Everyone in Kanungu claims to care about youth yet if you examine the evidence rather than the rhetoric, a different picture emerges. Kanungu has thousands of young people completing school every year. Some graduate from universities. Others acquire vocational skills. Many possess ambition, energy, and ideas. Yet the dominant conversation in the district remains politics,…
Kanungu politics has always had one recurring feature. Standards that seem to shift depending on who is being judged. During the campaigns for January polls, shortly after NRM primaries, Betty Namara Mutabazi Kataba found herself at the centre of a controversy that many people still struggle to understand. Critics accused her of neglecting Kanungu voters…
By Enengo Staff Writer Uganda’s Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja has told Ugandans not to expect any change of government in next year’s presidential elections. Speaking to health workers and local leaders in Kayunga District last week, Ms Nabbanja said she is confident President Museveni and the ruling NRM party will remain in power. “I hear…
What comes to mind when you hear the name Betty Kataba? For many in Kanungu, she is becoming the face of resilience, a woman who has rewritten the script of political competition in the district. Betty Kataba, now the National Resistance Movement (NRM) flag bearer for Woman Member of Parliament Kanungu district, has surprised both…