Opposition legislators have said that achieving full integration of the East African Community (EAC) remains a distant goal, citing major implementation gaps within the ministry of East African Community Affairs. In their alternative budget report, presented by the leader of the opposition, Joel Ssenyonyi, the MPs argue that the region is yet to realise the…
Last week, the leader of the opposition, Joel Ssenyonyi, tabled the alternative budget outlining the key issues that the opposition thinks need prioritisation. Among other issues, Ssenyonyi proposed a significant increase in funding to Uganda’s agro-industrialisation programme in the 2026/27 financial year, arguing that current allocations fall short of national development targets. He said the…
The Leader of the Opposition, Joel Ssenyonyi, has criticised the government for selectively bailing out private companies without clear benefits to Ugandans. Ssenyonyi made the remarks on Tuesday during the launch of the opposition’s Alternative Budget Priority Areas for the 2026/27 financial year at Parliament. “Our approach is guided by fiscal discipline, realism and prioritisation,”…
Justice Collins Acellam today spared six Nakawa West contenders from being thrown out of the race, including the Leader of the Opposition and the incumbent, Joel Ssenyonyi. After the ruling, Ssenyonyi immediately telephoned the petitioner, Ivan Bwowe. In this imagined, satirical phone call, Bbeg Media captured the tension, relief, and biting humour that followed a…
Robert Kyagulanyi, the president of the National Unity Platform (NUP), yesterday said Norbert Mao, the minister of Justice and DP president, had betrayed the struggle for democracy and good governance. Addressing supporters ahead of his presidential nomination by the Electoral Commission on September 23, Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine expressed dismay at Mao’s recent remarks dismissing…
Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa has been cited by leaders at Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) over what some termed as “irregular” allocation of five plots of land in the city. Last week, Parliament approved a motion to lease plots, including those on Namirembe Road, Offspring Road, Old Kira Road, Kenneth Close, and Lugogo, to private…
The National Unity Platform (NUP) stunned supporters and critics yesterday when it held an extraordinary delegates conference at their leadership school in Kamwokya that saw the re-election of its top leadership. Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, retained his position as party president, alongside David Lewis Rubongoya as secretary general and Joel Ssenyonyi as…
In more ways than one, May 20, 2025, will go down as one of the darkest chapters in Uganda’s post-independence legislative history. With little or no reflection at all, NRM MPs granted military courts the authority to try civilians under vaguely defined “exceptional circumstances. Did they understand the consequences of this decision, given our divisive…
Tensions are running high as the Parliament prepares for a contentious second reading of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) Amendment Bill, 2025, scheduled for Tuesday, May 20, 2025. The bill, which seeks to grant military courts the authority to try civilians under specific circumstances, has sparked widespread criticism from activists, legal experts, and opposition…
Katikkiro Charles Peter Mayiga has offered to mediate to end internal wrangles within the National Unity Platform (NUP). Mayiga was addressing a delegation of NUP officials led by the Leader of Opposition, Joel Ssenyonyi. They had paid him a courtesy visit to purchase kits for Kabaka’s birthday run scheduled for April 6. They bought kits…
The National Resistance Movement (NRM) wants John Baptist Nambeshe, the National Unity Platform’s vice president for Eastern Uganda, to rejoin its ranks, five years after he ditched the ruling party. Impeccable sources within the NRM told Bbeg Media that the party has been “sweet-talking” Nambeshe over the last several months to have him recommit to…
MPs have demanded that action be taken against security personnel who attacked and injured Top TV journalist, Ibrahim Miracle, who was covering the nomination of candidates for the Kawempe North by-election on February 26 2025. The Leader of the Opposition, Joel Ssenyonyi, said the journalist was assaulted by individuals believed to be members of the…
