Rubaga North Member of Parliament Moses Kasibante has vowed to stand as an independent for the same seat in the forthcoming general elections a day after being denied the National Unity Platform (NUP) party ticket. Addressing the media at Gorgina Gardens in Kampala today, Kasibante expressed disatisfaction with the NUP vetting committee which he said…
In conformity to the Presidential Elections Act 2005, the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) has this Friday submitted lists of signatures of registered voters to the Independent Electoral Commission supporting the nomination of H.E Yoweri Kaguta Museveni as the Party Presidential Flag bearer 2020/2021. The Secretary General Rt. Hon. Justine Kasule Lumumba was represented at…
President Yoweri Museveni has tasked the National Council for Older Persons in Uganda to roll out advocacy initiatives to fight preventable diseases that torment the elderly. The president made the call while presiding over a virtual event to commemorate this year’s international day of older persons held at state house Entebbe under the theme “upholding…
The Electoral Commission (EC) has extended the period for conducting nomination of candidates for Local Government Councils Elections 2021. The exercise which commenced on 21st September 2020 in all the 146 districts/cities across the country was scheduled to end today the 1st of October 2020. However, the EC has extended the exercise for four more…
With the 2021 election campaigns set to be conducted via media platforms, supporters of president Yoweri Museveni under their umbrella Museveni Supporters Association have today launched an app to help the incumbent leader in conducting the “scientific” campaigns. Codenamed MY SEVO, the mobile application which is the first of its kind in the whole world,…
Odaka Asuman For about a month now I have avoided watching TV, reading Newspapers nor listened to any radio bulletin for one reason- to avoid Kibalama crap. This is not because he is not news worthy but as a protest of how an entire nation’s conversations can be reduced to a celebration of wickedness. In…
A man who is alleged to have been fraudulently withdrawing money from people’s bank accounts after switching his fake ATM cards with his victims’ has been arrested in Entebbe. The suspect has been identified as one Geofrey Wandera (39) a fisherman and resident of Abaita ababiri in Entebbe municipality. According to Luke Owoyesigyire the Kampala…
One person has been confirmed dead and three others seriously injured following a landslide that hit Bunarutere Village in Bubyangu Parish Bubyangu Sub-County in the wee hours of Monday night. Ayub Twaha the Uganda Red Cross branch manager for Mbale identifies the deceased as 6 year old Hussein Walumu whose parents and grand parent were…
The Electoral Commission (EC) has set up a team to handle the verification of supporters for nomination of candidates for the 2021 Presidential Elections. According to Paul Bukenya the Electoral Commission spokesperson, the verification team starts its work today Monday the 28th of September 2020. Section 10(b) of the Presidential Elections Act provides that a…
Democratic Party President Norbert Mao has been elected Secretary General of the Democrat Union of Africa (DUA). The election took place during the organization’s General Meeting which was held virtually via Zoom today. The meeting attracted participants from Centre right political parties from across Africa and was addressed by Ghanaian President Nana Akufo Addo who…
