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By Aloysious Kasoma Opposition Uganda People’s Congress says it will not participate in 2016 elections if the electoral laws are not revised. While addressing Journalists at the UPC headquarters on Wednesday in Kampala, Prof. Lutalo Bossa the Vice President of the party said that the country is in crisis if …

By Aloysious Kasoma Uganda People’s Congress has said that the silence of the president Olara Otunnu is not because he is hiding or out of party activities but he is in Sierra Leon on international duties. The Vice President Prof. Lutalo Bbosa explained this in a discussion with journalists at …

By Aloysious Kasoma Uganda People’s Congress wants the president Museveni to sack the Youth and Children affairs minister Ronald Kibuule over what they described as an attack on women. According to the party spokesperson Okello Lucima the minister was quoted saying that women dress indecently and as a result men …

By Aloysious Kasoma The opposition party, Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) has described the current situation in the country as a sign that the ruling National Resistance Movement party is on the verge of collapse after failing to track down the theft of public funds. Okello Lucima the UPC spokesperson said …

By Aloysious Kasoma Parliament in a special plenary Wednesday afternoon session paid tribute to the fallen former Erute South legislator in Lira district, John Odit. Chaired by deputy Speaker Jacob Oulanyah, MPs hailed Odit’s contributions to the legislature where he served for 10 years. The motion to pay tribute to …

By Aloysious Kasoma Opposition party Uganda People’s Congress has described the late John Odit as a patriot who served his country whole heartedly. Okello Lucima the party spokesperson said that Odit was a man who dedicated himself to serve his country and the people and was highly respected by his …

Kampala, Uganda | Julius Odeke| The former eighth Member of Parliament for Erute North in Lango Hon. John Odit is dead. The late Odit shall be highly remembered for his immense role in unearthing the dirt in NSSF that led to the resignation of Chandia Jamwa. He was one of the …

Kampala, Uganda | Sarah Namulondo | The president of Uganda People’s Congress, Olara Otunnu, will lead the Commonwealth Observer Group on Nov 17, in monitoring both National and Local Government Elections. The elections which are the third to take place in Sierra Leone since its decade-long conflict ended have always been observed …

By Eriasa Mukiibi Sserunjogi Presidents of the two parties may pay the ultimate price for the EALA fiasco The full extent of the damage exacted by the controversial election of Uganda representatives to the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) will take some time to unfold. But the elections reopened old …

Ever since the publication of my article, ‘Otunnu must not lead UPC,’ (Daily Monitor), I have been the subject of attacks by Olara Otunnu supporters who view their candidate as a great intellectual. They have persistently challenged me to take on Otunnu at an intellectual level. I have also constantly …