Tag: Opposition MPs

Massive Fire Guts Lavish Turkish Ski Hotel, Kills 66 People

Sixty-six people have been reported dead and over 32 others left injured in a fire that erupted at a popular ski resort hotel in the Bolu province in Northwestern Turkey. This incident happened on January 21, 2025,...

FDC Okays Mpuuga’s Electoral Proposals in Struggle for Political Change

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The opposition party, Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), has declared support for the proposed electoral reforms presented by Democratic Alliance leader Mathias Mpuuga. Speaking at a press conference on January 21, 2025, at the party's headquarters in...

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Baryomunsi Speaks on Purported Collapse of UCDA as Coffee...

The government of Uganda is well conversant that coffee is a critical part of the economy, and its importance is growing with over 1.8 million households growing coffee, which contributes nearly a third of the country's export earnings, paying for critical infrastructure like roads, hospitals, and schools.

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Bobi Wine Accuses Speaker Among of Tribalism in Parliament

The National Coffee (Amendment) Bill, 2024, will be carried on to the Bills Committee stage for clause-by-clause scrutiny after 159 members voted in its favor against 77 opposing members.

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