking the Ugandan security forces so as to implicate the government with charges of human rights violations at the International Criminal Court (ICC), which he had hoped to achieve through the country tours.
Kyagulanyi started his country tours from Western Uganda with a team of officials from the American...
REVEALED: Kabuleta Against Human Organ Transplant Bill as It Tramples on His Livelihood
Adam Mwanje, a former driver and friend of Joseph Kabuleta, revealed that his former boss is against the new Human Transplant Bill because it threatens his business and livelihood.
Kabuleta, Leader of the National Economic Empowerment Dialogue (NEED), during a press conference last week at his party offices in Rubaga Division, punched holes in the newly passed Human Organ and Transplant Bill, claiming it will offer no solution to the current illegal sale of organs.
"Since it’s a trade that has...
Local Supermarkets Billing Systems Leave Customers Disgruntled
Doreen Nankya, a frequent customer at a local supermarket, shares her bad experience suffered at a local supermarket.
According to Nankya, on Friday, June 30, 2023, she went to Fraine supermarket and selected products based on the price tags. The total worth of the merchandise was Shs150,000. To her dismay, she was handed a separate bill of Shs170,000 at the point of sale.
"Basing on their price tags, I picked what I could pay for. At the till, I was surprised...
