HOW DID A P.4 DROPOUT BECOME AN MP? THE FLORENCE NAMBAZIIRA SCANDAL IN SSEMBABULE In January this year, the Electoral Commission declared Florence Nambaziira the duly elected Woman MP for Ssembabule district with 61,638 votes. But votes cannot settle one question: does she meet the education threshold the Constitution sets for every MP? The question currently on every street in Ssembabule is: How did Nambaziira, a woman who by her own admission never sat PLE and holds no UNEB certificate, get cleared by the NRM Electoral Commission chaired by Dr Tanga Odoi, nominated by the Electoral Commission chaired by Justice Simon Byabakama, and declared Woman MP for Ssembabule district? It is not a political question. It is a legal question. What the law says Article 80(1)(c) of the 1995 Constitution and Section 4(1)(c) of the Parliamentary Elections Act, 2005, are clear: A person is qualified to be an MP if they have completed a minimum formal education of Advanced Level (S.6) or its equivalent. Equivalence is defined by law and must be certified by the National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) in consultation with the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB). A hairdressing certificate is not an equivalent qualification. No certificate at all is an automatic disqualification. The two failures Failure 1: NRM Electoral Commission. Under the NRM Constitution, the Commission must vet academic documents. NCHE equivalence must be attached. How did a file without even a PLE slip past Tanga Odoi's desk? This raises only two possibilities: gross negligence or corrupt inducement. Either is fatal to party integrity. Failure 2: The Electoral Commission. Under Section 13 of the Parliamentary Elections Act, Justice Byabakama's commission has a duty to verify nomination papers. Nomination requires certified academic documents. Who verified Nambaziira's papers? Where is the NCHE certificate? If none exists, the nomination was void ab initio. What the Election Petition will decide The petition now before Justice Dr Christine Akello is not difficult on the law. It turns on three grounds: 1. Lack of qualification: the Petitioner will prove that Nambaziira has no PLE, UCE, and UACE certificates, has no NCHE equivalent. By her own admission. 2. Forgery and false declaration: There are allegations that her camp forged academic documents and forced people to sign fake Declaration (DR) forms. If proven, this is criminal under Section 12 of the Parliamentary Elections Act and the Penal Code. 3. Violence and intimidation: Tales of security agents aligned to her beating and torturing her competitors’ agents. If proven, this would be criminal and would breach Section 61 (illegal practices). If any one ground is proved, the election must be nullified. The bigger question: Who is behind her? Florence Nambaziira alone could not get past two electoral commissions. Who pushed her file through Tanga Odoi's office? Who pushed her through Byabakama's office? Who gave her security agents who beat her competitors’ agents with impunity? That is the shadowy figure Ssembabule must unearth, because this is not about Nambaziira’s education. It is about a system where a nobody can be made MP if they have a powerful patron. Conclusion The NRM, as a party, should be embarrassed. Not because Nambaziira is a hairdresser, hairdressing is honest work, but because her candidature mocks every girl in Ssembabule who stayed in school to acquire a Senior six certificate. We hope Justice Akello will do what Tanga Odoi and Byabakama failed to do: apply the law as written. For Ssembabule’s sake, and as a warning to future electoral commissions: Article 80 cannot be mocked.

In August 2025, Dr Besigye and Lutale petitioned the Judicial Service Commission, headed by Judge Douglas Singiza, seeking the removal of Judge Emmanuel Baguma after he repeatedly denied them bail and ignored an earlier bail application filed in April 2025. They also accused Baguma of being incompetent, biased and unfair. They told the Commission that their case had been committed to the International Crimes Division of the High Court, but Baguma allocated it to himself in the Criminal Division. They further alleged that he prevented Dr Besigye from addressing the court and falsely stated there was no record of their earlier charges before the General Court Martial, despite affidavits and court documents before him. The Commission dismissed the complaint, saying it did not meet the admissibility threshold. Judge Singiza said: “We have a threshold for handling complaints. Once a complaint does not meet the administrative criteria, we do not entertain it”. Today, Judge Singiza visited the PLU chairman’s office and reportedly endorsed CDF Muhoozi Kainerugaba, a serving military officer, for president in 2031. I guess he’s tired of pretending.

Dear Ugandans, We need to accept that Uganda is at a point of no return.

When Ssemujju Nganda stood in Parliament and warned that Gen Muhoozi's unchecked power made every one of us a potential victim, Speaker Anita Among waved him away. She was untouchable, so the warning must have sounded like someone else's problem. Look at the scoreboard now: ~Among can barely sneeze without seeking permission. ~Gen Peter Elwelu is reportedly on the run. ~Ssemujju, the man who sounded the alarm, is in exile. ~Many Ugandans are rotting away in torture chambers and jails. ~NRM leaders, MPs and ministers can barely breathe for fear of attracting Muhoozi’s wrath. You didn't have to agree with Ssemujju to heed him. You only had to understand that unchecked power has no loyalties, only appetites.

He called Ugandans’ complaints about power outages “noise”. 😏

Gen Peter Elwelu thought he was part of them until he was shown a middle finger by the family. If he were well and healthy, I'm sure he would have already fled the country. Unfortunately, Ugandans don't learn. Not even all those experiences get our people thinking twice before acting mighty and mistaking borrowed power for inheritance. Tomorrow another general, minister or loud "mobiliser" will walk into the same room convinced he's the exception, because every rung of this ladder is climbed by someone who believes he's family. Each one finds out at the checkout counter. Loyalty in this system runs one way. You can give the family your best years, and you'll still be a guest at their table, welcome only until you're inconvenient. Elwelu is the latest proof, and he won't be the last, because every new loyalist walks in sure he's the exception.

Read again, please.

October 24, 2026: Ramathan Ggoobi: On a serious note, the first major signal of the Central Bank is to tell you, “Tighten right now”, and they’re not telling banks, they’re telling every economic agent. October 27, 2026 Government doubles allowances for civil servants and leaders. Ugandans: 🤔

This is spot on about Andrew Mwenda.

Listen to Ugandan kids in government schools, and their teacher.

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There’s nothing that can redeem DStv. They’re done and dusted.

Second what?

August 26, 2026 Sam Mugumya abducted by armed men in plain clothes at NIM Hotel in Nyamitanga, Mbarara City, bundled into a drone vehicle and driven away to unknown destination.   August 28, 2025 Sam Mugumya’s lawyers to the State before the High Court: Where is Sam Mugumya? Produce him dead or alive.   Lt Col Edgar Musasizi (Director of Civil Affairs at the Ministry of Defense and Veteran Affairs): We (the military) have searched all our detention facilities and records but found no entry relating to Sam Mugumya. The UPDF, therefore, has no knowledge of his whereabouts.   Police: We are not holding Sam Mugumya.   September 5, 2025 Justice Collins Acellam to the State and the UPDF: Produce Sam Mugumya in court or account for his whereabouts within seven days.   October 2, 2026 CDF Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba: Yes, I have Sam Mugumya. He is fine but I will execute him soon.   October 7, 2026 Sam Mugumya’s lawyers to Government before the High Court, again: Where is Sam Mugumya? Produce him dead or alive.   October 15, 2026 Lt Col Edgar Musasizi (Director of Civil Affairs at the Ministry of Defense and Veteran Affairs): Sam Mugumya has never been abducted or detained by SFC or held at any gazetted detention center under its command or control.   October 26, 2026 Judge Simon Peter Kinobe: I have given the State two weeks (until November 9, 2026) to conclude investigations into this matter.   Ugandans: Where is Sam Mugumya?