Their pact shifts national politics in ways unseen Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | “A year ago I was offered a position in the government but I took time off to consult,” Nobert Mao said while appearing on the NBS TV political talk show Frontline the day he was appointed …
Read More »IPOD moots for committee to follow up summit resolutions
Kampala, Uganda |Â THE INDEPENDENT |Â The Interparty Organization for Dialogue-IPOD has proposed to set up a committee to follow up on resolutions passed by the summit. The proposal is contained in a draft Memorandum of Understanding-MoU being drafted by the IPOD Secretariat and member political parties of the dialogue platform. Five …
Read More »Museveni ‘moles’ in opposition fight
Who wins when Mao attacks Bobi Wine over money? Kampala, Uganda | MUBATSI ASINJA HABATI | Norbert Mao is where he likes to be. In the news headlines. The 55-year old leader of the opposition Democratic Party (DP) has been in the news for tweets he has made about the …
Read More »NIMD, politicians question the future of IPOD
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |Â The future of the Inter Party Organization for Dialogue-IPOD is uncertain as its facilitators and member political parties accuse government of failing to implement resolutions. IPOD was formed through a three year Memorandum of Understating in 2017, with fourteen objectives including, fostering and facilitating peaceful …
Read More »Opposition parties demand implementation of IPOD council resolutions
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |Â Opposition political parties under the Inter-party Organization for Dialogue-IPOD have asked the government to implement resolutions that were passed by the IPOD summit. The call was made on Tuesday at Mestil Hotel in Kampala where IPOD member parties converged to welcome a new member-the People’s …
Read More »IPOD seeks meeting with National Unity Platform to discuss membership issues
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |Â The Interparty Organisation for Dialogue-IPOD has written to the National Unity Platform (NUP) seeking for a meeting to discuss their involvement in the organisation, to dialogue on issues affecting the country and political players in the country. IPOD is an organisation that brings together all …
Read More »NUP declines to join IPOD
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |Â The National Unity Platform Party-NUP has declined to join the Interparty Organization for Dialogue-IPOD. IPOD brings together parties with representation in Parliament to dialogue on issues affecting the country. In 2017, five political parties, the ruling National Resistance Movement-NRM, Forum for Democratic Change-FDC, Democratic Party-DP, …
Read More »IPOD council appeals to gov’t over DGF suspension
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |Â The Inter Party Organisation for Dialogue-IPOD has appealed to the government to lift the suspension of the Democratic Governance Facility-DGF, a consortium of donor for good governance programs in Uganda. President Yoweri Museveni wrote to the Ministry of Finance in February last year to halt …
Read More »IPOD drafting new MoU for political parties
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inter-Party Organization for Dialogue-IPOD is in the process of drafting a new Memorandum of Understanding-MoU that binds all political parties with representation in Parliament. Four political parties namely the Democratic Party-DP, Forum for Democratic Change-FDC, National Resistance Movement-NRM and Uganda People’s Congress-UPC signed …
Read More »Unfair funding to political parties killing democratic process – Opposition
Government distributes funds to political parties using the numerical strength basis, even where they are supposed to use the equal basis in line with the Political Parties and Organisations Act Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Opposition political parties have disagreed on the response they should take towards what they call unfair …
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