Tag: Joel Ssenyonyi

Opposition Focuses on Tackling Corruption in 2025/26 Alternative Budget...

The Opposition has placed the fight against corruption at the center of its 2025/26 Alternative Budget, arguing that the...

Ssenyonyi Advocates Integrity, Transparency in Parliament Procedures

The Leader of Opposition, Joel Ssenyonyi, has advocated for integrity reforms to clear Parliament of corrupt and unethical practices,...

Besigye, Lutale to spend Christmas in Luzira Prison

Dr. Kizza Besigye was arrested at the Riverside Hotel in Kenya on November 16, 2024, with co-accused Obed Kamulegeya, and they are being charged in the Uganda court martial

LOP Launches Nationwide Campaign Protest against Coffee Bill

Ssenyonyi’s campaign kicked off in Bukomansimbi, Uganda’s top coffee-producing district, on November 19, 2024, where he rallied farmers to keep growing coffee.

LOP Demands Revelation of Attackers’ Identities in Parliament Incident

Ssenyonyi demanded President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni to verify his claims that the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) was giving seedlings only to opposition MPs and leaving out their NRM counterparts.

DP Blames Ssenyonyi for Helping Speaker Pass Coffee Bill

On Wednesday, November 6, 2024, parliament passed the Coffee Amendment Bill, which caused chaos in parliament after Francis Zaake (NUP) and Anthony Akol (FDC) exchanged blows over a chair.

LOP Ssenyonyi Vows to Fight Back on Coffee Bill

During the parliamentary session on Wednesday, November 6, 2024, tempers flared when MPs Francis Zaake and Anthony Akol clashed over procedural issues, leading to a physical altercation and a brief suspension of the House for some minutes.

LOP Tasks Speaker Among to Withdraw from UCDA Bill

On March 27, 2024, the first reading was made in parliament with an Act to enact the National Coffee Act 2021. Act 17 of 2021 aims to dissolve the Coffee Development Authority and transfer its functions to the Ministry responsible for agriculture. This change aligns with the government policy on the rationalization of government agencies and public expenditures.

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