How rebel Kadaga, FDC s Ssebugwawo ended up on cabinet list
June 10, 2021 Former speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga
Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga, the former speaker of parliament rejected an offer to be appointed vice president and set conditions that this would only be possible if it came with another portfolio.
Kadaga was reportedly involved in the negotiations after her recent fallout with President Yoweri Museveni when she opted to defy the National Resistance Movement central executive committee and contested against her erstwhile deputy Jacob Oulanyah for the speaker s seat.
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Speaking to URN, a close confidante of Kadaga who asked not to be named in order not to jeopardize their relationship said that the Kamuli Woman MP said she disliked the position of vice president because it s hollow. Kadaga in the past made similar statements while she campaigned for the position she eventually lost.
Daily Monitor
Sunday January 24 2021
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With both presidential and parliamentary elections concluded, Derrick Kiyonga looks at where all the Opposition parties stand after months of electioneering.
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Derrick Kiyonga looks at where all the Opposition parties stand after months of electioneering.
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When the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) honchos sit down to do a forensic analysis of the recent elections, the outcome will be straightforward: not what they wanted. For the first time since elections were organised under the multiparty dispensation, the FDC party has lost its position as the biggest Opposition political party. They lost this time to the newly formed National Unity Platform (NUP) party.
Nakaddu: The 19-year-old trying to dethrone Nantaba in Kayunga
Sunday January 10 2021
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Ssezibwa bridge which ushers you into the central district of Kayunga, gained fame in 2009 when security forces blocked then Katikkiro (prime minister) of Buganda John Baptist Walusimbi from entering the district, triggering off what came to be known as “Buganda Riots” in which scores of people were killed.
Eleven years later, Ssezibwa is, of course, tranquil, and it’s here that 19-year-old Brenda Nakaddu, who is vying for the Kayunga Woman MP seat, stood and welcomed Patrick Oboi Amuriat, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) presidential candidate. At only 19 years, Ms Nakaddu is probably the youngest MP contestant.