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As Speaker Jacob Oulanyah takes full charge of the Legislature, in the midst of an acrimonious vote that sent his former boss Rebecca Kadaga (Kamuli Woman) packing, the man from Omoro now faces a...

Anita Among elected deputy Speaker of Parliament Monday May 24 2021 Bukedea Woman MP Anita Among pictured during the first sitting of the 11th Parliament at Kololo Airstrip on May 24, 2021. PHOTO/ PARLIAMENT PRESS TEAM Summary Anita Among, 47, is, an accountant, a lawyer and politician, born in Bukedea District. She worked with the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) and later shifted allegiance to the ruling party and voted for the removal of the presidential age limit in December 2017.  Adver...

Daily Monitor Sunday May 23 2021 Muhammad Nsereko, 40, is a lawyer. He is an Independent member of Parliament who has represented the Kampala Central Division constituency since 2011. PHOTOS | FILE Advertisement Nine MPs have so far expressed interest in the office of Deputy Speaker, to replace Mr Jacob Oulanyah who vacated the seat on Wednesday and set his eyes on the Speaker position.  Members of the 11th Parliament will convene at Kololo Independence Grounds tomorrow, May 24, to elect the S...

How Muntu’s ANT is picking up the pieces from poll rubble Sunday April 18 2021 The Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) presidential candidate, Gen Mugisha Muntu (C), with his supporters at Katabi Playgrounds in Entebbe during the just concluded elections. PHOTO | PAUL ADUDE Summary Turning the tide. Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) has been in existence for two years, but following a humiliating performance in the last general elections in which they didn’t secure a single...

March 15, 2021 Bank of Uganda governor Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile last week stealthily made his way into the parliament’s appointments and vetting committee to defend his re-appointment as governor of the Central Bank, with security personnel ensuring that media and the public did not even catch a glimpse of him. The 71-year-old economist has been at the helm of Bank of Uganda (BOU) since 2001 and in January, President Yoweri Museveni reappointed him as go...

MPs vet Mutebile for another 5-year term  Saturday March 13 2021 Bank of Uganda Governor, Mr Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile. He said central bank is concerned with the increase in government indebtedness. Photo by David Lubowa. Summary The governor has navigated a stormy period that the central bank has endured in the recent years.  The year 2019 was particularly hard for BoU, with the sensitive institution plagued by bad publicity amid multiplicity of accusations.   Advertisement Bank of Ugand...

Daily Monitor Wednesday March 10 2021 Busia Municipality MP Geofrey Macho said at least more than 5,000,000 people, including farmers and traders, are going to make losses as a result of the ban. PHOTO | PARLIAMENT PRESS Advertisement Lawmakers yesterday had no kind words for the Kenyan authorities as Parliament convened to discuss the ban on Uganda’s maize by Kenya.  The lawmakers called Kenya a bully in the East African region and called for a tit-for-tat response to the “unnecessary” ...

Daily Monitor Thursday February 18 2021 Deputy Speaker Jacob Oulanyah (left) and Speaker Rebecca Kadaga chairing plenary sessions of Parliament. Photo/ David Lubowa Summary The deputy Secretary General of the ruling party, Mr Richard Todwong, has asked the party’s Central Executive Committee to rein in and sort out the standoff before the polls.  "The top party organ [CEC] where both of them sit is better placed to handle the issues and I nurse no doubt that all will be well sooner than late...

The deceased only identified as 18-year-old Azedi, a resident of Busembatia Town council in Bugweri District. He met his death when supporters of incumbent MP Abdu Katuntu and those of the FDC Flagbearer and Kampala based Lawyer Julius Galinsonga clashed at Idudi Trading center along Bugiri-Tororo road. The Busoga East police spokesperson James Mubi says Azedi was hit with a stone on the head and he died before he was taken to hospital. Mubi says they have deployed several officers to ensure la...