"denied the comment had any racist overtones, claiming it had simply been a reference to the President of Gabon, Omar Bongo. In 2004 Taki Theodoracopulos called Kenya ""bongo-bongo land"" in his ""Spectator"" column. ""The Guardian"" later criticized his use of ""offensive and outdated stereotypes"". In July 2013, Godfrey Bloom, Member of the European Parliament for Yorkshire and the Humber for the UK Independence Party (UKIP) was filmed referring to countries which receive overseas aid from the United Kingdom as ""Bongo Bongo Land"". UKIP later banned use of the term, and while Bloom refused to apologise for his remarks, he later"
"Bongo, Bongo, I Don't Want to Leave the Congo"". A variation of this was adopted for a poster produced by the fascist Union Movement bearing the chant ""Bongo, bongo, whites aren't going to leave the Congo"". In the 1970s, the cinema advertisement for Silk Cut cigarettes parodying the 1964 film ""Zulu"" was supposedly set in 'Mbongoland'. The term has featured in political controversies. In 1985 Alan Clark, while Conservative Member of Parliament for Plymouth Sutton, once, in a departmental meeting, allegedly referred to Africa as ""Bongo Bongo Land"". When called to account, however, by then Prime Minister John Major, Clark"
"Bongo Bongo Land In British English, Bongo Bongo Land (or Bongo-bongo Land) is a pejorative term used to refer to Third World countries, particularly in Africa, or to a fictional such country. The origin of the term is unclear but it may come from one of the following: There is a reference to ""Bongoland"" in the English translation, by Ellen Elizabeth Frewer, of a book originally in German, by Georg August Schweinfurth, published in 1874 in English as ""The Heart of Africa"". The 1947 song Civilization by Bob Hilliard and Carl Sigman, recorded by various artists, contained the line ""Bongo,"
"over his involvement with the Kisumu Molasses Plant. The National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) however through its chairman Mzalendo Kibunja stated that such statements were a form of incitement. Kibunja was contradicted by Constitution Implementation Commission (CIC) chairman Charles Nyachae who said candidates should be prevented from discussing land issues during their campaigns. The recently appointed police Inspector General David Kimaiyo whose name appears in the Ndungu Land Commission's report on illegal/irregular allocation of public land also added his voice asking for politicians not to debate land matters. Rejection of debate on land matters also came from the Anglican"
"grounds that it would not be in the public good. It was widely reported that the ban was due to corruption by Mr Murungaru involving, among others, the Anglo-Leasing scam. On 22 January 2006, John Githongo named Vice-president Moody Awori as one of four top politicians (with Kiraitu Murungi, former justice minister and later energy minister; finance minister David Mwiraria and former transport minister Chris Murungaru) as being involved. Public sympathy for Githongo reached its peak when he released audio recordings of an incriminating conversation with Mwiraria on the internet. He also claimed that President Kibaki was complicit in the"
"KPC Ngong Forest Land Scandal The KPC Ngong Forest Land Scandal was a scandal that resulted in the suspension in October 2012 of Kenyan Government Minister William Ruto who was charged in court as a result. Mr Ruto and four other persons faced fraud charges over the alleged sale of a piece of land in Ngong forest to Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) for Sh272 million. The minister allegedly received Sh96 million at various intervals during the alleged transaction. In the case, Mr. Ruto and Berke Commercial Agencies, a company associated with him, Mr Joshua Kulei, a former aide of retired"
"over the previous seven years. While campaigning, he spoke about fighting corruption and highlighted his record of infrastructure development. His campaign slogan was ""Let's change together"". Eventually, in mid-August, key opposition candidates decided to unite behind Jean Ping in order to improve the opposition's chances of defeating Bongo, as holding the vote in a single round would presumably work heavily to Bongo's advantage as long as the opposition remained fragmented. Guy Nzouba Ndama, Casimir Oye Mba, Léon Paul Ngoulakia, and Aba'a Minko withdrew their candidacies to support Ping. The government criticized the move to rally behind Ping as ""horse trading"
"years in jail and thereafter, rumours hit in 2002 that he hadn't paid his own farm workers for months. Additionally, his pro-government stance contributed to his somewhat rising unpopularity. As the economic situation in Zimbabwe worsened with the controversial land reform programme, musicians who were seen to side with the land reform and general ZANU-PF policies became unpopular. His political rhetoric, with songs like ""Pane Asipo"", especially on the highly political album, ""Hoko"", was obviously out of tune with the masses. Some fans deserted him but many still liked his music. In ""Zuva Raenda"", (the sun is setting) Chimbetu laments"
"president Daniel Moi, Mr Sammy Mwaita (the Member of Parliament for Baringo Central Constituency) and two other firms were sued for allegedly obtaining money from KPC between 6 August and 6 September 2001. In April 2011, Mr. Ruto was acquitted of the Sh43 million land fraud charges for lack of evidence after the prosecution failed to produce in court the then Finance Manager Hellen Njue to give her evidence on how she paid out the money. His co-accused, Mr Joshua Kulei and Mr Sammy Mwaita, were also set free. KPC Ngong Forest Land Scandal The KPC Ngong Forest Land Scandal"
"as Bobi Wine. As a song titled ""Tubonga Naawe"" (We are with you) gained traction throughout Uganda in support of Museveni, Wine timely released his single ""Dembe"" (Peace). Here, he continued directing his unrest toward the president, citing his political greed after Museveni erased Ugandan term limits in order to extend his presidency. As they gained momentum in social and political spheres, Kyagulanyi and other People Power protesters have faced the troubles with gaining a larger platform in opposition to the NRM. In August 2018, he and approximately 30 other opposition lawmakers were arrested while on the campaign trail alongside"
"of fracking in Falkirk, the constituency he stood for in the 2015 General Election. In 2015, Coburn compared Scottish government minister Humza Yousaf to the convicted terrorist Abu Hamza, later apologising and calling it a ""joke"". The then UKIP leader Nigel Farage called it a ""joke in bad taste"" and EU President Martin Schulz said that whereas the remarks were ""not worthy of any elected member"", he could not act on remarks made outside parliament. Parliamentary candidate Tim Wilson quit the party in response, saying he had been ""systematically gagged by the party whip and forbidden to speak about Islam"
"to retain their right to farm their lands. In July 2012, farmers protested the confiscation of their farmland, as many farmers had received little or no compensation. Zaykabar's chairman Khin Shwe, who is currently an Amyotha Hluttaw MP, refuted the farmers' grievances at a parliamentary session on 23 July 2012. That same day, the company filed defamation charges against Nay Myo Wai, a Peace and Diversity Party politician who has been advocating on behalf of the farmers. In September 2011, 150 rubber plantation farmers from Mon State's Kyaikmaraw Township protested the confiscation of of land by Zaykabar. The farmers had"
"political party, who is he incumbent Member of Parliament for the constituency. On 15 April 1991 members of the National Resistance Council, the then Parliament, met to discuss a rebel screening programme set up in districts of Northern Uganda, which was causing divisions within the Ugandan Army. Following that meeting three men, including Omara Atubo, then a member of the Ugandan Cabinet, were arrested and charged, along with thirteen others, with treason. The case was later dismissed. Omara Atubo was dropped from the cabinet on account of those allegations. Just prior to the 2006 presidential and parliamentary elections, Omara Atubo,"
"(FMF), from his own supporters which is known to have patrolled the streets and become involved with looting. In addition to Okello's violent rhetoric, his thick and dialectic English pronunciations and lango tribal English accent- typical of lango from Northern Uganda, and his Christian beliefs, alienated many in the largely moderate, Zanzibari and Muslim ASP. By March many of his FMF had been disarmed by Karume's supporters and an Umma Party militia. Okello was denied access to the country when he tried to return from a trip to the mainland and was deported to Tanganyika and then to Kenya before"
"""Committee on Physical Infrastructure"" and the ""Committee on Government Assurances"". He is also a member of the NRM Parliamentary Caucus, the Parliamentary Forum on Climate Change (PFCC), the Uganda Parliamentary Forum on Water Sanitation and Hygiene, as well as the Uganda Parliamentary Forum on Youth Affairs (UPFYA). In late 2017, residents of Kween County in Kween District accused their area Member of Parliament, Mr Lawrence Mangusho of allegedly grabbing land and evicting hundreds of people in several villages in two Sub counties of Ngenge and Kiriki. Mangusho is a married man with a number of children. He served as the"
"as member for Kensington and Chelsea in the election of 1997. Clark was critical of NATO's campaign in the Balkans. Clark held strong views on British unionism, racial difference, social class, and was in support of animal rights, nationalist protectionism and Euroscepticism. He referred to Enoch Powell as ""The Prophet"". Clark once declared: ""It is natural to be proud of your race and your country"", and in a departmental meeting, allegedly referred to Africa as ""Bongo Bongo Land"". When called to account, however, by then Prime Minister John Major, Clark denied the comment had any racist overtones, claiming it had"
"land pacts with the British. She joined a small group of vocal legislators, derisively called ""The Seven Bearded Sisters"" by then Attorney General Charles Njonjo. Her colleagues in this backbench opposition included Martin Shikuku, Dr. Chibule wa Tsuma, Lawrence Sifuna, Abuya Abuya, George Anyona, James Orengo, and Koigi wa Wamwere. In 1976 she was prosecuted for inciting squatters to invade a sisal farm in Ziwa. She served two and a half years in prison, losing her parliamentary seat in the same way as her predecessor. She was succeeded by Nicanor Sirma. She was released from prison in September 1978. In"
"Congo. The Konjo were part of the armed Rwenzururu movement against the Toro Kingdom and central government that reached heights in the mid-1960s and early 1980s. In 2008, the government recognized the Rwenzururu Kingdom, formed by the Konjo and Amba peoples, as Uganda's first kingdom shared by two tribes. Since July 2014, secessionist ambitions have led to armed clashes in which dozens have died. Notable Bakonjo include Amon Bazira, a political figure instrumental in the negotiations that ended the 1980s conflict, and Charles Mumbere, named the ""Omusinga"" (king), of the Rwenzururu Kingdom. Konjo people The Konjo (pl. ""Bakonjo"", sing. ""Mukonjo""),"
"streets and looted Arab property. The behaviour of Okello's supporters, his violent rhetoric, Ugandan accent, and Christian beliefs were alienating many in the largely moderate Zanzibari and Muslim ASP, and by March many members of his FMF had been disarmed by Karume's supporters and the Umma Party militia. On 11 March Okello was officially stripped of his rank of Field Marshal, and was denied entry when trying to return to Zanzibar from a trip to the mainland. He was deported to Tanganyika and then to Kenya, before returning destitute to his native Uganda. In April the government formed the People's"
"was postponed due to low water levels, that are said to be resulting from the destruction of Mau Forest. In summer 2008 there was a political row over resettlement of people, who had been allocated land there during the KANU era during the 1980s and 1990s. Some of the settlers are famed politicians, like Franklin Bett and Zakayo Cheruiyot. In 2004 Paul Ndung’u released ""Ndungu Report"", which listed these land allocations, terming them illegal and recommended revocation of them. Some evictions were implemented between 2004 and 2006, without a resettlement scheme. On July 15, 2008, Prime minister Raila Odinga issued"
"""public insults against judges"" and ""clear threats"". Mamboundou's appeal was rejected by the Court, along with Myboto's. Searching for arms, security forces entered the UPG headquarters in Awendjé on 31 March 2006 and arrested 15 members of the party. (They were later released without charge.) Mamboundou then fled to the South African Embassy in Libreville. After leaving the embassy, he met with President Bongo on 19 April 2006; he described the meeting as historic and said that Bongo was open to dialogue. Although still an opposition leader, he subsequently faced criticism for his rapprochement with Bongo and the PDG regime;"
"of South Africa by force, replied: ""It is cloud-cuckoo land for anyone to believe that could be done"". Ann Widdecombe, British MP used the phrase in a debate on drug prohibition with a representative of Transform Drug Policy Foundation: ""...it is cloud cuckoo land to suggest that [people who don't currently use heroin would not start using it if it became legal]"". Newt Gingrich referred to Barack Obama's claim that algae could be used as a fuel source as cloud cuckoo land. Henry A. Wallace, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (later U.S. Vice President in Franklin D. Roosevelt's third term) used"
"and Vice Presidency of William Nadiope, and moved to purge the UPC, having five Government Ministers arrested (Grace Ibingira, E. B. S. Lumu, B. K. Kirya, Mathias Mbalule Ngobi, and George B. K. Magezi). In April 1966 Obote published a new, interim constitution (Uganda's second). The final report of the Commission of Inquiry was published in August 1971, finding no hard evidence of wrongdoing. Daudi Ochieng Daudi Ochieng (sometimes Ocheng; 1925–1966 or 1967) was a Ugandan politician, who served as secretary general of the Kabaka Yekka (KY) party and Opposition Chief Whip (from 1965). In 1965–6, his allegations – crystallised"
"Ousman Rambo Jatta Ousman Rambo Jatta, alias Rambo (born 13th June, 1969), is the Councilor of Old Bakau in Gambia. In 2006, Ousman Rambo Jatta was a member of the United Democratic Party (UDP) who protested against the suspected misconduct in the Gambian Presidential Election in 2006. Jatta claimed that a group of people, traveling in two Army vehicles, which were on their way to vote, were, instead of Gambian soldiers, non-Gambians dressed in military uniforms to illegally vote for Yahya Jammeh for tribal reasons. The consequence of this accusation resulted in the arrest of Jatta on 23 September. According"
"Mengo Crisis The Mengo Crisis, also called the 1966 Buganda Crisis or the 1966 Crisis, domestically, was a period of political turmoil that occurred in Uganda. It was driven by conflict between Prime Minister Milton Obote and the Kabaka of Buganda, Mutesa II, culminating in a military assault upon the latter's residence that drove him into exile. In 1960, Milton Obote helped to establish a political party in Uganda, known as the Uganda People's Congress (UPC). The UPC aimed to erode the power and influence of the ""Mengo Establishment"", a group of traditionalist Baganda that led the sub-national kingdom of"
"24 May 1978 stated that ""the chamber was lively before the vote"". The story claimed that Mr. Clement Poiye, Mr. Nebare Kamun, and Mr. Robert Kakie Yabara, were ""dragged up"" to the PUF benches, while Mr. Suinavi Otio had joined in on his own, and ""In one exchange, Mr. Okuk and Prime Minister, Mr. Somare called each other liars."" The final outcome, in any case, was the Okuk was confirmed as Leader of the Opposition and no further impediment would be entertained. Okuk was Leader of the Opposition for two years from May 1978 to March 1980. During that time"
"Party, and several independent candidates: Guy Nzouba Ndama, Raymond Ndong Sima, Bruno Ben Moubamba, Laurent Désiré Aba'a Minko, Gérard Ella Nguema, Abel Mbombe Nzoudou, Dieudonné Minlama Mintogo, and Léon Paul Ngoulakia. The official campaign period began on 13 August 2016. Speaking at a campaign rally, Bongo dismissed the controversy about his parentage, noting that ""the burden of proof rests on the one who makes the accusation"" and arguing that the opposition was focusing on the issue ""because they don't have a good program"". In an interview he criticized the opposition's focus on ""ridiculous things"" rather than his record as President"
"the UPG, an opposition party. After being accused of organizing an October 1989 coup plot, he was convicted ""in absentia"" and sentenced to ten years in prison. He denied the accusation and said that the plot was an invention of the government. Mamboundou was also dismissed from his post at the ACCT in 1989. President Omar Bongo said in January 1990 that Mamboundou was sending political leaflets opposing his government into Gabon. In France, where Mamboundou was living, Mamboundou's lawyer requested that he be designated as a political refugee by the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless"
"Nicholas Gumbo Nicolas Gumbo is a Kenyan politician. He belongs to the Orange Democratic Movement and was elected to represent the Rarieda Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya since the Kenyan parliamentary election, 2007. In 2015, in his capacity as chairman of the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Gumbo was at the forefront of question cabinet secreaty Anne Waiguru over corruption allegations in the ministry of devolution and planning in the National Youth Service Scandal. In 2015 before tabling the forensic report on the judiciary, Gumbo told the media that he had received death threats from unknown sources. He"
"not recognise this legislation; according to Smith, British officials refused to take his UK passport when he tried to return it. After the already tense relations between ZANU–PF and ZAPU disintegrated amid Mugabe's wish to adopt a one-party system in Zimbabwe, Mugabe expelled Nkomo from the government in February 1982, accusing him and ZAPU of plotting a coup. About a year later, Mugabe deployed the North Korean-trained 5th Brigade to Matabeleland, ZAPU's heartland, where it massacred thousands of civilians accused of supporting ""dissidents"" in what became called ""Gukurahundi"". Meredith asserts that this far exceeded anything that had occurred during the"
"Daudi Ochieng Daudi Ochieng (sometimes Ocheng; 1925–1966 or 1967) was a Ugandan politician, who served as secretary general of the Kabaka Yekka (KY) party and Opposition Chief Whip (from 1965). In 1965–6, his allegations – crystallised in a motion he put before Parliament on 4 February 1966 (the ""Gold Allegations Motion"") – that then-Prime Minister Milton Obote and deputy commander of the Ugandan army Idi Amin had been complicit in the looting and misappropriation of gold, ivory and cash by Congolese rebels precipitated the Gold Scandal. Ochieng was the son of Rwot Lacito Oketch of the Temajo. He was educated"
"""Buruuli County"", Nakasongola District. From May 2011 until March 2015, he served as Uganda's Attorney General. Nyombi represented Nakasongola County in parliament from 2006 to 2016 when he lost his seat to Noah Mutebi. He helped to provide solar panels to maternity wards and health centres, renovate schools and provide boreholes for his constituency. Nyombi provided free legal advice to military veterans seeking compensation from the government and to constituents involved in land disputes. In August 2013 the Uganda Law Society, an industry association suspended Nyombi from membership, citing three controversial opinions that he had rendered, opinions that contravened conventional"
"Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) – concerning the organizational ability of Kwame Nkrumah. Azikiwe then urged Joseph B. Danquah to invite Nkrumah back home from England. In the same year of his return to Nigeria, Wachuku joined the NCNC, and was elected the Party's Legal Adviser and Member of the National Executive Committee. He soon got involved in the nationalist agitation of that period and was a favoured lecturer at the Glover Memorial Hall, Lagos. There, in one of his lectures, Wachuku provoked national controversy when he declared Lagos a ""no-man's land"" – meaning that it was an all-Nigerian city –"