Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s Court of Appeal on Friday confirmed two NRM MPs Edward Ssembatya and Christopher Kalemba as validly elected representatives for Katikamu South Constintuency and Kakuuto County in Rakai District respectively. This after court overturned decisions from both Kampala and Masaka High Courts that had nullified …
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Kampala, Uganda | AFP & THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has signed into law a bill removing presidential age limits, a spokesman said Tuesday, clearing the way for the 73-year-old’s expected sixth run at the Uganda presidency in 2021. The controversial constitutional amendment removes the age limit of 75 …
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THIS WEEK: NRM’s Martial trounced in Igara repeat poll Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Andrew Martial the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) flag bearer who had been announced winner of the 2016 election to represent Igara East constituency in parliament was trounced by an independent candidate Mawanda Micheal Maranga. Martial …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Debate on the Constitution Amendment Bill (No2) of 2017 kicked off Monday evening and continues this morning after a dramatic day in which several MPs were thrown out of the house and Parliament’s Rule 201b was suspended. After the report of the committee on legal …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s Police chief Gen. Kale Kayihura has vowed that his officers will ensure proceedings in parliament are not interrupted when the constitution amendment bill 2017 comes up for its second reading today. “We support the Parliament and there must be order at Parliament. We …
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Something disastrous is happening in FDC that people will only understand much later COMMENT | SSEMANDA ALLAWI | For a decade plus, Dr. Col. Kizza Besigye has been attacking and accusing president Museveni of being a dictator and a selfish individual. He has accused him of failing and using NRM as a …
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Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA | Retired Supreme Court Justice George William Kanyeihamba has a direct question for MPs seeking to amend the constitution so that President Yoweri Museveni can stay on. “Do you want to say that the movement (ruling party – NRM) hasn’t groomed anyone capable of replacing Museveni?” …
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THIS WEEK: Museveni attends Kabarole age limit meeting Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On invitation by the Burahya county legislator Margret Muhanga Mugisa, President Museveni on Nov.16 attended a meeting aimed at rallying people to support amendment of article 102(b) of the constitution that seeks to remove presidential age limits …
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MPs say Museveni is panicking Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME, FLAVIA NASSAKA | With opposition politicians currently traversing the country chanting ‘Togikwatako’- the brand of the resistance to the constitutional amendment aimed at removing the presidential age cap of 75, the campaign appears to have engulfed the nation. Ibrahim Semujju …
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THIS WEEK: NRM in new strategy for age-limit bill consultations Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In a statement released on Nov.05, the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party unleashed a new strategy to involve senior cadres in rallying more people to support the amendment of article 102(b) such that presidential …
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