Many Ugandans view Members of Parliament (MPs) as service providers, despite the official focus of their role being representation. Concerns over transparency and accountability have recently heightened public discussions about MPs’ responsibilities. According to the 2024 Sauti za Wananchi report by Twaweza-Uganda, 64% of citizens see MPs as communicators, responsible for voicing citizens’ needs to the government […]
Independent candidate Grace Akifeza Ngabirano was on Thursday November 14, 2024 declared winner of the by-election after receiving 50,459 votes. The position became vacant following the death of MP Sarah Mateke on September 7, 2024, prompting the need for a new representative to serve the district in Parliament. Akifeza’s strong support was evident as she […]
A board member for the rationalized Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) Haji Twahir Ssebaggala has urged Buganda coffee growers to stop perceiving the authority’s merger to the mother ministry as a Buganda matter alone, clarifying that it is a concern to all regions. Haji Ssebaggala who is also a member of the Uganda Quality Coffee […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Tuesday visited the family of the late Sarah Nyirabashitsi Mateke in Kisoro district to pay his respects and lay a wreath in her honour. Mateke, who passed away on September 7, 2024, at the age of 50, was the Minister of State for Defence and the Woman Member of Parliament […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni who is also the National Chairman of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) has today rallied the people of Kisoro district to support and vote for Rose Kabagyeni, the party candidate in the forthcoming Woman Member of Parliament by-election. The Kisoro Woman MP seat fell vacant following the untimely death of Sarah […]
The outspoken catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Deogratius Kiibi Kateregga of St. Joseph Parish Mpigi has invoked God to send the holy spirit to bail Uganda out of a situation of condemnation, saying the country has been eaten away by rot characterized by corruption, pornography, outright theft and other forms of immorality. He said that today politics […]
As almost all political parties get bedeviled by the cancerous power struggle within their ranks, the malaise has begun showing up in the little-spoken about Uganda Federal Alliance (UFA), with the two warring factions trading accusations and counter-accusations in the countdown to next year’s general elections. The first faction headed by the party president Charles […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has today presided over the grand opening of the new All Saints Cathedral in Nakasero, Kampala. The President was accompanied by the First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports, Maama Janet Kataaha Museveni. The event, attended by hundreds of Christians, served as part of the All-Saints Day celebrations. The newly […]
The National Unity Platform (NUP) Principal, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu has mobilized food to feed the starving government sponsored students of Makerere University. Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine has today served over 300 students with a befitting meal and on top of that packed for them at least ten kilo grams of maize floor and […]
As the debate on whether to merge or not to merge the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) with the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) through rationalization of government agencies and public expenditure (RAPEX) policy rages on, it has ignited far reaching statements from both Buganda and Uganda governments. In the latest development, Buganda […]