Obama Chides Romney: ‘All Over The Place’ on Foreign Policy

President Barack Obama in the third debate sharply challenged GOP nominee Mitt Romney’s plan for increased military spending, borrowing a line from former President Bill Clinton in saying: “The math simply doesn’t work.”The exchange began when moderator and CBS newsman Bob Schieffer asked the former...

Kim Jong-il, North Korean Dictator, dies

Mercurial "Dear leader" leaves behind a North Korea diplomatically isolated and economically bleakNorth Korea’s strongman Kim Jong-il, dubbed the “dear leader”, highly valued by many at home but loathed as evil away from home has died at the age of 69, state media made it...

DP Celebrate Victory in Luwero

DP has narrowly won the Luwero District Woman MP by-election with a majority of just 30 votes, according to an official declaration made by the ECBrenda Nabukenya, the youthful and outspoken UYD/DP member held off the gritty challenge  of NRM’s Rebecca Nalwanga, while the FDC’s...

DP Celebrate Victory in Entebbe Municipality By-Election

Mohamed Kawuma easily diminished NRM's lingering hopes of regaining the seat.The first electoral test for Museveni’s faltering NRM government since it took office in May produced a clear-cut win on Friday for the

Lukwago is the New Kampala Mayor

The DP/Ssuubi stalwart vows to fight corruption; promises to rebuild trust in politics. He advised Museveni not to appoint Ssematimba or Ssebaggala as City Authority Chief Executive.Erias Lukwago, the DP youthful stalwart who parted company with Mao-led DP to stand as an independent, became Kampala’s...

“Victory is for the People of Kampala …”, Lukwago

Kampala's new Mayor vows to fight corruption at the heart of White Hall. Promises to work for the "everyday men and women at the bottom of society" Erias Lukwago, the DP youthful stalwart who parted company with Mao-led DP to stand as an independent, became...

Museveni’s Ministers Lose Seats

Alintuma Nsambu, Aggrey Awori, Kivejinja, Namirembe Bitamazire and a string of ministers have all fallen flat on their faces. House speaker Sekandi survives by the skin of his teethDisgraced State Minister of ICT, Alintuma Nsambu, suffered a humiliating defeat as he became the highest profile...

Election 2011: Polling Stations Report High Turnout

Voters' hopes were raised and then dashed: Widespread late arrival of election materials at polling stations reported. EC at it again!Jaberi Bidandi Ssali was among the first of the eight presidential candidates to cast his vote today amid early signs that turnout in a tense...

Election 2011 – Polling Day Live Coverage

Fact: Uganda has spoken - but we do not know what they have said. Results trickling in; Race to the last a two horse one – BESIGYE and M7 Voters turn up in droves BUT irked by EC’s poor organisation Election marred by violence –...

Museveni Sharpens attack on Besigye

With just hours left before polling day, President Museveni has hit the opposition IPC coalition hard for recent plans to announce election results before the EC does, downplaying his government’s deplorable record on service delivery, rampant corruption and for the reported allegations, ahead of polling...