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17 Feb '26
Lawyer Jet Tumwebaze has announced plans to challenge the election of Sodo Aine Kaguta, the Member of Parliament-elect for Mawogola North, citing alleged lack of academic qualifications and election irregularities.Tumwebaze, who lost the parliamentary race to Kaguta—President Yoweri Muse
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17 Feb '26
Insider sources allege a quiet legal consultations aimed at challenging Joan Namutaawe’s Masaka District Woman MP election victory, though no petition has yet been filed.A photo collage of Masaka District Woman MP-elect Joan Namutaawe (NUP) and NRM candidate Joanita Nalule, whose closely
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17 Feb '26
MuseveniPresident Yoweri Museveni has said that leaders must never impose themselves on the people, arguing that former dictator Idi Amin ruled Uganda without the consent of citizens.Museveni made the remarks on Monday while addressing mourners at the commemoration of former Archbis
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17 Feb '26
Internal Affairs Minister Kahinda Otafiire says he does not support Muhoozi Kainerugaba for president, sparking backlash from MK loyalists amid Uganda succession debate.A Photo Collage of First Son and CDF Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba (L) and Internal Affairs Minister Kahinda Otafiire Maj Gen K
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16 Feb '26
Dr. Mukisa AyubBusoga Sub-Region has long been recognized as an area of immense potential. With its fertile soils, youthful population, strategic location along the Nile, and vibrant cultural heritage under the Busoga Kingdom, the sub-region should be among Uganda’s most economically dyn
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16 Feb '26
Golfer Berna Musanabera recieving car keys from the CFAO represenative and AfriSafe's Andrew Baguma together with Entebbe Golf Club Captain.ENTEBBE —It was a momentous occasion marked by buzz and excitement on the greens as the 2026 Stanbic Match Play Challenge qualifiers teed off at Ent
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16 Feb '26
Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mukono Municipal Council has agreed to cover open drainage channels along sections of the Nasuti–Nakabago–Ntawo and Bajo–Seeta roads, following sustained safety concerns from residents, traders, and road users.Town Clerk Francis Byabagambi said the
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16 Feb '26
President Museveni has strongly defended the use of Biometric Voter Verification (BVV) machines in the recently concluded elections, arguing that the technology curtailed electoral fraud and strengthened transparency, while framing the broader vote within the National Resistance Movement's histor
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16 Feb '26
The slain Director of Students Affairs at Uganda Christian University (UCU), Pamela Tumwebaze, was planning to wed her new fiancé at the time of her tragic death, the University’s Vice Chancellor, Prof. Aaron Mushengyezi, revealed during an emotional funeral service on Friday.Speaking t
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15 Feb '26
Julius Kitone, Innovator and Developer of JuliKitAi/ECOEYE AI Climate Intelligence Platform died in car crashKAMPALA — The Ugandan media fraternity is in mourning following the death of Julius Kitone, a veteran journalist and climate change advocate, who died Friday in a road accident al