Defeats in courts, Bank, Parliament, Police COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament on Oct.11 dealt former FDC publicity honcho Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda another blow when it allowed his position as chief whip of the party to be filled by a leader of the opposing side in their fight for the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | While meeting members of the Busoga Parliamentary Caucus last month, Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga, the speaker of parliament said she can never swap her job for that of the vice president. Kadaga is competing to retain her job now with four other aspirants to be the speaker of the 11th …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Rakai Woman Member of Parliament Juliet Kinyamatama Suubi has announced her bid to contest for the position of Speaker of Parliament come May 2021. Kinyamatama who made the announcement on Wednesday during a press conference at Parliament joins the four other candidates including …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has tasked the Ministry of Education intervened in the on-going strike by academic staff at all public universities. The lecturers laid down tools on February 6 due to the non-payment of their salary enhancement arrears by the government which …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has this afternoon directed the House Committee on Human Rights to take stock of violations that marred the electoral process and report back within one month. Kadaga made the instruction during her communication to legislators in their first sitting …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The incumbent Kira Municipality Member of Parliament, Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda, who is seeking to retain his seat has accused the army of defacing his campaign posters. Ssemujju, who is also the spokesperson of the opposition Forum for Democratic Change-FDC party, wondered why a national army …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 11 candidates have been nominated to contest for the Kyadondo East parliamentary seat to replace Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine. Kyagulanyi has been MP for the area since 2017 after winning by a landslide by-election in 2017. He has declared his intentions to …
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Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 41 parliamentary candidates have been nominated today at Wakiso district headquarters. According to Tolbert Musinguzi, the Wakiso district Electoral Commission Returning officer, all but one came from four constituencies and the district woman representative. The four constituencies are Kira municipality, Kyadondo East, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kira municipality Member of Parliament, Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda has been driven back to his home in Kirinnya – Bukasa immediately after he was nominated to contest for the same seat in next year’s elections. Ssemujju who defied the ban by the Electoral Commission on …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The former head of Political Intelligence Desk at Internal Security Organization (ISO), Charles Rwomushana, has been granted bail. Rwomushana, who declared his intention to contest for the presidency in the 2021 elections was arrested on Tuesday after he was found driving at Kamwokya during curfew …
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