Politics

On Wednesday the 29th 2023,  Hon Mohammed Ssegirinya of Kawempe South and Hon Allan Ssewanyana of Makindye West called for a press conference to address journalists about their ordeal at Kigo Prison where they were on remand for at least 15 months.  Journalists and viewers were shocked as the none of the top NUP leadership was present at the press conference.  According to Kabuye Innocent, one of the NUP councilors, the reason the top NUP leadership shunned away from the conference is because of guilt. “These people were holding parties at Busabala beach every weekend and traveling abroad for...

The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), which was once the biggest opposition party in Uganda, in a bid to revive its past glory, started a leadership academy.   The lack of elaborate leadership mechanisms greatly affected its growth and led to its disintegration and the birth of other political parties like the ANT and PFT. According to the FDC youth wing, the academy has come at a time when there is a leadership deficit in FDC, the quality of leaders they have in the party is wanting, there is a lack...

𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐔𝐄 251 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇 29, 2023 🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬 🇺🇬 MPs Ssegirinya and Ssewanyana say NUP leaders want them out of Parliament so as to occupy their positions 📌Makindye East Member of Parliament Allan Ssewanyana has revealed that his enemies within the National Unity Platform are the reason for his arrest, alongside his counterpart Kawempe NorthMP Muhammad Ssegirinya. While speaking to journalists at the party headquarters on Wednesday for the first time since their release, the legislator who is out on bail went ahead to...

Tensions were high at today's COSASE meeting, where officials from the Uganda Printing and Publishing Company (UPPC) were questioned about the Ugx7 billion scandal created by poor management. The Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities, and State Enterprises (COSASE), a parliamentary accounting committee, descended into chaos as members of Parliament protested the committee head, Hon. Joel Ssenyonyi's, conduct. MPs who raised procedural issues one after the other were disappointed when Ssenyonyi refused to follow their advice to adjourn proceedings. The Members of Parliament...

Makindye East Member of Parliament Allan Ssewanyana shocked journalists when he revealed that his "enemies" within the National Unity Platform, to which he also subscribes, are the reason for their (along with Ssegirinya) arrest and eventual jail time. While speaking to journalists at the party headquarters this morning, March 29, 2023, for the first time since their release, the legislator who is out on bail went ahead to pinpoint some of his colleagues who went behind their backs to spread...

𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐔𝐄 243 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇 21, 2023 🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬 🇺🇬 Parliament of Uganda passes Anti-Homosexuality Bill 📌The Parliament of Uganda on Tuesday passed  the Anti- Homosexuality Bill, 2023 with revised but tougher penalties for people engaged in same-sex relationships. At least 389 MPs attended in person with a few others following proceedings via Zoom Technology, making it a sufficient number of the quorum of 176 MPs required to vote on the Bill. The Bill now awaits President Museveni's consent. Hon Asuman Basalirwa, the mover of...