Tanzania’s main opposition party, the Party for Democracy and Progress, also known as Chadema, says police have detained their leader Freeman Mbowe.  Mbowe was arrested before he was scheduled to speak at a conference to announce demands for constitutional reforms. The statement from Chadema’s Communication Director John Mrema, shared on Twitter, says Freeman Mbowe and […]

We are forgeting the bigger picture, the problem of Uganda though being part of it, is not President Museveni but rather the system that he has built over time that is now sustaining him in power, this system can sustain another despot who can even be worse than the incumbent. My opinion is that, it […]

Today, we have sent off a member of the SDA Church and also a brother-in-law of our family in Osupa village, Pallisa Town Council in Pallisa District who succumbed to COVID-19 last night. Muko Samwiri would be living if we had an oxygen facility in Pallisa General Hospital but because the health workers were unable […]

The Democratic Party is concerned with the escalating public debt that the government has accumulated through borrowing from external development partners namely the IMF, World Bank and the government of China. The government has also borrowed from local banks through treasury bills. According to BoU, passing the budget proposals for the FY 2021/2022, Uganda’s outstanding […]

DP Head QuartersCity House STUDENTS REPORT TO SCHOOL On the morning of the 1st day of March, 2021, another set of children reported back to school after spending one year at home, the Democratic Party notes with concern that many parents are unable to return their children to school because of pecuniary difficulties arising from […]

The Democratic Party holds a vision to have a Uganda where dignity of all persons irrespective of their tribes, sex, religion, political inclinations, professions and any such other orientations is respected, this involves giving respect to fundamental human rights and freedoms of people. Respecting fundamental human rights and freedoms of individuals as being one of […]