Ugandan security agencies have heavily deployed in Kampala and its outskirts as the measures to frustrate the walk to Parliament anti-corruption protest. Luke Owoyesigyire, the deputy spokesperson of Kampala Metropolitan Police, said that various security agencies had already deployed their personnel as a precautionary move. “They (security officers) are already around. They will be […]
Ng’ebula ssaawa busaawa okutuuka ku mukolo gw’ow’ekitiibwa Mathias Mpuuga ogw’okwebaza Katonda olw’ebyo by’amukoledde ogunabeerawo olunaku olw’enkya ku Lwokutaano, abawagizibe n’ab’ekibiina kya NUP baalwanaganye. Abawagizi ba Kyagulanyi n’ekibiina ki NUP baalubye aba kkamisona wa palamenti Mathias Mpuuga gye baabadde bakubye olukiiko olukunga abantu okubeerawo mu bungi ku mukolo gwa Mpuuga ne babasosonkereza okukkakkana nga beegudde mu […]
The US government has joined that of the UK on imposing sanctions on Uganda’s Speaker Anita Among. Other Ugandan government officials mentioned in the US travel ban include; Lt. Gen. Peter Elwelu, the former deputy chief of the Uganda Peoples’ Defense Forces (UPDF), the Minster of State for Finance, Amos Lugoloobi, former Karamoja Ministers, Mary […]
The call for an inquiry by Professor Barnabas Nawangwe into the setting of a constitutional law examination at Makerere University continues to raise debate. Speaker Anita Among has come out herself, to say there was nothing wrong with her being the subject of the exam. A section of academic dons has come out to defend […]
The second African Inter-Parliamentary Conference on family, values, and Sovereignty has kicked off from the shores of Lake Victoria in Entebbe. The conference, widely viewed as an avenue for African legislators to chart ways of fighting against homosexuality is also expected to continue the fight against some of the influence of the European Union through […]
A formal motion will be introduced in Parliament to determine the relocation of Luzira Prisons to make way for the construction of a five-star hotel. On Wednesday, 24 April 2024, the Minister of State for Internal Affairs, Gen. David Muhoozi presented a statement stating that the dilapidated prison built in the 1920s is facing a […]
Sipiika wa palamenti, Anita Annet Among avudde mu mbeera n’atabukira ab’ekitongole ekiwooza ky’omusolo ne gavumenti okutwalira awamu olw’okubinika abasuubuzi omusolo omunene ogubatuuse ne mu bulago nga ne bwe bavaayo ne balaajana tebakkiriza kubawuliriza. Among w’aviiriddeyo ng’abasuubuzi mu bitundu by’eggwanga eby’enjawulo nga bakulemberwamu bannaabwe ab’e Kampala bagenda mu wiiki nnamba nga baggadde amaduuka tebakyakola mu ngeri […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has defended the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Anita Annet Anita Among against those attacking her on social media over alleged corruption and irrational expenditure of Parliament. For weeks now, the Speaker has been in the limelight over alleged misappropriation of funds by Parliament. This has been done through social media […]
The Leader of Opposition (LOP) Joel Ssenyonyi has written to the Inspector General of Government (IGG), Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) and Auditor General, asking them to act within their mandate to investigate matters of financial impropriety, and other issues that are happening here at Parliament. Ssenyonyi says that the Speaker in 146 days received […]
The past three weeks have not been the best for the second most important institution in nation building. A group of people, under the Agora Discourse initiated what was termed as the Parliament Exhibition where a number of stories were brought to the light of how allegedly, money was misused by the institution. The exhibition […]