Leading the protest was Asuman Basalirwa (Bugiri Municipality) during the meeting held between the Committee and officials from UHRC, who had appeared to defend the commission’s 2025/26 Ministerial Policy Statement. Musician Fik Gaza, Three Accomplices Arrested with Machetes, Military Gear Lawmakers on the Parliamentary Legal Committee have called out the Uganda Human Rights Commission for […]
“Forced disappearances, abductions, arrests by whatever has been done by the military and many of them happened here in the Central and I find it surprising that the Commission now chose to go and visit the detention facility in Gulu yet here, which is the epicentre of all this here in Buganda, here in the […]
“I neither accepted the election results, nor I congratulated Nalukoola,” said Nambi as she reaffirmed her stand to seek court intervention. Even after the swearing-in of Kawempe North By-election winner, Elias Luyimbaazi Nalukoola, the runner up, NRM’s Faridah Nambi has categorically denied that she ever conceded to being defeated by the latter. “I neither accepted […]
Nalukoola’s victory has been today published in the Uganda Gazette Vol. CXVIII No. 24 under the Parliamentary Elections Act Cap 177 Sec. 781. After a silence of over two weeks since national Unity Platform’s (NUP) Erias Luyimbaazi Nalukoola won the Kawempe North hot contested parliamentary by-elections, the Electoral Commission (EC) has finally succumbed to demands […]
Kira Municipality MP Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda has demanded that Speaker of Parliament Anita Annet Among explain the delay in swearing-in Elias Luyimbaazi Nalukoola, the newly elected Member of Parliament for Kawempe North. This comes after Nalukoola won the hotly contested by-election on March 14, 2025, yet and he is yet to take the oath of […]
Abdallah Kiwanuka (Mukono North) also challenged the government to explain the security forces’ new dress code, specifically the practice of covering their entire faces with hoods. Parliament’s Defence and Internal Affairs Committee has grilled top management of the Uganda Police Force over concerns regarding the functionality of the National CCTV Systems Project. The meeting, chaired […]
Parliament has approved a proposal to borrow $18.09 million (sh66 billion) as additional financing for the expansion of the Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI). The government argues that this investment would save Ugandans from spending over sh1.094 trillion annually on seeking cancer treatment abroad, particularly in India, the United States, and other nations. The approval followed […]
The Foreign Affairs Committee of Parliament has called for the establishment of a Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) Centre in Burundi, one of the East African Community countries in the south of Uganda. By asking for a UNEB centre in Burundi, the legislators aim at reducing the cost of transporting learners from Burundi to Uganda […]
Government has distanced itself from the violence that has been witnessed during the recent campaigns for the Kawempe North by-elections saying the actions of individuals britalising citizens aren’t state sanctioned and proposed to have the perpetrators held liable for their actions. Right from the day National Unity Platform (NUP) flag bearer, Erias Luyimbaazo Nalukoola was […]
The Speaker of Parliament, Anita Annet Among has announced her intention to seek re-election as the Speaker in the 12th Parliament while also revealing plans to retire from active politics after serving a second term. She made the announcement during the 2nd sitting of the Women’s Parliament, where over 400 women leaders gathered to discuss […]