Leader of the Opposition Joel Ssenyonyi on February 12, 2026 led a National Unity Platform (NUP) delegation to Luzira Prison, where detained party supporters criticised recent dialogue efforts with President Yoweri Museveni and demanded a more transparent approach to securing their release.
The 78-year-old Eng Hillary Obaloker Onek, who is also the Minister for Disaster Preparedness, has been MP for Lamwo County in Greater Kitgum since the year 2001. And for a long time, he was the strongest and the only surviving Musevenist in the whole of Acholi, which the opposition comfortably d
As the dust settles on the January 15, 2026 polls, a new legal battlefront is opening, with the High Court expected to be flooded by election petitions.Following the first gazettement of results on February 6, the 30-day countdown for aggrieved parliamentary candidates to challenge outcome
Muwanga Kivumbi surrounded by Prisons officers at courtIn Ugandan politics, success is often framed as a function of numbers, party machinery, and public rhetoric.Yet some political moments are not won by slogans or crowds, but by alliances of trust, identity, and professional solid
Despite legal buffer requirements of 100 metres from rivers and 200 metres from lakes,wetlands are increasingly encroached upon by settlements, farming, sand mining, and industrial activity, largely because oversight and enforcement remain underfunded.Here is why climate change is no longe
A shocking Auditor General’s report has exposed deep rot, negligence and sheer incompetence at the Ministry of Water and Environment, after billions of shillings meant to save Karamoja from chronic water shortages were blown on valley tanks and dams that are now choked with silt, broken down or
The PLU Secretary General David Kabanda, also Kasambya County MP, has hinted on the behind-the-scenes efforts that culminated into cessation of direct online hostilities between his boss Gen MK on one hand and the information minister Chris Baryomunsi on the other.Appearing on Bukedde TVâ€
UEDCL also advised all affected customers to switch off their electrical appliances until power supply is fully restored.The Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited (UEDCL) has announced a planned power shutdown that will affect several areas on Wednesday, February 11, 2026, from 8
Police in Nwoya District are investigating a single serious road accident that occurred on 10th February 2026 at around 10:40 a.m. The accident happened inside Murchison Park along the Karuma–Pakwach highway. The vehicle involved was an Isuzu Elf, blue in colour, registration number UP 00296, w
Bryan White’s wife, Nalunga Daisy, and three other accused persons have been further remanded until March 17, 2026, as investigations into an alleged human sacrifice case continue.The suspects appeared before the Makindye Chief Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, February 10, 2026, to recei
