Kenya: Museveni advised on political balancing act
Kampala has been a preferred destination of choice for Kenya’s Prime Minister and losing presidential candidate Raila Odinga.
View ArticleMuseveni sets eyes on 2016
President Museveni used his meetings with seven different political delegations in the last two weeks to step up his national appeal ahead of the 2016 presidential election campaign.
View ArticleFDC set for new faces as old guard expires
Party needs Shs 3bn to conduct fresh elections
View ArticleJudges wanted
Candidates must be willing to work long hours for low pay Since Chief Justice Benjamin Odoki clocked 70 years on March 23, a day after the death of his acting deputy Constance KategayaByamugisha,...
View ArticleEmbracing the diversity of African cultural heritage through work of art.
For ages, amidst all odds and challenges of life, artists dedicate their skills and talent in pursuit of refreshing and maintaining the gradually fading traditions and cultures of Africa. By Micheal...
View ArticleIt was a busy month for Uganda and for all of Africa.
From the famous oil debate to Gaddafi’s killing. By Timothy Kalyegira. The Parliament of Uganda in session. In October 1980, two months before the Ugandan general election, Brig. Moses Ali, the late...
View ArticleCan NRM defeat ‘rebel MPs’ in by-elections?
Statistics The four MPs registered varying margins of victories, in the last election in 2011.
View ArticleFDC in cash crisis as donor funding falls
Barely six months after assuming the party's top seat, funding gaps coupled with post-internal election intrigue, threaten to undermine retired general Mugisha Muntu's reign as Forum for Democratic...
View ArticleFDC, DP in plot for 2016
The main opposition political parties have initiated talks for a joint political strategy ahead of the 2016 elections, The Observer has learnt.
View Article2016 polls to cost Shs 1.2 trillion
The 2016 general elections will cost at least Shs 1.2 trillion the Electoral Commission (EC) announced today, suggesting the polls could be the most expensive in the country’s history.
View ArticlePAP to work with Uganda on ratifying Charter on Elections
The Pan African Parliament Committee on Justice and Human Rights has promised to work with Uganda’s Parliament to ensure that the country ratifies the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and...
View ArticleReshuffles expose Museveni strategy for 2016 elections
President tightens grip on army, police, media Three days after he shut down two independent newspapers, and two radio stations, President Yoweri Museveni on May 23 shuffled his cabinet, placing the...
View ArticleMuntu at his best, worst in 6 months
The election of Maj Gen Gregory Mugisha Muntu as president of the opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) last November stirred one of the most unlikely political responses – excitement even...
View ArticleDonors, egos killed IPC in 2011 – Report
Three years after a loose opposition coalition tried and failed to mount a credible challenge to President Museveni’s rule in the 2011 elections, a new report has explained why things went terribly...
View ArticleDonors, egos killed IPC in 2011 – Report
Three years after a loose opposition coalition tried and failed to mount a credible challenge to President Museveni’s rule in the 2011 elections, a new report has explained why things went terribly...
View ArticleOpposition plans to double MPs
The opposition is looking for greater political leverage ahead of the 2016 elections, but there is little evidence so far, that they could find the magic formula to turn around their fortunes.
View Article2016: worried MPs petition Museveni
Nearly three years to the next elections, several NRM legislators are running scared that some aspiring contenders could ‘steal’ their seats come 2016.
View ArticlePresident Kenyatta comes to Uganda
Uhuru Kenyatta makes his first trip to Uganda as Kenyan president tomorrow, almost three months after his election.
View ArticleHow Museveni nearly quit NRM
Election case haunts President’s party On Friday October 22, 2010, President Yoweri Museveni held a heated meeting at State House, Entebbe, with a little-known former aide of his, Capt. Daudi Ruhinda...
View ArticleFDC probe blames Alaso, Mafabi
What was once a quiet and well-suppressed post-election row between FDC politicians Nathan Nandala-Mafabi and Alice Alaso is turning out to be a big threat to cohesion within the largest opposition...
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