Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High court has dismissed a petition seeking to block the nomination of Cissy Namujju for re-election as the Lwengo District Woman Member of parliament. Masaka High Court Judge, Victoria Katumba Nankintu dismissed the application filed by Namujju’s rival Sarah Nkonge Muwonge on Monday. …
Read More »Kadaga blocks three MPs from accessing Parliament after Dubai travel
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has blocked three legislators from accessing parliament and referred them to institutional quarantine following their travel to Dubai in United Emirates. They are the Physical Infrastructure Committee Chairperson, Robert Kafeero Ssekitoleko, Lwengo Woman MP, Cissy Namujju and her …
Read More »DPP mantains Lwengo Woman MP forgery case still in court
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The Directorate of Public Prosecution refutes allegations by one of the complainants in a forgery case against Lwengo District Woman MP Cissy Namujju, that this case was withdrawn from Masaka Chief Magistrate Court without his knowledge. The development follows a letter dated August 10th, 2017 …
Read More »Court of Appeal rules MP Cissy Namujju duly elected
Lwengo Woman MP Cissy Namujju will retain her seat in Uganda’s 10th Parliament after the Court of Appeal on Tuesday overturned a High Court’s decision that had nullified her election. Three justices led by Deputy Chief Justice Steven Kavuma unanimously ruled that NRM’s Namujju was validly elected as the Lwengo …
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