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Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | South African President Jacob Zuma, who has been weakened by growing criticism from within the ruling ANC party, will face a vote of no confidence in parliament on August 8, officials announced Sunday. Opposition parties have pushed for the vote to be held in …

Kyadondo East result Robert Kyagulanyi:  25,659 Sitenda Sebalu:        4,556 Apollo Kantiti:         1,832 Muwada Nkunyingi: 575 Kayongo Male:          377 Kampala, Uganda| THE INDEPENDENT REPORTER |  Musician Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine is the new Member of Parliament of Kyadondo East. He was declared …

Kampala, Uganda | PWATCHUG|  A sec­tion of Mem­bers of Par­lia­ment have tasked gov­ern­ment to ex­plain its de­lay to ap­point a Con­sti­tu­tional Re­view Com­mis­sion to over­see an over­haul of amend­ment of the con­sti­tu­tion. Bu­li­isa County MP, Stephen Muk­i­tale Bi­rahwa, while rais­ing a mat­ter of na­tional im­por­tance recently, told the House that …

London, United Kingdom | AFP |  Britain’s parliament shut down external access to e-mail accounts on Saturday following a cyberattack. Parliamentary authorities described the attack as “sustained and determined”, in an email sent to lawmakers and published by the Daily Telegraph. “Earlier this morning we discovered unusual activity and evidence …

Uganda introduces new criteria for passport issuance Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Uganda has introduced a new criteria for the issuance of passports to address the temporary shortage of ordinary machine readable passports. Minister of Internal Affairs Gen. Abubaker J Odongo has attributed the shortage to low stock levels of ordinary passports that …

Unknown to most Ugandans, NARO currently runs one of the most active GMO research facilities on the African continent Kampala, Uganda| ANDREW S. KAGGWA |  Barbara Ntambirweki, a research fellow with Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment (ACODE) is preparing for a bit fight – against introduction into the country of Genetically …

Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI |  The Court of Appeal on Monday confirmed the election of Joseph Kakooza as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Buwekula Constituency in Mubende District after dismissing the appeal of his political rival Peter Baleke. Baleke had petitioned the High Court in Mubende accusing Kakooza of forging an …

Council meeting over KCCA Amendment Bill 2015 hits deadlock, sitting deferred Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI |  The Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago was on Monday forced to adjourn proceedings of the Kampala Capital City Autority (KCCA) council meeting following disagreements on  the proposed KCCA Amendment bill 2015. This after members raised objections to …

Lusaka, Zambia | AFP |  Zambia’s parliament on Tuesday suspended 48 opposition lawmakers who boycotted President Edgar Lungu’s address to legislators in March to protest his contested electoral victory. The lawmakers from the United Party for National Development (UPND) skipped Lungu’s address claiming he was not the legitimate winner of …

London, United Kingdom | AFP |  An exit poll following Britain’s general election on Thursday suggested the country could be heading for a “hung parliament”, in which no party has an overall majority. Here is what would happen next if the forecast is confirmed by the full results, most likely …