The Electoral Commission’s decision to nullify the nomination of NUP’s Mercy Rebecca Abedican and declare Minister Phiona Nyamutoro elected unopposed has triggered sharp debate over the integrity of Uganda’s nomination verification system and its implicati
The Electoral Commission has nullified the nomination of Abedican Mercy Rebecca as the Woman Member of Parliament for Nebbi District, citing failure to meet the legal requirements for candidature. The decision, communicated in a detailed letter dated 13th November 2025 and signed by EC Chairperso
Dodoma – President Samia Suluhu Hassan has named Dr. Mwigulu Nchemba, her long-serving former Finance Minister, as Tanzania’s new Prime Minister.The appointment, ratified by parliament in a near-unanimous vote on Thursday, 2025, comes just weeks after Hassan’s landslide vi
Kenyan activists Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo have once again made headlines, this time after threatening to mobilize protests targeting Tanzania’s leadership. The two, who were recently released from detention in Uganda, announced plans to stage demonstrations and shut down the Kenyan–Tanzani
Finance State Minister Amos Lugoloobi has finally walked free after the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) dropped all charges against him in the famous Karamoja iron sheets scandal, a case that once shook the government and angered millions of Ugandans.The DPP’s decisio
Last week, violent clashes broke out in Yumbe district over, of all things, pork.It is a poorly kept national secret that many Ugandans treat this as a delicacy. Indeed, many lifelong friendships (not to mention marriages) and other abiding ties have been forged, and
A clash between the military bloc and Russia could happen “tomorrow,” Lieutenant General Alexander Sollfrank has saidBerlin is prepared for a conflict with Moscow and stands ready to facilitate the deployment of 800,000 NATO troops towards the Russian border if war does brea
Ministry of Defence officials have been told to prepare the nation for war “in our own backyard”. Staff responsible for spending the nation's £288 billion defence procurement budget were told to speed up the process and equip the armed forces “to be ready to fight”, even if it meant taki
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has warned against external interference in African affairs, saying foreign actors are attempting to destabilize the region because they are threatened by Uganda’s growing industrial base and upcoming oil production.The President mad
Government spokesperson and long-serving National Resistance Movement (NRM) member Ofwono Opondo has been declared unopposed as the Member of Parliament for Older Persons representing the Eastern Region.This was after Opondo’s Democratic Party rival, Mpande Joram Kigenyi, conc
