Politics

Gen Muhoozi’s statements are private—Baryomunsi

Minister of ICT and National Guidance Chris Baryomunsi has clarified that comments made by the Chief of Defence Force (CDF) Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba are not the official positions of...

Mary Paula Turyahikayo—A Divisive and Poisonous Sectarian of Rukungiri

1Uganda, since the colonial days, has grappled helplessly with a barbaric and ferocious vice of ethnic and religious...

Russia-Ukraine War: Uzbek Man Confesses to Killing Senior Russian General

The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has arrested a man who confessed to having planted and detonated a...

BOBI WINE: A Half-baked Politician with No Vision for Uganda

The National Unity Platform (NUP) party President, Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine, has predictably continued to exhibit political...

NUP Asylum Seekers Face Deportation Over Forged Document

In a troubling development, several asylum seekers associated with the National Unity Platform (NUP) are facing imminent deportation...

Bobi Wine’s Ferried Crowd Sparks Chaos in Kisoro

As the people of Kisoro gear up to elect their woman MP on November 14th, 2024, during the ongoing by-election, several political players have flocked to the place to canvass votes for their favorite candidates. Once again, the National Unity Platform party leaders led by Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, have done it again. Known for ferrying supporters wherever he goes, Kyagulanyi and his group have transported thousands of purported followers to Kisoro district in an attempt to portray that he...

NRM Officials Mobilize Support for Kabagyeni in Upcoming Kisoro By-Election, Emphasizing Vote Protection

The NRM Deputy National Treasurer Jacqueline Kyatuhaire, along with members of the Central Executive Committee and local legislators, has called on party leaders to rally behind Rose Kabagyeni and actively engage their communities in support of her candidacy ahead of Thursday's election and ensure votes are safeguarded on Election Day. This call was made during a meeting held at town hall involving the five counties of Kisoro on November 10, 2024, aimed at consolidating support for their candidate and in...

Gov’t Defends Current Process for Selecting Leader of Opposition Amid Proposed Reforms

The government has strongly defended the current process of electing the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in Parliament, firmly rejecting attempts to change it. This was revealed by Jackson Kafuuzi, the Deputy Attorney General, in his written submission to the Legal & Parliamentary Affairs Committee, to provide the Government’s views on the Administration of Parliament Amendment Bill, 2024 that was tabled by Richard Lumu, MP for Mityana South. Kafuuzi asserted that the democratic mandate from the voters would be compromised...

Shameless UCDA Leadership Bribed Opposition MPs to Defend them against Rationalization

Ugandans got shocked recently during the coffee bill in parliament when the opposition defended the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) against rationalization. It should be remembered that the same opposition MPs have been complaining of the existence of many useless agencies, waste, and duplication of responsibilities, claiming that all institutions are incompetent. In a surprising turn of events, the same opposition defended UCDA to the bone marrow to the extent that they had to fight bare knuckles to make sure...

NUP MPs Abandon Bobi Wine’s Mobilization Tour, Demand Portion of Diaspora Funds

The National Unity Platform (NUP) party Members of Parliament have distanced themselves from the current Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as the Bobi Wine's national mobilization tour, but instead demanded to be given a portion of the funds from the diaspora received by the party's Secretary General, David Lewis Rubongoya, on behalf of the party. The MPs decision to shun the national mobilization tours stems from allegations that funds from the Diaspora were channeled to Rubongoya for mobilization tours and have...

OWC Distributes over 107 million Coffee Seedlings in Buganda Region  

Operation Wealth Creation (OWC) has demystified rumors being spread by opposition Members of Parliament that Buganda region farmers have been sidelined in the development of coffee production and that government is intentionally sabotaging Baganda to make them poor. During the presidential address on November 7, 2024, the OWC coordinator for the Greater Masaka region, Colonel Nsamba, clarified that they have managed to distribute over 107 million free coffee seedlings to Buganda farmers in the ten (10) districts that make the...