President Museveni launches the Parish development Model. (Photo Courtesy The Independent) Recently, the Chairperson of Bushenyi District Local Government- Jafari Basajjabalaba made a satirical statement advising government that the Parish Development Model (PDM) would not benefit his district because the…
A handshake between DRC President, Felix Tshisekedi & Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni. (Photo Coutesy of the EastAfrican) Tomorrow, the 1st of September, Uganda will have to make its first installment payment of $65 million in reparations to the Democratic Republic…
The Airbus A330Neo owned by Uganda Airlines. (Photo Courtesy of ugandaairlines.com) Uganda Airlines continues to be in the spotlight for the wrong reasons. Currently, the young airline is being probed by the Parliamentary Committee on State Authorities and State Enterprises…
President Museveni meeting with NRM’s party parliamentary caucus at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds on August 19th. (Photo Courtesy of New Vision) Uganda will now save up to UGX 649 billion ($167,148,846) annually from the rationalization, merging, and mainstreaming of agencies of…
Uganda Airlines CEO, Jennifer Bamuturaki (Photo Courtesy – TheIndependent) Uganda Airline’s Chief Executive Officer-CEO, Jennifer Bamuturaki has over the past week been in the spotlight over corruption and financial loss of billions of shillings at the airlines under her management.…
Ruto giving his speech after being declared winner of Kenya’s presidential election, at the IEBC National Tallying Centre in Nairobi, Kenya August 15, 2022. (Photo Courtesy CNN) The election of Deputy President William Somoei Ruto as the 5th President of…
Supporters of NRM’s Eddie Kwizera in Rushaga Sub County and Rubuguri town council, Bukimbiri County in Kisoro district. On 11th August 2022, the National Resistance Movement candidate, Hon. Eddie Kwizera wa-Gahungu was declared by the Uganda Electoral Commission as the…
Billboards of Kenya’s Raila Odinga of the Azimio la Umoja & Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto. (Photo Courtesy-Reuters) Kenya has had its longest stretched out campaign where outgoing president Uhuru Kenyatta is backing his former rival Raila Omoro Odinga. Raila…
Kenya’s finance minister presenting the budget to parliament For the second successive election cycle, the Republic of Kenya’s Election Campaign Financing Act, 2013 has not been enforced, casting its future in doubt. There is a sense in which the political…
Photo Courtesy of cekdev.com One of the major challenges related to money in politics is the lack of transparency surrounding political party and election finance. Open and transparent funding of political parties and candidates is desirable for democracy because it…
