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A Look At Process Of Electing AU Commission Chair As Kenya Confirms Odinga Candidature
When the African Union heads of State Summit convenes in Ethiopian Capital, Addis Ababa in February…
Inside Kagame Campaign That Delivered 99 Percent Polls Win
Known for his no nonsense approach to challenges facing his country, President Paul Kagame walks into…
Parliament Leadership Paves Way For Debate on Corruption
The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa has revealed that plans are underway to give legislators…
NRM Fires 11 Committee Chairperson amidst Corruption Crackdown on Parliament
It is now public knowledge that more that more 30 Members of Parliament are under probe…
How Financial Year 2024/25 UGX 72 Trillion Budget Will Be Funded
The 2024/25 financial year budget of UGX 72.1 trillion provides a totally challenging role for the…
State Of The Nation: President Says Economy Growing Amidst Pockets Of Corruption
President Yoweri Museveni used his State of the Nation Address for the year ending 30th June…
Zero grazing is the way to go – Museveni highlights Socio-Economic Transformation at Kisozi Cabinet Meeting
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni last week convened a significant cabinet meeting at Kisozi, where he emphasized…
How UNRA And Agriculture Agencies Survived Abolishment In Rationalisation Bid
For several months, there have been missed reactions within the government set up as the Cabinet…
President Museveni’s Vision for Africa: Socio-Economic Transformation
In a recent address at the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA)-Africa Heads of State summit,…
Auditor General Muwanga to receive Shs500m package, salary for life
This year, Uganda will see the longest serving Auditor General, John Muwanga retire from service after…
Six new ‘fishermen’ in Museveni’s Cabinet come with NUP baggage
Nearly two years after President Yoweri Museveni described his Cabinet for this term as “fishermen and…
New law would restrict surrogacy in Uganda to infertility
The Tororo District Woman Member of Parliament, Sarah Opendi, is proposing to have surrogacy in Uganda…
How Leader of Opposition Ssenyonyi has set a battle with House Speaker over expenditures
In the wake of social media “exhibition” that has allegedly exposed extravagance in Parliament, the plenary…
Agriculture Ministry officials face questions over importing sickly but expensive goats
While the Government of Uganda has introduced several poverty reduction programmes targeting the field of community…
Parliament gives Government work on rationalisation of agencies Bills
Bukanga North Member of Parliament, Nathan Byanyima should consider himself a short-time winner after the Government…
Debate on skyrocketing school fees returns to Parliament as academic year opens
The debate about the skyrocketing school fees in both top public schools and private schools in…
Shs285 billion projected rise in local revenue in next financial year worries MPs
Parliament is at the tail end of processing the Budget Framework Paper (BFP) for financial year…
MPs demand stopping of Lubowa Specialised hospital project amid fears of public debts hitting Shs100 trillion mark.
Members of Parliament sitting on the Committee on Health have asked Government to suspend funding for…
DR Congo presidential campaigns draws to three-horse battle
When the Congolese population which is largely Catholic goes for this year’s Christmas festivals, celebrations will…
Issues shaping DR Congo presidential election campaigns as opposition battle President Tshisekedi
December 20, 2023 will mark yet another chance for the about 100m Congolese to witness a…
Standoff Escalates: Uganda’s opposition firm in face of government pressure
The impasse between parliamentary leadership and the opposition has spiraled into a new standoff as the…
A look at top candidates in DR Congo presidential race as Tshisekedi seeks a second term.
About 49 million Congolese nationals are preparing to go the polls on December 20, 2023 to…
23 candidates gang up against President Tshisekedi ahead of DR Congo December elections
On January 24, 2019 when then President elect Felix Tshisekedi took the oath in Kinshasa, Democratic…
Uganda is unstoppable Museveni declares as he announces war against corruption is key in socioeconomic transformation
Uganda’s President has outlined eight essential factors of success for Uganda and the wider Africa. In…
A recap of the proposed Marriage and Divorce Bill as mover Opendi gears up for tabling in Parliament
In the 9th Parliament, the government introduced a controversial legislation that was opposed by majority of…
Museveni offers to mediate in Solia-Somaliland unification efforts as peacekeepers continue to withdraw from Somalia
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni week received a Special Envoy from the Republic of Somaliland, Dr. Jama…
Absentee Ministers face tough task on transfer to other dockets
When President Yoweri Museveni makes a midterm reshuffle as expected sometime this year, Ministers who will…
Tough penalties for drug dealers, abuses as small-scale farmers of Khat lose battle in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Control Bill is passed.
Any Ugandans planning to venture into the commercial production of Khat locally known as Miraa will…
18 months to elections: Will South Sudan guns go silent for a peaceful process to take shape?
South Sudan, a young nation born out of decades of conflict, has been grappling with the…
How Congolese are preparing for December 20 elections as President Tshisekedi seeks second term
In December 2018, millions of voters in the Democratic Republic of Congo participated in an election…
Karamoja MPs give up on iron sheets, retain hope in probe into goats’ scandal
Members of Parliament from Karamoja sub-region want the investigations into the mismanagement of the distribution of…
Kenya President Ruto wants EAC partner states to raise cash for political confederation Constitution
The President of Kenya, Dr William Ruto has suggested that the seven partner states should contribute…
President Kiir urges South Sudan holdout groups to join peace process
President Salva Kiir Mayardit has called for concerted efforts towards achieving durable peace and a reconciled…
Inside President Museveni State of the Nation Address for 2023
Ahead of the 2023/2024 financial year, the government will focus on 11 priorities to ensure a…
MPs want government to allow SACCOs gain access to Parish Development Model cash
Reports from different regional Parliamentary caucuses have unanimously asked the government to allow Savings and Credits…
Why Museveni wants lawmakers to take lead in mobilizing for Parish Development Model program
President Yoweri Museveni on Thursday made a clarion call to the Members of Parliament to rigorously…
Parliament select committee report casts doubt over safety of workers’ money in NSSF
By law every Ugandan worker who is employed outside the civil service is supposed to save…
Iron sheet saga: Is Museveni saving face?
The Uganda police on Monday March 13 announced that President Yoweri Museveni has directed an expeditious…
What President Museveni’s special address to Parliament may reveal
Proceeding under the mandate given to him under Article 101 (2), President Yoweri Museveni will address…
What is in the COSASE report on Uganda Airlines that has been trashed by Parliament?
This week, Speaker of Parliament Anita Among, dealt a big blow to the most popular oversight…
The year ahead: Will First Son standoff with ruling NRM party blow over?
First Son and presidential advisor on defence, Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba has a democratic right to contest…
A look into the COSASE investigations into public expenditure so far.
It is by design that all Accountability Committees of the Parliaments of Commonwealth counties must be…
How EAC partner states are delaying fulfillment of foreign and security policies
The treaty for the establishment of the East African Community (EAC) warrants that all the partner…
Regional Parliament argues EAC Partner States on security on Lakes Victoria, Tankanyika
The East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) has tasked the Partner States of the East African Community…
What is the role of the East African Legislative Assembly as Uganda sends nine representatives?
On Thursday September 29, the country witnessed yet another dramatic event in which the Parliament elected…
Minister Mao’s plan for Constitutional reforms, political transition
Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister, Norbert Mao will present before Parliament a host of law reforms…
How NRM dominated EALA elections as opposition loses more ground
It was a tense atmosphere around Parliament of Uganda as 28 Ugandans pitched their agenda using…
Does Uganda’s Opposition have any more tricks left in its bag?
The leading Opposition political party in Uganda, the National Unity Platform (NUP), last month announced its…
Ruto: The hustler that has ended an era of dynastic rule
The 55-year old William Samoei Ruto was declared winner of Kenya’s presidential election, having led the…
NRM, DP deal doesn’t affect Parliament work- Says Deputy Speaker
Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa on Thursday said that the cooperation agreement signed between the ruling National…
NRM trains headteachers on patriotism, CAF launches new African league, Museveni meets Army chiefs over Dr Congo
The NRM Secretary General, Rt. Hon Richard Todwong, on Sunday officially opened a 10-day retreat for…
DP’s Mao will work as Museveni minister fighting human rights abuse amidst cries of betrayal by fellow opposition leaders
Uganda’s new Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister Norbert Mao, last week outlined to Parliament’s Committee on…
PRESIDENT YOWERI MUSEVENI: A UGANDAN LEGACY
“This is not a mere change of guards; I think this is a fundamental change in…
Mt Elgon region: Birth place of the Liberation Struggle
A number of narratives have been told about the struggle that led to the January 26,…
Oulanyah, the Legacy that was just beginning to be told
“Debate in the house should be based on facts and research and not emotions,” were words…
Is it time for Africa to look beyond the West for democracy?
On Monday, the military in the western African nation of Burkina Faso seized power, overthrowing President…
Reconciliation, roads and raids; DR Congo’s new multi-thronged approach to reign in on 60 years of instability
The ascension to power of Felix Tshisekedi as President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, has…
No, Uganda is not making it illegal to be gay (again)
Seven years after an act of parliament made homosexuality a crime punishable by death, the anti-gay…
Why merging government agencies is the way to go
In July, the government of Uganda set out to reform its operations in a process of…
Social Media giants must regulate hate content across Africa
BY ROSE NAMAYANJA NSEREKO For years, a graphic video of the torture of former Liberian President Samuel Doe…
Without Ugandan government’s UPE programme, all hope was lost for MP Ssemwanga
BY PETER MWAYI Born in 1986, as the National Resistance Army/Movement (NRA/M) shot their way into…
Recognizing that stability and democracy go hand-in-hand in Uganda
Living in Uganda and working in a government that provides durability and progress in a complex…