Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Leader of the Opposition, Joel Ssenyonyi, has advised government to table a supplementary request to Parliament to address the pay disparities between science and arts teachers. He offered the advice during plenary on Tuesday, 24 June 2025, wherein he warned that arts and …
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Kyagulanyi and Rubongoya elected unopposed Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu has been sworn in as the president of the National Unity Platform-NUP for another five years. The swearing-in ceremony was held at the NUP Leadership School at Kamwokya, where the party held its first delegates’ conference under …
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KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The Leader of Opposition, Joel Ssenyonyi, has tasked government to account for new missing members of the National Unity Platform (NUP). Ssenyonyi said several of their party members have allegedly been kidnapped by unknown people in Kampala and Mpigi. “As we are still grappling …
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Bukomansimbi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of National Unity Platform-NUP leaders in Bukomansimbi district have lashed out at Joel Ssenyonyi, the Leader of the Opposition in Parliament over the insults against their woman MP. Last week, while attending a burial for the grandmother to the NUP President in …
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LOP Ssenyonyi under siege as parliament moves from Kampala COVER STORY | IAN KATUSIIME | In her two year tenure following corruption scandals and international sanctions, under pressure Speaker Anita Among has had to adopt various strategies to cope and survive. Her latest gambit, as the precincts of parliament remain …
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Joel Ssenyonyi is disappointed that some UPE schools have not yet received the Capitation Grant. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Leader of the Opposition in Parliament, (LoP), Joel Ssenyonyi, has called on the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development to increase the capitation grant for government-aided primary schools, saying …
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New LoP highlights justice for missing persons and NUP’s desire to take over power Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | Nakawa West MP Joel Ssenyonyi took office as the Leader of Opposition on Jan.9, starting a journey that will see the first-term MP steer the Opposition agenda into the 2026 elections. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The outgoing Leader of Opposition, Mathias Mpuuga Nsamba, has cautioned his replacement; Joel Ssenyonyi against petty arguments that may distract him from executing the responsibilities of his new assignment. Last week, the National Unity Platform-NUP, made changes in their parliamentary leadership, naming Ssenyonyi as the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament on the Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) are angry with Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) leaders over returning Shs13 billion meant for recruitment of health workers to the Consolidated Fund. Committee Chairperson, Joel Ssenyonyi said there is a shortage …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Committee on Public Accounts – Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) has put Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA)’s technical team to task over delayed payment of causal workers who have gone for months without pay. Led by KCCA Executive Director Dorothy Kisaka, the technical …
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