Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The Electoral Commission (EC) has cancelled the Kibanda North parliamentary by-election slated for Thursday after the former MP in the 9th Parliament and also independent candidate Sam Otada pulled out of the race. This has left the ruling National Resistance Movement flag bearer Taban Amin …
Read More »Veronica Kadogo confirmed as Buyende District woman MP
Kampala, Uganda |GODFREY SSALI | The Court of Appeal has confirmed Veronica Babirye Kadogo as the validly elected woman MP for Buyende district. Three justices ; Remmy Kasule, Paul Mugamba and Cheborion Barishaki have unanimously upheld the Jinja Highcourt decision which dismissed with costs an election petition filed against Babirye in …
Read More »MP Kahonda released on bail by Luweero Magistrate court.
Ruhinda County MP Capt. Donozio Kahonda is released on bail by the Luweero Chief Magistrate Court. Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Presiding chief magistrate Charles Sserubugga ordered Kahonda to sign a non-cash bond of Sh 500,000 and return to court on September 14, 2017 for trial. Kahonda was last week …
Read More »VIDEO: Youth roughs up MP Simeo Nsubuga at Kabaka Coronation Anniversary
VIDEO: Youth roughs up MP Simeo Nsubuga at Kabaka Coronation Anniversary Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | Kassanda South MP Simeo Nsubuga is smarting from humiliation after a youth activist assaulted him during the Kabaka’s coronation anniversary in Mubende district. The activist held the MP by his collar as he …
Read More »VIDEO: Ruhinda county MP, Donozio Kahonda, granted bail but further remanded
VIDEO: Ruhinda county MP, Donozio Kahonda, granted bail but further remanded Kampala, Uganda | NTV |Minutes after Jinja High Court judge Eva Luswata granted bail to jailed Ruhinda County Member of Parliament (MP) Rtd.Captain Donozio Kahonda, pending hearing of his appeal challenging a 9-month imprisonment, the legislator was detained on …
Read More »Jailed MP Kahonda granted bail, rearrested
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Minutes after Jinja High Court judge Eva Luswata granted bail to jailed Ruhinda County Member of Parliament (MP) Rtd.Captain Donozio Kahonda, pending hearing of his appeal challenging a 9-month imprisonment, the legislator was detained on similar charges. MP Kahonda still has pending charges before Luweero Chief Magistrate Charles Sserubuga …
Read More »VIDEO: Court delays Ruhinda County MP Donozio Kahonda bail
VIDEO: Court delays Ruhinda County MP Donozio Kahonda bail Jinja, Uganda | NBS TV | Jinja High Court Judge Eva Luswata has set 27th July the date to deliver her ruling on the bail application filed by Ruhinda county MP Donozio Kahonda. Kahonda who was convicted in May 2017 on charges of …
Read More »Ruhinda MP Kahonda’s bail application flops due to prosecutors strike
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Jailed Ruhinda County Member of Parliament Rtd Captain Donozio Kahonda is to stay in prison for two more weeks until July 24, 2017 when Jinja High Court Judge Eva Luswata will preside over his bail application. This because on Thursday, there was no prosecutor …
Read More »BOBI WINE: I am here to defend the Uganda constitution
MP KYAGULANYI: I am here to defend the Uganda constitution Kampala, Uganda| GODFREY SSALI | The newly elected Member of Parliament for Kyadondo East in Wakiso, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobi Wine, has indicated he will fight any attempts to change the constitution. “I have come to parliament at a very senstive …
Read More »Macron to slash France’s MPs by a third as part of political shake-up
Versailles, France | AFP | President Emmanuel Macron on Monday promised a “profound transformation” of French politics, proposing to slash by a third the number of MPs, and telling lawmakers he would call a referendum if they do not agree. In his first address to members of the National Assembly …
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