The three-time contender for parliamentary seats in Kampala city Hajjat Faridah Nambi Kigongo popularly known as Faridah Nambi (NRM), is now destined for an Ambassadorial job, Blazer News Times can exclusively report. This is after her tripartite attempt aimed at becoming an MP for Kawempe North constituency twice; in March Thursday,13, 2025, January, Thursday 15, 2026, and Kampala District as Kampala District Woman MP once, in January, 2021 respectively, which did not come to fruition. Insiders in NRM government told this news Website that , the party chairman also the head of state president Yoweri Museveni is set to appoint…
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An adage says that if the shoe fits you wear it. This is exactly what the Laroo Pece MP elect Nobert Mao is trying to do while aiming at dethroning Anita Among the current speaker of Ugandan parliament also the Bukedea District Woman MP, from the seat. Mao subscribes to the opposition Democratic Party (DP) where he is the current president general. He is also holding a portfolio of the Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs having entered into a political deal with the ruling NRM party head- president Yoweri Museveni under the famous signed; DP-NRM Cooperation Agreement, through which…
The Democratic Party (DP) president general Nobert Mao has finally resolved to face off with the incumbent Anita Among in the contest for the Ugandan parliament speakership slated in May, 2026, ending the time long speculations casting the doubt on his mega ambitious plan. Highly placed sources close to the centers of state power have exclusively confirmed to Blazer News Times that Mao’s decision to contest for the parliamentary speakership gained approval following his internal consultations with family, friends and strategic partners, including some influential state actors. According to sources, this decision which now sets open the stage for real…
The information coming in to our news desk indicates that the speaker of parliament Anita Among stands more chances of being appointed the Prime Minister in the forthcoming cabinet reshuffle awaited to be announced by the head of the state Gen. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni before the end of May this year. The Prime Minister’s docket who also serves as the leader of the government business is currently being held by the Kakumiro District Woman MP; Robina Nabbanja. Flies on the wall have exclusively told this news Website that Nabbanja is likely to be redeployed to another docket whose remains scanty,…
Several journalists from various media platforms have bang the tables, protesting what has come to be described as a perceived indecent sending of their fallen colleague Julius Kitone, a journalist with NBS TV under the Next Media Company, whose life perished in a road carnage on Friday evening. Journalist Kitone according to the police, was travelling in a commuter taxi, drone registration number; UBQ 016U which got involved in a head-on collision with a trailer registration number; KDQ 668L/ZH 5133 Benz Actros, at Kibega 1 in Kiruhura district on Lyantonde- Mbarara road. It emerged that the drone which was coming…
Revelation by the 1st Deputy Prime Minister Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga that the Minister for Presidency Milly Babalanda’s office has time long been run by the deputy president’s press secretary Farooq Kirunda due to her lack of the minimum academic qualifications, has sent the country in shockwaves. The disclosure came through on Thursday February, 12th, during Kadaga’s media engagement in Busoga sub region on a range of issues touching the region. It followed recent Minister Babalanda’s media address by some of the regional radio stations through which she lambasted the former Speaker of Parliament as a combative person who never wish…
Outgoing Member of Parliament (MP) for Laroo Pece in Gulu city incumbent Rev. Father Charles Onen (Independent) is medically un well following a shock from losing out his parliamentary seat to the Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister Nobert Mao in the January 15, 2026 elections, Blazer News Times can exclusively report. Father Onen who was seeking reelection for his second term having come to parliament in 2021, was facing off with seven other contenders including; Mao (DP), Tony Kitara, Simon Opoka, Geoffrey Komakech, Wilfred Opobo, Charles Odokonyero and Samuel George Okello. The Electoral Commission (EC) official data shows Mao the…
More National Unity Platform (NUP) Members of Parliament elect (MPS) face a possibility of having their election invalidated, Blazer News Times can exclusively report. Reliable sources close to one of the power centers in the ruling NRM government exclusively confirmed to this news Website that the move is aimed at reducing the number of the leading opposition party MP slots in the 12th parliament, currently from 51 allocated through Electoral Commission (EC) declaration, to relatively a lower figure. This move if succeeds according to sources, would be an enabler to weakening the Bobi Wine ‘s led opposition side in parliament,…
If 2025 was a good year for the Lady Rugby Cranes 15s, then 2026 promises to be even better. With only a three-week preparation period before and between tournaments in 2025, the Lady Cranes performed beyond expectations, winning 4 out of 6 test matches. Ahead of the Rugby Africa Women’s Cup, to be played in Nairobi from May 21st to 31st, the Lady Cranes have already started preparations. They have been having blowout sessions since the women’s league has yet to commence. Notably, there has been a new but familiar face conducting these sessions. Coach Muhammad Athiyo has taken over…
The former National Resistance Army (NRA) fighter which facilitated the rise of the current National Resistance Movement (NRM) government into power Mzee Hajj Abdul Nadduli says he has held an engagement with the head of state Gen. Kaguta Museveni over the state of election outcome under which several losers are said to have been declared winning candidates at parliamentary and local government levels. In an exclusive interview with this Website, Hajj Nadduli a retired Ugandan army Major confirmed that on Wednesday 4th , he requested president Museveni in their phone call engagement to take a keen interest into the reported…