Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Jie County MP Moses Bildad Adome has put his colleagues on the spot for not walking the talk on HIV disclosure. According to health experts, disclosure, a process through which one opens up about their HIV status, can reduce the stresses of living with HIV …
Read More »MP Mbwatekamwa Gaffa; on love for dogs and his unusual name
Kampala, Uganda | AGNES E NANTABA | Gaffa Mbwatekamwa, the Kasambya County Member of Parliament (NRM) has a surprising and uncommon family name. The name; Mbwatekamwa has a long story, he says, as he only acquired it in his high school days. As a child, he was named Luis Gaffa. But …
Read More »Wadri’s Arua win
The mistakes of FDC, NRM Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA | Arua Municipality MP Kasiano Wadri appeared assured of victory from the start. “I have already won this election,” he told The Independent a week into the official threeweeks of campaigning, “I will just need to do a little panel beating …
Read More »The Pallisa Woman MP candidate case
When is a candidate by another name not the same candidate? Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | The people of Pallisa District were scheduled to go to the polls on June 28 to elect their Woman MP. But the Electoral Commission quashed it when it annulled the FDC candidate, Catherine Achola …
Read More »MP Francis Zaake: On justice, fighting age-limit, and loving Donald Trump
Kampala, Uganda | AGNES E NANTABA | 27-year old Francis Zaake Butebi combines controversy and success in the most unusual ways. He is one of the youngest MPs, shares a name with his home village, became an MP on the same day he graduated, and successfully juggled school and running a …
Read More »MP Byandala, LCV Chair disagree on proposed Luweero Hospital
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A disagreement has erupted between Luweero District Chairman Ronald Ndawula and Katikamu North Member of Parliament Abraham Byandala over the proposed construction of Luweero Hospital. Doctor Henry Mwebesa, the Acting Director General of Health Services announced that Government had elevated Luweero Health Center IV to …
Read More »THIS WEEK: NRM, FDC face off again for Rukungiri Woman MP seat
THIS WEEK: NRM, FDC face off again for Rukungiri Woman MP seat Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hardly a month after the by-election held in Jinja Municipality East that was won by FDC’s Paul Mwiru, the two main political parties; the ruling NRM and opposition FDC will once again lock …
Read More »Court consolidates suit by MP Mpaka against telecoms, UCC
The parties to the suit represented by their lawyers and Mwine Mpakas lawyer, Fox Odoi agreed that both petition could be heard under the same judge. Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Civil Division of the High Court in Kampala will concurrently hear the suits in which Western MP, Mwine …
Read More »Nansana voters petition Constitutional Court over MP Ssebunya
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | A group of Nansana Municipality voters have asked the Constitutional Court to overturn a decision of the High Court in Kampala that declared Robert Kasule Ssebunya the validly elected Member of Parliament (MP) for that Constituency. They want Court to order a by election …
Read More »MP Raphael Magyezi on age limit Bill
Kampala, Uganda | AGNES E. NANTABA | The Igara West Member of Parliament, Raphael Magyezi is the brain behind the controversial constitutional Amendment Bill No. 2 that was largely known as the Age Limit Bill. The bill was passed on December 20, and had the president assent to it on January …
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