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21 Jan '26
Bobi Wine’s NUP Is About Business, Not Power – Frank Gashumba CFrank Gashumba has accused the National Unity Platform (NUP) and its president Robert Kyagulanyi (Bobi Wine) of prioritizing financial gain over actual political power.Media commentator and politician Frank Gashumba has acc
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21 Jan '26
KAMPALA, Uganda — Winnie Byanyima, the wife of jailed opposition leader Kizza Besigye, accused President Yoweri Museveni and his son, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, of illegally detaining her husband to clear a path for a family succession.Speaking to reporters at her home in Kasangati on Tue
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21 Jan '26
Byanyima claims her husband, Dr Besigye was imprisoned because he was privy to details about Museveni’s power-sharing plan including a possible constitutional amendmentUNAIDS Executive Director, Winnie Byanyima and wife to opposition leader Col Dr Kizza Besigye has alleged that President
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20 Jan '26
Mawogola North, Uganda — Parliamentary aspirant Jet Mwebaze has accused relatives of President Yoweri Museveni of deploying the military to violently rig the Mawogola North parliamentary election, alleging that voters were intimidated, polling agents chased away and ballot papers manipulated in
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20 Jan '26
Bobi Wine has rejected Muhoozi's order to surrender to policeKAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda’s army commander Muhoozi Kainerugaba has ordered opposition leader Bobi Wine to surrender to police within 48 hours, escalating a high-stakes standoff that has unfolded in the volatile aftermath of la
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20 Jan '26
Amongi alleged that the Speaker mobilised soldiers and resources to ensure she failed at the polls. The Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development, Betty Amongi, has publicly blamed her defeat in last week’s parliamentary elections on alleged interference by Speaker of Parliament
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19 Jan '26
The National Resistance Movement (NRM) has recorded a strong performance in the Lango sub-region, emerging as the dominant political force following the recent parliamentary elections. Results from across the region show that NRM candidates, together with a few from UPC and independents, claimed
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19 Jan '26
Uganda’s Chief Justice, Alfonse Chigamoy Owiny-Dollo, retires at the age of 70, concluding a legal and public service career spanning over forty years.Appointed Chief Justice in August 2020, he oversaw reforms aimed at improving access to justice, reducing case backlogs, and modernizing
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19 Jan '26
Uganda’s Chief Justice, Alfonse Chigamoy Owiny-Dollo, retires at the age of 70, concluding a legal and public service career spanning over forty years.Appointed Chief Justice in August 2020, he oversaw reforms aimed at improving access to justice, reducing case backlogs, and modernizing
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18 Jan '26
Unlike previous general elections where the opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) swept all the Members of Parliament seats in the capital Kampala, the 2026 polls turned out different.The ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) pulled off a significant performance that few anticipated