Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of the Forum for Democratic Change -FDC Katonga Faction, including Member of Parliament Ssemujju Nganda have been granted bail after faceing charges of common nuisance. They were arrested earlier in the day as they planned to march to the offices of the Kenyan High …
Read More »From Kenya to Uganda: How Besigye was kidnapped
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A day after the General Court Martial sitting at Makindye remanded up to December 2, veteran opposition leader Dr Kizza Besigye and his political ally, Obed Kamulegeya Lutale, details are beginning to emerge how he was kidnapped from Nairobi in Kenya and returned to Kampala. …
Read More »Court issues criminal summons against Ssemujju, Nyanjura
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Buganda Road Magistrates Court has issued criminal summons for Kira Municipality MP Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda and Kampala Deputy Mayor Doreen Nyanjura for failing to appear in court on Wednesday. Chief Magistrate Ronald Kayizzi has ordered them to appear on October 2, 2024. The summons …
Read More »Minister Muhwezi promises statement on MPs’ arrest
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister for Security, Jim Muhwezi, has promised to present a statement explaining the Monday arrest of two opposition Forum for Democratic Change legislators together with other party leaders. Muhwezi, who promised to present the statement in two weeks, was responding to concerns raised by …
Read More »Police use teargas to disperse Kasokoso meeting
Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have used teargas to disperse residents of Kasokoso in Kira Municipality in Wakiso district. They had gathered for consultative meetings with local leaders over the pending evictions by NEMA. Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago together with other political leaders from Kampala and Wakiso districts …
Read More »Pharmaceutical company boosted as supplementary budget is approved
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has approved a supplementary expenditure budget worth Shs1.106 trillion for settling the offtake arrangement between government and DEI Pharmaceuticals, wage and pension and gratuity shortfalls. During plenary on Tuesday, 30 April 2023, the Deputy Chairperson of the Budget Committee, Achia Remigio presented the committee’s …
Read More »Besigye kicked out of FDC?
What it means for Amuriat/Nandala, Lukwago/Ssemujju COVER STORY | JOSEPH WERE | “We are in charge,” proclaimed Patrick Oboi Amuriat; the embattled leader of the opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party, minutes after his nomination on Sept. 21 to recapture his position as president in a new arrangement sparked by …
Read More »FDC insist they will replace Ssemujju as Chief Whip
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change-FDC party has reiterated its decision to replace Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda as the party chief whip in Parliament. On 7th August 2023, the FDC party Secretary General Nathan Nandala Mafabi wrote to the Speaker of Parliament Annet Anita Among informing her …
Read More »Nsibambi replaces Ssemujju as FDC Chief Whip
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Forum For Democratic Change (FDC) one of the top opposition political parties in Uganda made changes in its top leadership where it dropped Kira Municipality Member of Parliament Hon. Ibrahim Ssemujju who has been serving as party Chief whip and thus replacing him with Mawokota …
Read More »FDC drops Ssemujju, names Nsibambi as Chief Whip
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change-FDC has withdrawn Kira Municipality Member of Parliament Ibrahim Semujju Nganda from the position of party chief whip in parliament and appointed Mawokota South MP, Yusuf Nsibambi to replace him. The FDC Party Secretary General Nathan Nandala Mafabi communicated the …
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