The NUP second cohort is open for all members, and applications are still ongoing. Among the students who were awarded certificates, the majority were female and were in three categories: foot soldiers, professionals, and community leaders.
In July 2024, police and local leaders in Mpigi district, which borders Gomba, discovered 17 human skulls from a shrine belonging to Lujja Bbosa Tabula, and this discovery raised alarms about the historical and cultural implications of such findings, as well as potential criminal investigations related to the remains.
The Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, has rejected attempts by Theodore Ssekikubo, the MP for Lwemiyaga County, to introduce a censure motion against four commissioners of Parliament.
Theodore Ssekikubo, the Head Mover of the Censure Motion against Four Parliamentary Commissioners, has refuted claims of dropping the motion, saying he has come a long way for him to just drop it.
The team will hand in the notice calling next week, and the Speaker should not to wait for the 14 days to elapse because Ugandans are so exhausted with the corruption at Parliament and have thus run out of patience to wait for that long.
The collection of signatures still continues as the notice hasn’t yet been filed before the Clerk to Parliament’s office, which doesn’t bound Ssekikuubo's motion to the 14-day rule.
MPs pushing for the censure motion against the four commissioners of parliament have camped at Kololo independence grounds during the State of the Nation address to collect signatures from their colleagues who have not appended the censure motion at parliament.
The censure of parliamentary Commissioners is a vindication for National Unity Platform that was earlier accused of orchestrating their own party member, Mathias Mpuuga.