Why the elders eye on history shows this could plunge country back into its dark past Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA | Zachary Olum watched the proceedings of the Sept.21 plenary on his couch in his living room at his quiet spacious home in Naguru, a high-end Kampala suburb. Thanks …
Read More »Museveni commends Teso cooperation on infrastructure development
Soroti, Uganda | PPU | President Yoweri Museveni has applauded the people of Teso Sub-Region for their full co-operation with the government in the construction of the Katakwi – Moroti road by allowing the government start the construction programme before the compensation process even began. The President was featuring in …
Read More »Age-limit Bill scandal
#AGELIMIT: The 4 fights frustrating Museveni Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | Finally, there was a proper fist fight in parliament on Sept.26 over lifting the 75-year constitutional age limit to allow President Yoweri Museveni to contest again in 2021. He will officially be 77 years old by then and …
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What is the country losing by focusing on it? Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Is the ongoing debate on Article 102 (b) of the Constitution to lift the Presidential age limit the most important issue MPs and the government should be focusing on? Are there no other biting socio-economic …
Read More »Inside Museveni’s life presidency
Why the removal of age limits may be the best way to get a peaceful succession in Uganda THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | There is consensus among Ugandan, African, and even global elites that presidents who rule for long make peaceful succession impossible. This informs the current …
Read More »THIS WEEK: MP proposes bill to cater for Museveni’s succession.
THIS WEEK: MP proposes bill to cater for Museveni’s succession. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Workers’ MP Sam Lyomoki who is in parliament on the ruling National Resistance Movement ticket has written to the speaker seeking to introduce a new bill dubbed, the Museveni Succession, Transition and Immunities Bill …
Read More »Justice Owiny-Dollo Sworn in as new Deputy Chief Justice
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | President Yoweri Museveni has sworn in new Deputy Chief Justice, Alfonse Owiny Dollo, in a Saturday afternoon function at State House, Entebbe. Different stakeholders who included justices, members of the Judicial Service Commissioners, representatives of security agencies, the Minister of the Presidency Esther Mbayo and …
Read More »Museveni, EU boss Jean-Claude Juncker discuss EPA
Kampala, Uganda | PPU | President Yoweri Museveni has met the European Union (EU) Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and presented a raft of concerns raised by East African Community (EAC) member states on the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA). Leading a delegation of EAC trade ministers to the meeting at the EU …
Read More »IN THE INDEPENDENT: Age-limit Bill scandal
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT| These are the top stories in this week’s The Independent. COVER STORY Age-limit Bill scandal: The 4 fights frustrating Museveni THE LAST WORD: Inside Museveni’s life presidency: Why the removal of age limits may be the best way to get a peaceful succession in Uganda …
Read More »It is ‘Aye’ for Magyezi’s plan to scrap presidential age limit
Kampala, Uganda | AFP | Uganda’s parliament on Wednesday took the first step towards scrapping the presidential age limit that would allow long-standing ruler Yoweri Museveni to stay in power. Tempers frayed for a second day over a plan, backed by members of President Museveni’s National Resistance Movement (NRM) party, …
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