Ugandan Govt in Bid to Block Campaign for Speaker
Journalists and radio stations in Busoga region are apparently under pressure from the government to drop a popular campaign by supporters of Parliamentary Speaker, Rebecca Kadaga, urging her to run as a presidential candidate.
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Uganda:
State Blocks Kadaga Media Campaign
Observer, 15 January 2014
A campaign waged by a group of youths in Busoga to promote Parliament Speaker Rebecca as future president has caught the eye of government and ultimately run into trouble. Read more »
Uganda Speaker Rebecca Kadaga.
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Uganda:
Uganda On Course to Become a Total Dictatorship
Observer, 12 January 2014
Late last year, Prof Joe Oloka Onyango, from the school of Law at Makerere University, presented a paper at the Buganda Convention at Hotel Africana. Read more »
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Uganda:
Can Museveni Be Defeated?
Independent (Kampala), 10 January 2014
Politically speaking, 2014 has started on a very quiet note; and that is very bad for opponents of President Yoweri Museveni in a year that must set the pace for the outcome of the… Read more »
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Uganda:
Busoga Plots Kadaga Presidency
Observer, 29 December 2013
There is no doubt that the rise to the speakership of Parliament has seen Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga's political stock rise tremendously. Read more »
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Uganda:
2013 and Museveni's Noisy Fights With MPs
Observer, 29 December 2013
Twice in two years, Parliament and more so the Speaker Rebecca Kadaga winds down with a near-breakdown in relations with the executive. Read more »
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Uganda:
Wolokoso - Does Ndugu Rugunda See a President in Kadaga?
Observer, 15 December 2013
Health Minister Ruhakana Rugunda must have shocked his cabinet colleagues when he referred to Speaker Rebecca Kadaga as "Madam President." Read more »
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Uganda:
2016 Watch - Group Collects Signatures for Kadaga to Run for President
Observer, 12 January 2014
Speaker Rebecca Kadaga has generally tried to distance herself from any suggestions that she may run for president in 2016, keeping both her supporters and opponents guessing… Read more »