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28 Jan '26
Musician-turned-politician Ali Bukeni, popularly known as Nubian Li, has decried the arrest of his polling agents in parts of Nakawa East during voting for the Nakawa Division mayoral race. Despite the challenges, Nubian Li said he remained confident of winning the race. The National Un
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27 Jan '26
Uganda is sitting on a gold rush worth billions — but for most citizens, the shine stops at the headlines.Gold exports have exploded over the past decade, rebounding strongly after a brief slump in 2022/23 caused by a tax dispute that temporarily halted exports. By 2025, Uganda’s gold
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27 Jan '26
KAMPALA: President Museveni has formally asked Uganda’s Supreme Court of Uganda to dismiss a presidential election petition filed by former candidate Robert Kasibante, denying allegations that the January 15 poll was marred by widespread irregularities.In a response filed by his legal t
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27 Jan '26
Reader modeUganda: Museveni Outlines 5-Year Agenda Amid Deadly Crackdown On Oppositionallafrica.com19hNairobi — President Yoweri Museveni has set out his priorities for a new term in office, pledging to safeguard peace and security, eradicate household poverty, stren
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27 Jan '26
This was confirmed in a now-deleted X (formerly Twitter) post by President Museveni’s son Muhoozi Kainerugaba, who is Uganda’s Chief of Defence Forces (CDF).Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has ordered the military to hunt and kill the country’s activist and National Unity Platform
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27 Jan '26
She said Besigye was unable to walk from his cell to the visitors’ reception and had to be seen in a small office near his cell, later struggling back while “clinging to the walls to avoid falling” before returning to what she described as an “oven-hot, dark, bedbug-infested cell.”
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27 Jan '26
Mukono Municipality MP Betty Nambooze Bakireke condemned what she described as interference by NRM officials in the electoral process, accusing them of coercing the returning officer into abandoning established procedures.CourtJohnson Muyanja Ssenyonga, a former Mukono District LC V
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27 Jan '26
President Yoweri Museveni has accused the police of negligence, alleging that they allowed opposition supporters to intimidate members of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM), thereby preventing some from voting during the January 15 presidential and parliamentary elections.Museve
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27 Jan '26
Drama unfolded in Mukono on Friday after the district returning officer declared two LC5 chairpersons in one day, triggering allegations of coercion, ballot stuffing, and military intimidation.In the heated Mukono Poll Drama: Two Chairpersons; NRM's Francis Lukooya Mukoome (L) and NUP's Jo
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26 Jan '26
As Uganda reflects on another hard-fought election cycle, one question continues to animate political debate at home and abroad: how has President Museveni, after nearly four decades in power, continued to win the confidence of a critical mass of Ugandans?Why, despite generational change,