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Have Bobi Wine and Mpuuga Crossed the Rubicon?

Have Bobi Wine and Mpuuga Crossed the Rubicon?

Just days after a choreographed public appearance meant to foster reconciliation, opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, alias Bobi Wine, and former National Unity Platform (NUP) deputy president for Buganda Region, Mathias Mpuuga, appear to have reached a political breaking point—with f

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From Power to Isolation: How General Moses Ali Was Cast Aside After Decades in Museveni’s Government

From Power to Isolation: How General Moses Ali Was Cast Aside After Decades in Museveni’s Government

General Moses Ali has been an important figure in Uganda's politics for many years. He has held key positions, including First Deputy Prime Minister and Deputy Leader of Government Business in Parliament. However, over time, his influence has faded.

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JUST IN: Habib Buwembo Storms Kampala High Court, Demands Refund of His UGX 3M Bail

JUST IN: Habib Buwembo Storms Kampala High Court, Demands Refund of His UGX 3M Bail

Renowned activist Habib Buwembo caused a stir at Kampala High Court as he demanded a refund of UGX 3 million, which he paid as bail in a defamation case against Speaker Anita Among. Habib Buwembo, arrested in 2022 over allegations of defaming the Speaker, was la

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Don’t give space to politics of identity, minister tells journalists

Don’t give space to politics of identity, minister tells journalists

Security minister Rtd Maj Gen Jim Muhwezi has asked journalists and media practitioners to shun individuals that promote politics of identity saying “it’s a backward trend that undermines development.” The minister, who doubles as the Member of Parliament for Rujumbura Cou

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Uganda's activists face increasing digital violence

Uganda's activists face increasing digital violence

Four years ago, the coronavirus pandemic increased human reliance on technology which enabled virtual engagements. Research by the National Library of Medicine, a US-based biomedical informatics and the world's largest biomedical online library shows that the Covid-19 imposed restr

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Uganda's activists face increasing digital violence

Uganda's activists face increasing digital violence

According to the National Library of Medicine, research, biomedical informatics and the world's largest biomedical online library, the Covid-19 imposed restrictions led to an inevitable surge in the use of digital technologies to adjust to new ways of interaction, life, and work.  For U

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ROGERS WADADA: Abed Bwanika ranting like a jilted lover towards Bobi Wine’s NUP

ROGERS WADADA: Abed Bwanika ranting like a jilted lover towards Bobi Wine’s NUP

Mr. Rogers Wadada Musaalo, a Lawyer, human rights activist, researcher, and politician (PHOTO/Courtesy).On Saturday March 16, 2024, I travelled to Kakiri with a friend whose car radio is permanently tuned in to a Luganda-speaking local radio station.That radio station usually hosts

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Could social media have stopped the Holocaust? Scholars doubt Elon Musk’s theory

Could social media have stopped the Holocaust? Scholars doubt Elon Musk’s theory

KRAKOW, Poland (JTA) — Gavriel Rosenfeld, president of the Center for Jewish History in New York City, specializes in Nazi Germany and counterfactual history — or the study of what might have happened, but didn’t.So when Elon Musk claimed this week that the Holocaust could have been

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