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16 May '26
Daudi Kabanda warned Speaker Anita Among after reports emerged that SFC soldiers were monitoring her home amid the Speakership race.The Secretary General of the Patriotic League of Uganda (PLU), Daudi Kabanda, has sent a stern warning to Speaker of Parliament Anita Among, accusing her of u
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15 May '26
The Ministry of Health Uganda has confirmed an imported case of Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease in the country.According to the Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Dr. Diana Atwine, the case involves a 59-year-old Congolese man who was admitted to Kibuli Muslim Hospital in Kampala on May 11,
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15 May '26
Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng is increasingly being mentioned in ruling party circles as a possible candidate for Deputy Speaker of Parliament in a major political arrangement aimed at balancing regional interests following the death of former Speaker Jacob Oulanyah.Highly placed NRM sou
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15 May '26
Ofwono Opondo (middle) took the oath by raising his right hand. Hedeclined to hold a Bible or any other religious bookOfwono Opondo was today sworn in as the MP for the Elderly (Eastern Uganda) but he declined to hold a Bible or any other religious book while taking the oath.Dressed
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14 May '26
A host of ministers were up the podium to take oath this afternoon, joined by legislators who have been out of the House for one or more terms.Former Prime Minister, Hon. Amama Mbabazi returned to the House today, not to take oath but to accompany his wife, Jacqueline Mbabazi, who joins Pa
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14 May '26
In what is seen as a reversal of the spirit of Ubuntu, South Africans are chasing Ugandans and other Africans from their country. A deadline has been set for all foreigners, especially the illegal ones, to return to their countries.The efforts to chase Ugandans and other Africans from Sout
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14 May '26
The Alliance for National Transformation spokesperson Gerald Karuhanga has defended his decision to contest the Ntungamo Municipality MP as an independent candidate, arguing that many Ugandans are more concerned about healthcare, jobs and education than political party affiliations.Gerald
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14 May '26
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
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14 May '26
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
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13 May '26
There are moments in international relations that appear small in isolation yet carry the weight of centuries within them. The recent spectacle in Nairobi, during the Africa CEO Forum held in May 2026, where French President Emmanuel Macron publicly rebuked an audience of African leaders, entrepr