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Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu: From Kamwokya’s Ghetto to the Ballot

Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu: From Kamwokya’s Ghetto to the Ballot

As Uganda heads to the polls on January 15, one of the clearest fault lines in the presidential race is not merely political; it is generational, philosophical, and moral.On one side stands President Yoweri Museveni, in power for four decades, a former guerrilla commander who once preached

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Ugandan Leaders Rally for Unity, Peace Ahead of January 15 Elections

Ugandan Leaders Rally for Unity, Peace Ahead of January 15 Elections

His Royal Highness (HRH) "Won Ateker" Papa Kumam Raphael Otaya addressing his people.Political and cultural leaders from northern Uganda have urged citizens to maintain peace, reject ethnic division, and safeguard national unity ahead of the January 15 elections, while voicing support for

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20 Reasons Why Betty Amongi Will Struggle to win Lira City

20 Reasons Why Betty Amongi Will Struggle to win Lira City

Speaker Anita Among recently campaigned in Lira city and cursed minister Betty Amongi for seeking to break the plate she is feeding from. She told the president to force out Amongi on grounds that she was using the government opportunities accessed to her as a minister to sow discord and undermin

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Makindye MP Nyeko Takes Swipe at Bobi Wine, Backs Ssegona’s Independent Bid in Busiro East

Makindye MP Nyeko Takes Swipe at Bobi Wine, Backs Ssegona’s Independent Bid in Busiro East

Kampala, Uganda – In a bold move that has ignited fresh tensions within the National Unity Platform (NUP), Makindye East MP Derrick Nyeko has publicly endorsed veteran legislator Medard Lubega Ssegona for the Busiro East parliamentary seat in the upcoming 2026 elections.Ssegona, a long-t

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Off the ballot, Ugandan president's son waits in the wings this election

Off the ballot, Ugandan president's son waits in the wings this election

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — One figure looms large ahead of Uganda's elections Thursday, although he is not on the ballot: the president's son and military commander, Muhoozi Kainerugaba.Kainerugaba, long believed to be the eventual successor, stood down for his father, President Yoweri Musev

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To Hurt Speaker Among, Bobi Wine Orders NUP fans To Vote Amongi in Lira City woman MP Race

To Hurt Speaker Among, Bobi Wine Orders NUP fans To Vote Amongi in Lira City woman MP Race

NUP presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi has ordered his Lango sub region core campaigners led by former UPC MP Isha Otto Amiza of Oyam south and NUP flag bearer for Lira city mayor Patrick Ogwang (who until a few months ago was NRM and only left after failing to get state house blessing to b

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Border Communities Flee to DRC Over Fears of Post-Election Violence

Border Communities Flee to DRC Over Fears of Post-Election Violence

As Ugandans head for the presidential and parliamentary elections next Thursday, some locals and voters settling at the Uganda–DRC borders in the Bunyoro and West Nile sub-regions have expressed fears of possible post-election violence, compelling them to start seeking early refuge in the neigh

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Hounded and harassed': The former pop star taking on Uganda's long-time president

Hounded and harassed': The former pop star taking on Uganda's long-time president

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

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Why I Have Managed Uganda, Museveni Opens Up

Why I Have Managed Uganda, Museveni Opens Up

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

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Speaker Anita Among Urges Museveni to Ask Betty Amongi to Step Down for Aceng in Lira Race

Speaker Anita Among Urges Museveni to Ask Betty Amongi to Step Down for Aceng in Lira Race

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

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