Category: Politics
Masaka Murders: Ssegirinya, Ssewanyana remanded to Kitalya
NUP Members of Parliament Hon. Allan Ssewanyana of Makindye West and Hon. Mohammed Ssegirinya of Kawempe North have been remanded to Kitalya Prisons until the 15th of this month over Masaka murders. The two yesterday spent half of the day at Masaka District Police Headquarters recording Statements and interrogations. Police says the pair was pinned…
Court dismisses Petition against Ssegirinya
The High Court in Kampala has dismissed a petition filed by Sulaiman Kidandala challenging the election of Muhammad Ssegirinya as Kawempe North Member of Parliament. Kidandala who came second in the Kawempe North elections with 7,512 votes against Ssegirinya who polled 41,197 accused the Kawempe North legislator of playing ping pong games in petition challenging…
Panic in NUP as Police Links Party leaders to Masaka Murders
There’s growing panic in the leading opposition party the National Unity Platform over the latest links to the gruesome murders by machete-wielding men in Greater Masaka Region. Police yesterday summoned the Party’s Allan Ssewanyana(Makindye West MP ) and popular Mohammad ssegirinya (Kawempe North Mp) for questioning in relation to the spate of attacks. The duo…
Masaka Killings: CID summons MPs, Ssegirinya Ssewanyana
The Police Criminal Investigations Division has summoned two National Unity Platform (NUP) MPs, Muhammad Ssegirinya and Allan Ssewanyana over the ongoing killings in Masaka. In letters dated September 3, 2021, through the speaker of Parliament, police said that the two MPs should appear at Masaka Police Station on Monday 6, to record statements. “This serves…
Did Museveni Promote or Demote Lumumba,Kadaga?
Kadaga and Lumumba were shining well both in government and the party which is abominable in the son of Kaguta’s regime. They ignored this fact, they remained “naïve and were crashed process by process”.
NUP founder Kibalama to be discharged from hospital
Following Thursday, social media rumors that shared death of Moses Nkonge Kibalama, the founder of National Unity Platform (NUP), family members have dismissed the reports. Meanwhile, Paul Ssimbwa Kagombe, a close family relative to Kibalama also former NUP organising Secretary General said he was doing fine and out of danger. “He can order for the…
Museveni commissions 1143 officers, Cadets
President Yoweri Museveni has commissioned 1143 newly graduated young officers and Air Force Cadets at the Uganda Military Academy at Kabamba, in Mubende district. The young officers and cadets, including 74 women, completed a six-month intensive course. They were joined by one officer cadet trainee from the royal Military Academy and 52 pilots. During the…
Lumumba Warns Sour Grapping Babu In Latest Rift In NRM CEC
In what appears to be the latest verbal war in the National Resistance Movement (NRM), two top leaders in the party’s Central Executive Committee (CEC) are at loggerheads over political expediencies. NRM Secretary General Justine Kasule Lumumba through her lawyers Anguria and Co. Advocates wrote to captain Edward Francis Babu a former MP and now…
Refugees Feeling Insecure As Uganda Goes To The Polls
Refugees living in urban settings have been warned to stay away from the ongoing political activities if they are to keep safe and secure in this election season. The warning has been sounded during a safety and security training for refugees organised by Raise Up organisation, Smart Transitions and Uganda Media Women Association (UMWA) and…
EC Accused Of Conniving With Opposition Candidates To Frustrate M7’s Campaigns
Renown events promoter and National Resistance Movement (NRM) supporter Balam Barugahara has accused the Electoral Commission (EC) of conniving with opposition candidates to frustrate the party presidential candidate’s campaigns in Kampala metropolitan area. The EC chairman Justice Simon Byabakama effective 26th December 2020 suspended all campaign meetings in 12 districts and cities categorized by Ministry…