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Daily Monitor Wednesday January 27 2021 Masaka Municipality MP Mathias Mpuuga (left) shares a light moment with Mukono Municipality MP Betty Nambooze (in white) and other DP block members as they officially joined Bobi Wine’s NUP in Kamwokya, Kampala, in August 2020. PHOTO | MICHAEL KAKUMIRIZI Summary The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has been providing opposition leadership in parliament for the last 15 years, since the rebirth of multiparty politics in Uganda, due to its numerical stren...

Daily Monitor Wednesday January 27 2021 Summary Mr Gusongweire said most of the people he supported lost, including Ms Betty Nakisita, who lost the Woman MP seat to Ms Mariam Naigaga, and Mr Michael Saire, who lost the district LC5 seat to Mr David Mukisa. Advertisement Local Council 3 elections for town councils are scheduled for February 3. Mr Gusongweire told Daily Monitor on Monday that he wants to concentrate on mobilising and building party structures in the district.  “Besides concent...

Daily Monitor Tuesday January 26 2021 Reflecting on the various post-election analyses in regard to the odd performance of NRM in Buganda and in Busoga sub-regions, I cannot help but shake my head at the rush to assign blame.  Most analyses are focused on one or two issues, and present the one or two issues as the full explanation of what influenced voter behaviour.  To get a wholistic picture, pundits will have to collate the various elements that marked the election so as to give compelling...

This is the peaceful way forward for Museveni and Buganda after the 2021 elections JAN 26, 2021 Thanks to Museveni’s speech after being declared the winner of the 2021 elections, Ugandas post-presidential election is fast turning into a debate on Buganda and all it stands for. But while tribalism and religion have certainly played a part into why some people in the central voted for Robert Kyagulanyi and his party, explanations like these tend to understate the degree to which people want to...

Daily Monitor Tuesday January 26 2021 To the end of the 2021 Presidential Election, we have come and so too, to the beginning of a very contentious issue. A sensation was caused by a first time presidential candidate, who has been in elective politics from only 2017. National Unity Platform (NUP’s) Robert Kyagulanyi, whose entertainment industry name is Bobi Wine, came in second, leading a six -month old political party.  The Electoral Commission said he scored 34 per cent of the vote. Incum...

This is the peaceful way forward for Museveni and Buganda after the2021 elections By Abbey Semuwemba Listen to article Thanks to Museveni’s speech after being declared the winner of the 2021 elections, Ugandas post presidential election is fast turning into a debate on Buganda and all it stands for. But while tribalism and religion have certainly played a part into why some people in the central voted for Robert Kyagulanyi and his party, explanations like these tend to understate the degree...

Kalungu East MP-elect runs to court to block Minister Ssempijja’s vote recount Tuesday January 26 2021 Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries Vincent Ssempijja (left) lost Kalungu East MP seat to Mr Francis Katabaazi Katongole (right) of NUP. Advertisement Kalungu East MP-elect, Mr Francis Katabaazi Katongole has filed an application seeking to block recounting of votes in contested 25 polling stations. Masaka chief magistrate Charles Yeteise on Monday granted an application ...

Daily Monitor Dear Tingasiga;  The fraud during this month’s voting ritual in Uganda exceeded my expectations. I knew the numbers would be faked, but I underestimated the boldness with which it would be done.   Luckily, not even the Internet shutdown stopped brave compatriots from recording the “election-related” criminal acts and smuggling videos to the outside world. The evidence has been archived for posterity.  Anyone who thinks that what is on those videos were isolated incidents ...

Daily Monitor Monday January 25 2021 Bishops waiting to receive the body of deceased Bishop Emeritus John Baptist Kaggwa in Masaka, January, 23 2021. PHOTO/GERTRUDE MUTYABA. Summary Mr Jude Muleke, the  Kabaka’s chief in Buddu County (Masaka District) ,said they were stunned by the no-show of government officials at the burial. Advertisement A section of Christians in Masaka Diocese have castigated top government officials for shunning the burial of Bishop Emeritus John Baptist Kaggwa. Bisho...

Daily Monitor Monday January 25 2021 Buganda and Catholics have no case to answer, and are not to blame for the recent electoral storm by National Unity Plat form (NUP) in central region, parts of Busoga and other former strongholds of President Museveni and NRM. These include the Jerusalem of Front for National Salivation (Fronasa) Bugisu in the 60s and 70s, which were also causalities. “A lie gets half way round the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on,”Sir Winston Chur...