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Independent candidates have failed to convince parliament to change the procedure of Uganda’s East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) elections due on Tuesday. The candidates protested the order to be followed during tomorrow’s campaigns, appealing to the Clerk to Parliament to instead arrange their names in alphabetical order. The 47 candidates are vying …

VIDEO: The clock is ticking and yet uncertain looms over the planned EALA elections set for next week hang after a civil society lawyer Andrew karamagi runs to court seeking an injunction to block the election process from going- on. The city lawyer argues that the process lacks clear guidelines …

VIDEO: The FDC party president Mugisha Muntu has withdrawn the candidature of Ingrid Turinawe to represent the party in EALA in a move that threatens the unity of the already fragile party as the decision has been resisted.  The decision has left Party Members are at cross roads as it …

UTL still has potential to thrive again – Dr. Faisel Gergab The Chairman of Libyan Post, Telecommunication and Information Technology Holding Company (LPTIC) Dr. Faisel Gergab has reassured parliament that Uganda Telecom Limited (UTL) still has a future. He promised that the company will come up with a transformation plan to …

The Parliamentary committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises has ordered the Solicitor General Francis Atooke to hand in all court documents relating to the judgment ruling and award of the Capital Gains Tax Case (CGT) against Heritage Oil and Gas in London. This comes after Uganda Revenue Authority …

The Parliamentary Appointments Committee convenes today to vet the recently appointed ambassadors and their deputies. The committee chaired by the speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga will also vet the nominee for state minister of works General Edward Katumba Wamala. However, the name of the Kyabazinga of Busoga, William Wilberforce Gabula IV …

The Court of Appeal will today pronounce itself on another election appeal filed by Kamuli Municipality MP Rehema Tiwuwe Watongola against FDC’s Proscovia Salaamu Musumba. Watongola appealed against Jinja High Court decision by Justice Geoffrey Namundi that nullified Watongola’s election in June last year, on grounds that she had no academic …

Cape Town, South Africa | AFP | A brawl broke out in South Africa’s parliament Thursday as guards exchanged punches with opposition lawmakers who shouted down President Jacob Zuma as he tried to deliver his state of the nation address. In chaotic scenes, guards in white shirts forcibly ejected about …

The Court of Appeal has issued an interim order staying the hearing of an election petition Habib Buwembo filed against Rubaga South MP Paul Kato Lubwama, saying there are serious judicial issues that must be investigated. Justice Cheborion Barishaki made the order after concurring with Lubwama’s lawyer Caleb Alaka that …

VIDEO: Uganda’s Court of Appeal has stayed all proceedings in the Kato Lubwama election petition before the high court. Kato Lubwama petitioned the court  challenging High Court Judge Margaret Ouma Oguri’s decision to allow Habib Buwembo, a voter in Rubaga South a go head to file an election petition challenging …