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As part of an onerous strategy of mobilizing for bipartisan support for campaign finance legislation, Alliance for Finance Monitoring met and held an informal engagement with the Government Chief Whip Hon. Minister Tayebwa Thomas last week.

Early this month, the Pandora papers published by the International Consortium for Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), leaked 11.9 million documents which exposed the secret offshore accounts of Politically Exposed Persons…

This High Court in Uganda is finalizing the remainder of the electoral petitions filed by candidates who lost the 2021 general elections. Altogether, 155 cases were filed and have been largely concluded leaving less than 20 cases which the court is intent on disposing off, in the next seven days.

Last week, a section of opposition politicians launched a political coalition dubbed the “People’s Front for transition” (PFT) with the sole intention of unseating the current government in power. The coalition is being led by political veteran and four-time presidential candidate Colonel Kiiza Besigye.

The Inspector General of Government, Honorable Betty Kamya Turyomwe pledged to take the fight against corruption to the people. “We are going to rebrand the war against corruption from being the war of the Inspectorate of Government & other frontline anti-corruption institutions to become a war of the people…

Uganda’s 2021 general elections attracted 2,664 candidates who contested for the 499 parliamentary positions that were available for Directly Elected Member of Parliament (DEMP) and District Woman Representative (DWR) with the exception of 30 positions availed for Special Interest Group representatives.

Political parties play a significant role in making democracy effective. The role they play is by offering a unique opportunity for citizens/electorate to participate in political and electoral processes. To achieve this, political parties need money to among other things mobilize citizens…

In the contemporary world, it is impossible to talk about democracy without talking about the role of civil society. Speaking on ACFIM’s newest virtual talk show, “The Other Perspective” Henry Muguzi, Executive Director- ACFIM and political finance expert described civil society as part of the citizenry…

Voters across the four regions of Uganda which include Central, Eastern, Western, and Northern decided to punish 175 parliamentarians by not voting them back into the 11th Parliament. These parliamentarians were part of the famous 317 members of the 10th Parliament…

Yesterday, Betty Olive Kamya took oath as the new Inspector General of Government at the State House in Entebbe. She was appointed three months ago taking over from Justice Irene Mulyagonja. The Inspectorate of Government (IG) is an independent institution…