FDC, DP in plot for 2016
The main opposition political parties have initiated talks for a joint political strategy ahead of the 2016 elections, The Observer has learnt.
View Article2016 polls to cost Shs 1.2 trillion
The 2016 general elections will cost at least Shs 1.2 trillion the Electoral Commission (EC) announced today, suggesting the polls could be the most expensive in the country’s history.
View ArticlePAP to work with Uganda on ratifying Charter on Elections
The Pan African Parliament Committee on Justice and Human Rights has promised to work with Uganda’s Parliament to ensure that the country ratifies the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and...
View ArticleReshuffles expose Museveni strategy for 2016 elections
President tightens grip on army, police, media Three days after he shut down two independent newspapers, and two radio stations, President Yoweri Museveni on May 23 shuffled his cabinet, placing the...
View ArticleMuntu at his best, worst in 6 months
The election of Maj Gen Gregory Mugisha Muntu as president of the opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) last November stirred one of the most unlikely political responses – excitement even...
View ArticleDonors, egos killed IPC in 2011 – Report
Three years after a loose opposition coalition tried and failed to mount a credible challenge to President Museveni’s rule in the 2011 elections, a new report has explained why things went terribly...
View ArticleDonors, egos killed IPC in 2011 – Report
Three years after a loose opposition coalition tried and failed to mount a credible challenge to President Museveni’s rule in the 2011 elections, a new report has explained why things went terribly...
View ArticleOpposition plans to double MPs
The opposition is looking for greater political leverage ahead of the 2016 elections, but there is little evidence so far, that they could find the magic formula to turn around their fortunes.
View Article2016: worried MPs petition Museveni
Nearly three years to the next elections, several NRM legislators are running scared that some aspiring contenders could ‘steal’ their seats come 2016.
View ArticlePresident Kenyatta comes to Uganda
Uhuru Kenyatta makes his first trip to Uganda as Kenyan president tomorrow, almost three months after his election.
View ArticleHow Museveni nearly quit NRM
Election case haunts President’s party On Friday October 22, 2010, President Yoweri Museveni held a heated meeting at State House, Entebbe, with a little-known former aide of his, Capt. Daudi Ruhinda...
View ArticleFDC probe blames Alaso, Mafabi
What was once a quiet and well-suppressed post-election row between FDC politicians Nathan Nandala-Mafabi and Alice Alaso is turning out to be a big threat to cohesion within the largest opposition...
View ArticleBesigye’s last chance
FDC leaders face tough choices on Muntu On May 8, a top ring of supporters of Gen. Mugisha Muntu, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) President held a very special meeting at an undisclosed place...
View ArticleMushega team rejects 2014 elections
A call by former FDC leader Dr Kizza Besigye for fresh elections by February 2014 has been rejected by a party legal committee headed by Nuwe Amanya Mushega, the regional vice president (western Uganda).
View ArticleNRM plots to oust unwanted, weak MPs
There is growing unease within the ruling NRM, especially among MPs who have been deemed unwanted by the party and should be fought at the next election.
View ArticleTeacher wanted over Shs 1.4m
Police in Nakasongola district is looking for an impersonator who allegedly conned 104 students of Nakasongola secondary school, all S.4 candidates.
View ArticleTime running out for Museveni – ‘rebel’ MPs
Even as President Museveni tours the countryside meeting war veterans, the four MPs recently expelled from the ruling party have described his efforts as a fruitless campaign ahead of the 2016 general...
View ArticleRwandan immigrants ‘voted for NRM in 2011’
In what could be an embarrassment to the government, it has emerged that many of the Rwandan immigrants recently expelled from Tanzania carry Ugandan voter cards and could have voted in the last...
View ArticleI am not dying to be president
Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga spoke to The Independent’s Andrew Mwenda about life after losing the presidential election. You are no longer in Parliament, no longer a prime minister, are we...
View ArticlePatrick Kiggundu: a federo advocate passes
Two years after his election as Kyotera MP, Patrick Kiggundu’s political career all but ended when his car rammed into a truck in Lwera, along the Masaka – Kampala highway.
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