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His 2021 plan now involves dealing with Mabikke, Bwanika return Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA |Michael Mabikke is a distinctive figure in the Democratic Party (DP). Chatty and squat and plumb with mid-age, he recently returned to his “mother party”, DP, after a long sojourn. And that, a DP insider …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s Opposition has accused the National Resistance Movement (NRM) Party of plotting to amend the constitution to provide for the election of the president through a parliamentary and not presidential system. Mukono Municipality MP Betty Nambooze claimed on Wednesday that they have received …

THIS WEEK: Medical Board approves Nambooze’s travel request amidst calls for her release Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Mukono Municipality legislator Betty Nambooze has been admitted at the government’s hospital at Kiruddu after her condition deteriorated while detained by the police. The MP had been held over what she posted …

Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The permanent secretary and secretary to the Treasury Keith Muhakinizi says Bukhooli North MP Gaster Mugoya Kyawa requested for a certificate of financial implications regarding a referendum on extending the presidential term to from five to seven years. Muhakanizi says the ministry of finance prepared …

THIS WEEK: Kamya, Nambooze clash over metropolitan area proposals Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Minister for Kampala Beti Namisango and Mukono Municipality MP Betty Nambooze accused each other of dishonesty and ignorance during a televised talk show on the proposal to expand Kampala to a metropolitan authority. It all started …

THIS WEEK: Kadaga writes to Museveni over attack on parliament Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kadaga has asked president Museveni to explain the identity and the mission of unknown people who attacked parliament on Sept. 27 beating up members of parliament who had converged for plenary to among others deliberate …

THIS WEEK:  Ssebaana death stirs DP wrangles The death of former party president John Ssebaana Kizito was enough to stir the simmering tensions among various sections of the Democratic Party.  The burial of Ssebaana in Luweero district turned into an arena of insults and fistfights between factions aligned to Kampala …

The row going on in the country’s oldest political party, the Democratic Party has escalated with police planning charges against DP Vice President Buganda region Betty Nambooze and six of her colleagues. Nambooze and team attempted to organize a rally in Masaka which police blocked saying it was unlawful. Police …

Mukono Municipality MP Betty Nambooze, a Democratic Party stalwart has vowed to lead a reform process in the party aimed at rebranding the party. The MP, who doubles as the party’s Vice President for the Buganda region said she plans to re-strategise and mobilise members for the 2021 elections.  She …

Proponents of the law say it will ensure a healthy and productive population Uganda’s trader ministry and the Gulu District Local Government are at loggerheads over the latter’s decision to pass an ordinance restricting the sale and consumption of alcohol. Gulu District Councilors enforced an Alcohol Control Ordinance starting last …