Download logoLawmakers have said that corruption and connivance are to blame for the shutdown of Isimba hydropower plant. The Members of Parliament were
Daily Monitor
Sunday May 16 2021
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May 24 Polls: The day for the election of both the Speaker and Deputy Speaker, according to Ms Jane Kibirige, the Clerk to Parliament.
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When his presence was announced at Kololo Independence Grounds during President Museveni’s inauguration, both Speaker Rebecca Kadaga and Deputy Speaker Jacob Oulanyah received mixed reaction from the National Resistance Movement (NRM) supporters who had turned up..
One got loud cheers, which lasted for minutes, while for the other, it was rather muted. Going by that, one may conclude who the NRM fanatics prefer for the job.
In the previous months, there has been a lull in the fight for the Speaker job after President Museveni directed both warring parties to ‘ceasefire’ as each side fired one salvo after another.
Daily Monitor
Saturday April 24 2021
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Despite the reluctance of the old guard within the NRM to give way, younger members of the party are pushing hard for change within their party and government in general, and the NRM has big decisions to make.
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Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda last week got out of his customary shell to make an attention-grabbing statement, looking straight into the camera and declaring that he is not about to retire from politics.
The amiable politician, who many refer to as Ndugu, Kiswahili for ‘comrade’, was unassuming in his statement made at Parliament on April 13, taking a moment to focus on himself as he outlined his mission in politics.
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