Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Despite a report by the Inspector General of Government (IGG) stating all procurement procedures were followed and no money was lost, the Public Accounts Committee-PAC has recommended a forensic audit on the National Medical Stores to establish the supply of uniforms worth sh13.35 …
Read More »MP Nandala helps block motion to degazette forests
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |Budadiri West Member of Parliament Nathan Nandala Mafabi has this afternoon blocked debate on a motion seeking a resolution of parliament to degazette and gazette forests. The motion had been lined up on the order paper to be presented by Elgon County legislator Ignatius Wamakuyu …
Read More »Nandala back as BCU Board chairperson
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nathan Nandala Mafabi has bounced back as the Bugisu Cooperative Union-BCU board chairperson. He was declared unopposed by the Commissioner of Cooperatives, Joseph Kitandwe on Wednesday afternoon at the BCU headquarters in Dokho in Mbale town. Nandala was nominated by Michael Kiganga, a delegate …
Read More »Muntu defies Nandala Mafabi, starts nationwide consultations
Muntu’s consultation are going ahead as planned despite a letter from FDC Secretary General Nathan Nandala Mafabi warning that no party member should carry out any public activities anywhere in the country before consulting the party headquarters. Mafabi’s letter dated January 10, 2018 cautions FDC district chairpersons and general secretaries that …
Read More »AGE LIMIT: The angry Ugandans
Why Besigye’s army of rage is defeating Museveni Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | When about five security officers from President Yoweri Museveni’s protection force, the Special Forces Command (SFC) first pounced to evict Robert Sentamu Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine from parliament on Sept.27, he was ready for them. He …
Read More »THIS WEEK: Police issues arrest threats on suspended MPs
THIS WEEK: Police issues arrest threats on suspended MPs Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police Criminal Investigations Directorate publicist Vicent Sekatte has said 13 MPs who were thrown out of parliament during a scuffle that took place on Sept.27 could be arrested on sight after they failed to show …
Read More »Battle for FDC presidency
Why are big guns supporting Muntu against Besigye’s Amuriat? Kampala, Uganda | AGATHER ATUHAIRE | In the race to lead Uganda’s biggest opposition party, FDC, members are seeing a side of the incumbent, Gen. Mugisha Muntu, which they have not known before. At his nomination on Aug.14 at the party …
Read More »FDC elders advise Muntu to leave FDC for Besigye
FDC elders advise Muntu to leave FDC for Besigye, explain alternative plans for him for 2021 Kampala, Uganda | AGATHER ATUHAIRE | In a radical proposal, some supporters of FDC Party President Mugisha Muntu say he should withdraw from contesting for re-election as party president. They argue that freeing himself …
Read More »Muntu faces FDC boot
Defiant members plot to oust party president Kampala, Uganda |Agather Atuhaire| It appears nothing and nobody is these days simple or innocent in Uganda’s biggest party, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC). But it is a reality that the leaders; from Party President Mugisha Muntu to Secretary General Nandala Mafabi …
Read More »THIS WEEK: Kyadondo East race heats up
The bye election for Kyadondo East is turning out to be a hotly contested affair with FDC battling to retain the seat after the entry of popular musician Robert Kyagulanyi Sentamu (independent) dented Apollo Kantinti’s chances as the favourite. Besides the three candidates fielded by NRM, FDC and DP, three …
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