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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kamuli Woman MP Rebecca Kadaga was sworn in as an ex-officio member of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) in Arusha, Tanzania. Kadaga will sit in the East Africa Community (EAC) Council of Ministers, the central decision-making and governing organ of the EAC. In the …

Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The National Resistance Movement Director for Mobilisation and Carder Identification, Mathias Kasamba was on Friday laid to his final rest at Katovu village, in Kakuuto county-Kyotera district.      Kasamba, also an  East African Legislative Assembly MP, passed on at Nakasero hospital on Tuesday after he …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The East African Community will have to do with a smaller budget for this year than earlier planned, after the Legislative Assembly (EALA) cut the Budget Estimates for the Financial Year 2020/21, by more than USD 6 million.  The decision puts to an end the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The East African Community’s normal operations have resumed after the Legislative Assembly, EALA, approved a vote on account of almost USD 19.6 million at a virtual meeting after a two-month delay. The vote will support the normal operations and cater for expenses of the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The East African Court of Justice has revised the compensation award to the former Speaker of the East African Legislative Assembly Margaret Zziwa from USD 359,376 (1.3 billion Shillings) to USD 175,000 (649 million Shillings) The decision was based on an application filed by …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Uganda’s representatives to the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) have expressed displeasure with the uncoordinated intervention of the East African Community (EAC) member states in the fight against coronavirus. All six EAC member states have active cases of coronavirus, Kenya holding …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has said that the inter-parliamentary games should be an opportunity to promote regional integration instead of being a competition between countries. While opening the tenth edition of the inter-parliamentary games on Sunday at Parliament, Kadaga cautioned the teams …

A mix of politics, music, culture at YouLead Summit 2019 Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | Over 250 youth from Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda and South Sudan who converged in Arusha, Tanzania for the 2019 YouLead Summit were urged to rise up, take leadership roles and political power to …

A look at the bloc’s state and DRC’s intention to join Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | The decision by the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to apply to join the East African Community (EAC) may seem like a coup for the bloc but on closer scrutiny it may compound …

But how does moderation fit between populism, defiance of Museveni, Besigye? Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | In the middle of the excitement and activity leading to the launch of the Alliance for National Transformation (ANT); a new party which he leads, Maj. Gen. Gregory Mugisha Muntuyera aka Mugisha Muntu …