“I one day asked the President, feel free to tell us what you think about us-are we giving you a hard time? And he said, you actually make me sleep. He said, ‘I have never got a Parliament like this. Not that we are rubber stamps, but we appreciate what the government needs out of […]
“What bills did she propose? What laws did she amend? When did she stand on the floor of parliament to debate any laws in the past 5 years?” she asked. Former Makerere University don and a Kampala Woman Member of Parliament contestant, Stella Nyanzi has challenged the ailing Kampala Woman Member of Parliament, Shamim Malende […]
The five activists were arrested on February 19, 2025, in downtown Kampala on Ben Kiwanuka Street while wearing blue and white T-shirts with the inscription “Kill me but spare Besigye.” The Buganda Road Magistrates Court has granted non-cash bail of sh500,000 each to five women activists from the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) Katonga faction, […]
The Police in Soroti City have in custody, Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) President, Eng. Patrick Oboi Amuriat and many others, the police spokesperson, Rusoke Kituuma has said. According to Kituuma, Amuriat and other party members have been charged with unlawful assembly, being a public nuisance and assault. “Led by FDC President Patrick Oboi Amuriat, […]
The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) leadership in Kawempe has unanimously endorsed music artist Sadat Mukiibi, alias Khalifa Aganaga, as their candidate for the Kawempe North constituency by-election. The FDC spokesperson John Kikonyogo says that since the constituency fell vacant, party leaders have been searching for a suitable candidate. “When a constituency falls vacant, leaders begin […]
True, 2026 is the year for official ballot casting, but real, live, potent and active politicking kicks off in earnest, this calendar year 2025. It is the year of business for both aspirants and voters alike, time to brace for the toughest leg of the campaigns. Internalizing the techniques of coming to terms with abuses and […]
As days to the 2026 general elections tick away, more and more Ugandans continue to pick interest to contest in various electable positions in the country, and Mbale City Woman’s MP seat has not stood in isolation in this respect, as five people are hotly warming to topple sitting MP Connie Nakayenze Galiwango. While incumbent […]
The Police and Uganda People’s Defense Force (UPDF) soldiers have maintained deployment at opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party offices in Rukungiri district. The deployment at the party offices located along Republic Road in Rukungiri town follows reports that some party leaders are preparing to hold prayers over the arrest and remanding of Dr. […]
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 […]