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NBS: Members of Parliament from Acholi region under their umbrella body Acholi Parliamentary Caucus want government to fully investigate the Gulu attacks to get to the bottom of the crisis. This follows the Sunday shootings that left a UPDF officer and a police officer dead, and several people arrested. Share …

Kampala, Uganda | AFP | Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye should be tried for treason in court and not a high security prison as the prosecution had requested,  a Kampala court ruled on Wednesday. Besigye, who claimed fraud after coming second in February’s presidential election, was arrested last month for …

Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Eight Kenyan politicians are behind bars on suspicion of hate speech in the latest sign of rising political tensions a year ahead of elections. Three lawmakers from the ruling Jubilee party, and four plus a senator from the opposition CORD alliance, were ordered to be …

NBS:Parliament starts a three day vetting process of the newly appointed ministers. 17 out of the 81 ministers were the first to interface with the Parliamentary appointments committee that was chaired by Speaker Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga.     Share on: WhatsApp

NBS: The Uganda People’s Congress faction that is under the leadership of President Jimmy Akena has resolved to sign a memorandum of understanding with the NRM government. This follows the appointment of the party members Oyam South MP Betty Amongi and Ruth Achieng as Ministers. Share on:

Uganda Parliament’s Appointments Committee starts vetting the presidential nominees for ministerial appointments today. The day in parliament however started earlier, with the approval of Ruhakana Rugunda as Prime Minister this morning. The House voted 262 for, 3 against and 4 abstentions. Vetting of ministers designate is scheduled to start at …

President Yoweri Museveni is in Luanda, Angola for the 6th Ordinary Heads of State and Government Summit of The International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR). The Summit is being held under the theme “Accelerating the effective implementation of the Pact and its Protocols for a more democratic and stable …

When President Yoweri Museveni released his long-awaited new cabinet on June 6, it took everyone by surprise because only days earlier he had laughed off complaints by the Speaker of Parliament about his failure to name a new Cabinet. Having been sworn in on May 12, Museveni’s Cabinet list has …

What the uproar about her visit to a shrine tells us about the crisis of post-colonial Africa THE LAST WORD by Andrew Mwenda Rebecca Kadaga caused uproar when she visited a traditional shrine to thank the spirits of her ancestors for her election as Speaker of Parliament. Every pundit of …

 La Paz, Bolivia | AFP | Bolivia has arrested five people for allegedly coaching a boy to pretend he was President Evo Morales’ son, and paying his family, in a soap opera-style scandal that has riveted the country, officials said Saturday. “The boy was told his entire education would be …