Tag Archives: MP

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr Apio Otuko Eunice on Thursday took oath as the Member of Parliament for Oyam County North in Oyam District. She took the oath of allegiance and for Member of Parliament during a plenary sitting chaired by Speaker Anita Among on Thursday, 20 July 2023. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Former Erute County North Member of Parliament Charles Angiro Gutmoi alias Abacacon, and three others have died in a road accident this morning near Ayago bridge in Murchison Game Park along the Karuma-Pakwach highway. The other accident victims are Debora Ogwang, Good Luck Eric …

Kibuku, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Kabweri Member of Parliament in Kibuku District, Gonahasa Francis Barnabas has died. Gonahasa served in Parliament from 2016 under the Forum For Democratic Change party in the tenth Parliament. Family sources and friends confirmed his death but the cause is yet to be ascertained. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In a significant development, Hon. Ojara Martin Mapenduzi, the Bardege-Layibi Division Member of Parliament, officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party. The historic signing took place during a courtesy visit to the NRM Head Offices in Nakasero. …

London, UK | Xinhua | Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Friday he is stepping down as a Member of Parliament (MP) with immediate effect. Johnson has been under investigation by the cross-party Committee of Privileges in the House of Commons, the lower house of the British Parliament, over …

Fans praise dramatist as one of Uganda’s finest creatives Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | From the theatre stage, to radio studios and to parliament, Kato Lubwama was a renowned figure in Uganda for more than three decades as he built a following in the arts sector with a successful career …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Member of Parliament for Rubaga South and Ugandan actor Kato Lubwama is dead. Sources say he passed on last night after a long illness. In the early to mid '90s I lived on Rashid Khamis Rd next to the Sikh Gurdwara temple in Old …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT l Kilak South MP was arrested by police in Gulu city for allegedly inciting locals to loot charcoal. Olanya was arrested from For-God parish in Bardege-Layibi Division, outside Gulu city centre. Police fired teargas during the arrest to disperse a group locals who had reportedly intercepted …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Soroti blocked the Dokolo District Woman MP, Cecilia Ogwal from accessing Soroti Sports Ground. Ogwal had been invited by her counterpart, Joan Alobo Achom, the Soroti City Woman MP to officiate at the belated Women’s Day celebrations in Soroti City. But the function was …

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja on Saturday tasked the Youth Central Member of Parliament Agnes Kirabo to account for iron sheets disbursed to her. Kirabo appeared on the list of the leaders who benefited from the iron sheets. Others are First Deputy Prime Minister Rebecca Kadada, …