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According to information obtained by this newspaper, state ministers Sarah Mateke Nyirabashitsi (Youth and Children Affairs), Alice Kaboyo (Luweero Triangle), and Harriet Ntabazi (Trade) are at...
Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the first son and Commander of the Land Forces in the UPDF, has been sued in the Constitutional Court for expressing political...
By Gad Masereka The King of Obusinga Bwa Rwenzururu Kingdom, Charles Wesley Mumbere, has chastised those who use social media to destabilize the Rwenzori Region’s community....
Felix Odupa, a former Kioga County MP candidate, has stated that after mourning the death of Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah, his next step will be to spearhead the proposal to have the country’s president elected by parliament. Odupa stated on the NBS Morning Breeze show that he will accomplish this by collecting signatures to ensure that Uganda transitions from the current presidential system to a parliamentary democracy electoral system. He also revealed that the proposal has already received approval from the Electoral Commission. “After we pay our respects to our brother Rt. Hon. Jacob Oulanyah, we will begin collecting signatures to ensure that the president is elected by parliament.” “We’ve already received approval from the Electoral Commission,” Odupa said. According to Odupa, the country requires a solution to a number of issues with the current constitution, and one of those solutions is the proposal to change the electoral system. Early in January, a group of NRM party candidates who lost in the previous parliamentary elections backed the electoral system amendment proposal, led by Odupa, through their group Transformer Cadres Association Uganda. “We propose that parliament create a Senate or Upper House.” Political parties with representation in parliament will nominate members of the Senate of the Upper House. The Senate will be represented based on the strength of the parties in the lower house. This is intended to improve the quality of debate in the area of legislation.” In January, Odupa told journalists. If amended, this opens the way for a hybrid parliamentary system in which parliament and local government councils elect the head of government, who also serves as the head of state. When asked about his position on the proposal in January, President Museveni said that voting should be done by all Ugandans, not just Members of Parliament. “It limits such a President’s legitimacy.” “I don’t support and will not support that proposal because it should be for the entire population,” Museveni said in an interview with the NewVision.
Mr Nathan Okori, Speaker Jacob Oulanyah’s father, has stated that his son died of “poisoned” causes rather than natural causes, but has also stated that the...
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Rogers Mulindwa, a spokesman for the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) secretariat, declared that anyone who opposes the government is going against God’s will since leadership...
The long-awaited Kayunga district LC5 by-election began this morning, with voters lining up as early as 6:30 a.m. However, there have been reports of alleged irregularities...
Tensions remain high ahead of the Kayunga by-election, as security is beefed up at the residence of National Unity Platform (NUP) president Bobi Wine. The by-election...
The National Unity Platform (NUP) has vowed to defy Kayunga resident district commissioner Ssempala Kigozi’s decision to bar party president Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu from campaigning in...
