With his charisma, tenacity and everyman appeal, music star Bobi Wine has shaken up Ugandan politics.Since his career pivot a decade ago, the 43-year-old has become a major thorn in the side of President Yoweri Museveni, an 81-year-old who has been in power for 40 years.Bobi Wine ha
The NRM party National Chairman and Presidential Candidate General Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has warned warring NRM leaders’ factions in Busoga Sub region on the negative impact of their endless bickering to their Party and socioeconomic transformation of their people.His comments followed
The army’s acting spokesperson Colonel Chris Magezi confirmed that patrols had begun in the capital city but stressed there was “no cause for alarm.” Ahead of next week’s general elections, the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) have announced increased patrols in Kampala, as
President Museveni addressing NRM leaders from Busoga sub region during a meeting at Iganga Girls School grounds in Iganga town on Saturday. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has called on National Resistance Movement (NRM) leaders in the Busoga sub-region to embrace humility, unity, and di
An internal NRM opinion poll has ranked Rebecca Kadaga as the party’s most effective regional mobiliser for President Museveni, ahead of senior leaders including Anita Among, Robinah Nabbanja and Jessica Alupo.Former Speaker Rt Hon Rebecca Kadaga, alongside current Speaker, Rt Hon Anita
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has declared Thursday, January 15, and Friday, January 16, 2026, as public holidays to allow Ugandans to fully participate in the Presidential and Parliamentary elections.The declaration was made under the Public Holidays Act (Cap. 174), through a legal not
The Electoral Commission (EC) has cautioned Ugandans against remaining at polling stations after casting their ballots, warning that such actions could trigger chaos and undermine public order during the January 15, 2026 general elections.The warning follows repeated calls by opposition Na
Speaker of Parliament Anita Among has appealed to President Yoweri Museveni to request the Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development, Betty Amongi, to step down from the Lira City Woman Member of Parliament race in favour of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) candidate, Dr Jane Ruth A
In the last couple of weeks Moses Byaruhanga appeared in viral videos and several articles giving money to market vendors in Kampala, meat vendors in Lukaya and Kayunga, Muslims in Kiboga and later while giving 1Bn to private security guards’ SACCO which made a lot of our readers to ask us to p
The National Unity Platform (NUP) has suspended Kyambogo University Guild President Andama Emmanuel for six weeks after he attended a closed-door engagement organised by the State House Investors Protection Unit, a body under the Office of the President.In a statement released on January 9
