Category: Ebyobufuzi
Members of Democratic Party endorse the NRM-DP Cooperation Agreement.
In a meeting held on the 28th July 2022 in Gulu city, the members of the Democratic Party through the District Executive Committee(DEC) unanimously endorsed the document of the Cooperation signed between the Democratic party( DP) and the ruling National Resistance Movement( NRM). This was after thoroughly going through the document which they consider as…
EC starts nomination for Bukimbiri, Gogonyo by-elections
Nomination of candidates to run in the byelections for the seats of Member of Parliament in Bukimbiri County and Gogonyo County, respectively, has started. The nominations will take place at the offices of the returning officers in the aforementioned districts today and tomorrow beginning at 9am and ending at 5pm, according to a statement from acting EC spokesperson Paul Bukenya. “We are beginning to nominate candidates for the byelection for the positions of Member of Parliament for Bukimbiri County in the Kisoro district and Gogonyo County in the Pallisa district. The exercise officially begins today, Monday, August 1, 2022,” he declared. He stated that all requirements for nomination as a Member of Parliament must be met by the potential candidates. The exercise will be over by Tuesday, August 2, 2022, he added, adding that nomination papers had already been distributed to potential candidates. According to Bukenya, the nominated candidates will hold campaign meetings for seven days, starting on Wednesday, August 3, and ending on Tuesday, August 9, 2022. The by-election voting day and results counting will take place on Thursday, August 11, 2022, according to the EC “We urge all relevant parties in those districts to adhere to this program and the rules we have established for these …
NPA’s Joseph Muvawala runs to Busoga to calm rowdy youths.
Busoga kingdom premier and National Planning Executive Director Joseph Muvawala has rushed to his home area in Busoga to calm down angry and rowdy youths. Disgruntled youths in Jinja yesterday upset the areas of Namulesa, Kivubuka, Mafubira and Wakalenge in early morning protests against the rising cost of living. Transport was paralysed, shops remained closed…
Kyagulanyi joins Besigye in Soroti as campaigns heatup.
Soroti East by-election unites opposition in an unprecendeted way. Uganda,s opposition kingpins Dr. Besigye and the leader of the redcard movement are jointly campaigning for the FDC candidate Moses Attan Okia in Soroti with the NUP supreme Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu. Dr. Besigye on his third day in Soroti where he is drumming support for FDC,s…
Politics is about People not leaders- Museveni
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, also the NRM National Chairman, in a politics rally urged the people of Soroti City East to cast their votes in favor of the NRM flagbearer for effective service delivery. The President made the call today while campaigning for the NRM flag bearer for the Soroti City East by-elections, Hon Herbert…
RDC/RCCs head to Kyankwanzi as performance pressure grows.
As #Sml News reported last week of a pending RCC/RDCs reshuffle, performance pressure has grown among them. The recently appointed Resident District/City Commissioners (RDCs/RCCs) and their deputies have departed for their induction retreat at the National Leadership Institute in Kyankwanzi. The retreat will last one week, and the commissioners have already turned over their offices to…
Ndayishimiye of Burundi appointed to lead the East African Community
During the 22nd Ordinary Summit of EAC Heads of State held in Arusha on Friday, July 22, 2022, President Evariste Ndayishimiye of Burundi was appointed to head the East African Community (EAC).President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya will step down in favor of Ndayishimiye following taking office in March 2021.At the close of the two-day conference…
NOBERT MAO INTO CABINET.
“By virtue of the authority conferred on the President by Articles 113(1) and 114 (1) of the 1995 constitution of the Republic of Uganda, I hereby appoint persons below as Cabinet Ministers and Ministers of State”President Museveni tweeted. What awaits Nobert Mao!!!!
MAYUGE LEADERS “STEAL” PRIME MINISTER’S FOOD
The 3rd Deputy Prime Minister Hajjati Lukiya Nakadama Isanga is boiling with anger following thestealing of Food and other relief aid she supplied to the poor. Nakadama who is away in Canada for official government and party duties had lobbied government andwell wishers to give a hand to struggling families in her District. The relief…
FEAR GRIPS RDCs, RCCs AS MINI RESHUFFLE LOOMS:
#Sml News has received exclusive info of a mini shakeup among Resident District/City Commissioners just months after the were appointed. The office of the presidency minister has been carrying out internal evaluation of the RDCs since they were appointed. Some have been recalled to the secretariat while others have been redeployed. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni…