The LOP noted that in 11th Parliament of 557 MPs, 86% have Bachelor’s or Master’s degrees including 18 PhD holders. Only 20 out of 557 MPs have A’level or its equivalent.
Opondo, who recently retired as the Executive Director of the Uganda Media Centre, argued that after four decades at the helm, Ugandans—including those outside the NRM who may feel fatigued—should support Museveni for this single, last time.
Ssegona revealed a private conversation with NUP President Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu (Bobi Wine) in which he expressed willingness to take over party leadership after the current president leaves office
The launch of the campaigns today sees the two main rivals start in separate regions, a pattern the EC appears to have purposefully maintained throughout the programme to minimise the potential for clashes.
The office was built clandestinely to the extent that most of the construction workers were not aware that it was the NUP offices until today’s opening when the party insignia were slapped on the walls.
The group which reportedly grew from a small number of former prisoners into thousands, was courted into the ruling party through efforts of among others, the Ministry Luwero and Rwenzori Tringle.
Speaking to the press in heavy rain at the Electoral Commission Grounds in Lubowa, Bobi Wine declared the beginning of what he called the "final phase" of a struggle to free Uganda from decades of poor leadership and repression.
One of the candidates, Gregory Mugisha Muntu of the Alliance for National Transformation (ANT), raised concerns about campaign posters of President Museveni which he said he found at the EC’s Lubowa site.
The spontaneous mobilisation followed an urgent call from the party to its members from 36 districts to show up at the party offices in Makerere Kavule to provide signatures.
According to Rubongoya, the Electoral Commission (EC) has informed the party that it has failed to submit the required number of signatures to support its presidential nomination.
The talks, which have been ongoing for some time, gained new impetus today, with an announcement from the PFF that it will not be fronting its own candidate in next year’s presidential elections.
NUP candidates from Katakwi, Ssembabule, Nakaseke, Nakasongola, Butaleja, Kaliiro, Kitgum, and Kasese, among others, turned up at the party offices, presenting evidence that they met all nomination criteria but were still barred by the EC
Kadaga had delivered a fiery speech accusing the party leadership of favouring Speaker Anita Among, her challenger, over her longstanding loyalty to the NRM.
The Kampala City Festival is a signature brand that draws multitudes to Kampala to celebrate culture, unity and provides immense networking opportunities for businesses.
In 2013, Gen Sejusa, then serving as the Coordinator of Intelligence Services, alleged in a letter to the Internal Security Organisation that there was a secret plan he coined as the ‘Muhoozi Project’, which was underway to have the First Son, then Brig. Muhoozi was groomed as the next president of Uganda.
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