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Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Voters in Jinja East go to the polls Thursday to elect a new Member of Parliament in a hotly contested by-election. The seat fell vacant in January following a Court of Appeal ruling that upheld an earlier ruling by the Jinja High Court which overturned …

THIS WEEK: Pro-age limit MPs declared ‘historicals’ Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Resistance Movement (NRM) held a fete in Kiboga district on Feb.25 to thank the 317 MPs who at the end of last year voted in favor of removing presidential age limits from the constitution. While at …

THIS WEEK: MPs call for overhauling party leadership as Tanga Lumumba row deepens Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The move to cut staff at the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party has exposed and intensified the fights between Secretary General Kasule Lumumba and chairman of Electoral Commission Dr. Tanga Odoi with …

The killing of Mowzey Radio shows how excessive state violence has alienated Ugandans from good governance COMMENT | MORRIS KOMAKECH | The extreme violence where President Yoweri Museveni and his NRM enthusiasts have taken Uganda’s politics will alienate many people from meaningful participation in society’s affairs. Already, Ugandans feel helpless – …

Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The patron of Boda-Boda 2010 and also Rubaga NRM Chairman Abdalla Kitata and 11 other people on Tuesday appeared before the General Court Martial in Makindye where they faced charges of unlawful possession of firearms and military stores. However they all refused to plead to …

NRM’s 32 year economy: If majority are praising it, why are experts worried about the future? Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | One highlight of President Yoweri Museveni’s 32-year stay in power has been the massive efforts at resuscitating the economy. When Museveni and his group came into power in 1986, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda is greatly indebted to Mwalimu Julius Nyerere and FRELIMO leader Samora Machel for their support to the country’s liberation struggle from the early 70s, President Yoweri Museveni has said. “This logistical support, training and ideological grounding is what laid a firm foundation for …

Ruling party’s unrivalled growth scrutinized as it marks 32 years in power Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | In 2006, after the first election since the country adopted the multiparty system of government in 2005, the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) had 205 MPs, after the 2011 elections that shot …

ANALYSIS: After 32 years in power, has NRM party lost its ideology Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA | Every politician makes great promises to win and retain power and President Yoweri Museveni has mastered that. Every year during the National Liberation Day celebrations, he revises old promises and makes new ones. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has said the National Resistance Movement has in the past 32 years set the stage to be in position to tackle, step by step, the residual problems and convert Uganda into a middle-income country by 2020 and an upper middle-income country …