Author: Solomon Lubambula
African leaders have been urged to urgently enact laws that preserve African values and cultures, in order to promote home-grown solutions and strengthen the continent’s sovereignty.While meeting a delegation of parliamentarians from Ghana, Speaker of Parliament Anita Annet Among cited Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Law as an example, saying African problems require African solutions.She encouraged the delegation, which is in Uganda on a benchmarking visit ahead of hosting the 4th Session of the African Region Inter-Parliamentary Conference on Family, Preservation of African Values and Sovereignty, not to waver in the face of critics who may oppose such legislation.Among asked the team, led…
Kiboga District Woman Member of Parliament, Christine Kaaya Nakimwero, has tasked relevant government departments and agencies to investigate how private individuals acquire land titles in strategic areas earmarked for major infrastructure development projects. Contributing to the parliamentary debate on the National Budget Framework Paper for the Financial Year 2026/2027, Nakimwero expressed concern over the exorbitant costs incurred by government in compensating project-affected persons. She noted that some opportunistic individuals obtain prior information about planned infrastructure projects and strategically acquire land titles in those areas with the aim of benefiting from government compensation. Nakimwero warned that the practice places a heavy…
Government has clarified that the deployment of security personnel at the residence of the National Unity Platform (NUP) president Robert Kyagulanyi Sentamu aims to prevent its use as a hub for public disorder. This follows calls from the Leader of Opposition in Parliament for government to address issues arising before, during and after the recent general elections, including killings, issues of brutality, abductions of political figures and the continued sealing of Kyagulanyi’s home in Magere, Wakiso District by the security forces. Nakawa West MP Joel Ssenyonyi reported that security forces have denied Kyagulanyi’s siblings access to the house and assaulted his wife and other occupants. “The military was continuously descending…