Sources indicate that the meeting was deliberately exclusive, with Among herself conspicuously left out alongside several of her closest allies. Those reportedly excluded include NRM Women’s League head Adrine Kobusingye and Eastern Uganda Vice Chairperson Calvin Echodu—figures considered cen
The standoff follows a government directive requiring all outgoing local government leaders to hand over office by May 12, 2026, following the swearing-in of President Yoweri Museveni for a new term in office.Outgoing Namisindwa LC5 Chairperson Jackson Wakweika (pictured) has refused to ha
The Uganda Law Society (ULS) has challenged the legality of President Museveni’s appointment of Justice Moses Kazibwe Kawumi as Deputy Chief Justice, warning that the entire process risks being nullified because the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) that recommended him is under active constitu
The speaker of the 11th parliament of Uganda, Anita Among has used today’s State House Entebbe meeting between her and Yoweri Museveni to tell the president to allow NRM CEC members vote for speaker flagbearer, The Pearl Times has learnt.Anita Among understands the power of NRM CEC’s e
The rebellions that confronted President Museveni after 1986 were not confined to Acholi, Teso or the eastern border areas. Along Uganda’s western and north-western frontiers, the NRM government faced insurgencies shaped by exile politics, cross-border sanctuaries, regional wars, and gri
The soon-retiring Court of Appeal Judge, Dr. Fredrick Steven Martins Egonda Ntende used the Thursday session the Ugandan judiciary leadership organized to celebrate his accomplishments and see him off (having clocked 70), to call upon fellow Judicial Officers to stop their cowardice and stand fir
The murder trial of Molly Katanga took a dramatic turn at the High Court Criminal Division after veteran forensic pathologist Dr Sylvester Onzivua dismissed the prosecution’s postmortem findings as scientifically flawed and testified that businessman Henry Katanga most likely died by suicide af
There are few tragedies more painful than betrayal from those who once stood shoulder to shoulder in a common struggle. That is precisely what Africa witnesses each time xenophobic violence erupts in South Africa. When mobs descend on Nigerians, Zimbabweans, Ghanaians, Ethiopians, Somalis, Mozamb
Retired Constitutional Court judge Frederick Egonda-Ntende has criticised sections of Uganda’s Judiciary for failing to uphold fairness and human rights in politically sensitive cases, warning that continued judicial overreach and abuse of pre-trial detention risk undermining public confidence
The death of the wife of Alex Waiswa Mufumbiro has touched many hearts across the country. But beyond the sadness of losing a loved one, it was the emotional words of Fredrick Egonda Ntende that deeply moved the public and sparked a wider conversation about justice, humanity, and the treatment of
