The 81-year-old said if fellow NRM loyalists genuinely believed in the same principles, they would “be begging me not to leave,” rather than calling for his exit.President Yoweri Museveni has chastised Ugandans who speak against his lengthy grip on power, arguing that his continued lea
Hon Peter MpakaMbarara City politics has taken a dramatic turn after Hon. Peter Mpaka announced his withdrawal from the Mbarara City North Member of Parliament race and officially quit the National Unity Platform (NUP), citing the party’s failure to provide the logistical support it prom
For virtually all its post-Tito Okello period President Tibuhaburwa Museveni has dominated every sphere of human life in Uganda: Education, Energy, Health, infrastructure, environment. He as transcended the boundary between the 20th Century and the 21st Century and Boundary between the old and ne
State Minister for Industry, Hon. David Bahati, is facing intensified scrutiny in Ndorwa West after fresh allegations emerged accusing him of presenting himself as the National Resistance Movement (NRM) flag bearer, despite running as an independent candidate.Bahati, who lost the NRM prima
Dr Kizza Besigye with Lutale in Court.Sunday, November 16, 2025 marked one year since veteran opposition leader Dr. Kizza Besigye was arrested and detained — a milestone that his wife, Winnie Byanyima, has described as a tragic symbol of Uganda’s shrinking democratic space.Besig
Over the weekend I awoke to a disorienting article on my phone news reporting app: ‘I’M READY TO MARRY NANTABA AS SECOND WIFE: NUP Legislator Vows as Kayunga Campaigns Turn Violent’ (Onobwino). What is this? I asked myself. Is Nantaba campaigning for marriage or for a political position? I
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
Belgium has now crossed into a realm that would once have seemed impossible even in Europe’s increasingly unstable political climate. The Belgian state has paid €350,000 in court-ordered compensation to convicted Tunisian jihadist Nizar Trabelsi, and then released him onto Belgian territory i
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
An armed gang killed at least 57 people after a brutal attack on villages following a dawn raid. The incident took place in South Sudan’s Upper Nile State, a local official said.The attackers struck just after 5.30am, and fired their weapons randomly at residents in the Adong Payam area.
