By Joan Akello Civil society has petitioned the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) to include the interests of the region while signing agreements at parliament. The group led by Southern and East African Trade Information and Negotiations Institute (SEATINI) presented two petitions, East African Community –US Trade and Investment Partnership …
Read More »EALA pledges support for youth in integration dispensation
By Julius Odeke The East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) has thrown its full support behind the youth given their relevance in the integration dispensation. Consequently, the Assembly shall buttress the formation of an EAC Youth Council and the sustained campaigns to sensitise youth on integration issues by the various stakeholders. …
Read More »Politics of EALA speaker elections
By Daniel Omara Atubo North/north-east Uganda regions were the biggest loser A lot has been written and said about the election of the EALA Speaker but the other dimension of how the North and North – Eastern Uganda miserably lost in grabbing a key political office of influence in Uganda …
Read More »EALA elections a missed opportunity
By Peter Nyanzi NRM should have exercised political maturity and used the elections to forge reconciliation One thing that really rubs Ugandan government officials the wrong way is making comparisons between Uganda and Rwanda, especially when such comparisons show things are better in Rwanda. This thinking is mainly rooted in …
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