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NBS: Four more Members of Parliament have lost their seats in election court petitions, including State Minister for Defense Charles Okello Engola. Share on: WhatsApp

NBS: Members of Parliament from Acholi region under their umbrella body Acholi Parliamentary Caucus want government to fully investigate the Gulu attacks to get to the bottom of the crisis. This follows the Sunday shootings that left a UPDF officer and a police officer dead, and several people arrested. Share …

Five Members of Parliament (MPs), Jesca Ababiku, Maureen Osoru, Isaac Etuka, Tom Aza and Zaitun Driwaru were this evening involved in accident on Entebbe Road. Reports indicate they were driving back from a meeting at State House before the accident at Namasuba, just minutes before reaching the capital city Kampala. …

Kisa said MPs cannot deliberate well when they are hungry and they need new allowances to cater for that. There is a new mantra for MPs in Uganda’s parliament. The MPs say: “We cannot deliberate when we are hungry”. The phrase was coined by newly elected Luuka South MP Stephen …

The 10th parliament swearing in ceremonies started today Monday May 16, 2016.  There were 148 MPs sworn in on day one. Share on: WhatsApp

President Yoweri Museveni has revealed that government will not consider any salary increment soon for public servants including the Members of Parliament. “We must all tighten our belts to eradicate household poverty by helping people create wealth. What l want you MPs to avoid is to demand salary increment. It …

By Agather Atuhaire Voters punish incumbents but experts fear what that means for Parliament Defence Minister Crispus Kiyonga, Justice Minister Gen. Kahinda Otafiire, Minister of Lands Daudi Migereko, Minister of Information Jim Muhwezi, Shadow Finance Minister Geofrey Ekanya, and ranking member Emmanuel Dombo had all been in parliament for at …

By Agather Atuhaire Supreme Court ruling on rebel MPs removes burden of toeing party line On Oct.30, in a 6:1 majority, the Supreme Court in Kampala ruled that an MP cannot lose their seat in the House upon expulsion from their party.  The ruling overturned an earlier Constitutional Court decision …

By Haggai Matsiko A spying operation by Uganda’s top security agencies that has since 2011 targeted and aimed to crush opponents of President Yoweri Museveni, a new report has claimed. The operation codenamed ‘Fungua Macho’ loosely translated as ‘open your eyes’ has involved planting surveillance tools in top hotels and …

By Agather Atuhaire Ask any National Resistance Movement (NRM) legislator what the biggest outcome of the recently concluded party retreat was and they will point you to the 15 resolutions the party reached. But for President Yoweri Museveni, nothing was bigger than the opportunity to capture the hearts of some …