President Yoweri Museveni has directed the immediate appointment of Allan Kasujja as Executive Director of the Uganda Media Centre, a move aimed at addressing management concerns at the government communication agency.In a letter dated December 27, 2025, addressed to the Chief of Defence F
National Unity Platform (NUP) leader Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine, says he remains in hiding, claiming that he is still being pursued and threatened by the Chief of Defence Forces, General Muhoozi Kainerugaba.Kyagulanyi’s claims come amid a public war of words between the two on soc
The Hague, Netherlands — A self-styled “European Union Ambassador” of Uganda’s National Unity Platform (NUP), Dr Nico, who operates online under the alias @klup, was arrested on Thursday, January 22, 2026, in The Hague after attempting to stage an unauthorised protest near the premises of
This was confirmed in a now-deleted X (formerly Twitter) post by President Museveni’s son Muhoozi Kainerugaba, who is Uganda’s Chief of Defence Forces (CDF).Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has ordered the military to hunt and kill the country’s activist and National Unity Platform
She said Besigye was unable to walk from his cell to the visitors’ reception and had to be seen in a small office near his cell, later struggling back while “clinging to the walls to avoid falling” before returning to what she described as an “oven-hot, dark, bedbug-infested cell.”
Preamble: A Warning from the SourceWe issue this not as a lament, but as a diagnosis of a living crisis. We document not a natural passing, but a designed dismantling. The clan-based cultural groups of Uganda—ancient, sophisticated systems of ecological governance and social belonging—
US Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Cory Booker have called on the US government to take administrative action against the Ugandan government over violations of the civic rights of opposition members.In a statement, Shaheen and Booker said the recent general election in Uganda was a travesty of
The Uganda Law Society has condemned the appointment of Flavian Zeija as Chief Justice, warning it threatens judicial independence and risks deepening political interference in Uganda’s courts.Uganda Law Society President, Isaac Ssemakadde (R) has vehemently criticised the appointment of
Musician Haruna Mubiru has dismissed allegations by fellow artist Geoffrey Lutaaya, who claimed Mubiru was involved in manipulating election results in Kyotera District.Earlier this week, Lutaaya alleged that Mubiru, together with Minister Haruna Kasolo, influenced the returning officer to
The High Court in Accra has granted a perpetual injunction against Afia Schwarzenegger and Shatta Wale, preventing them from making or repeating defamatory statements about broadcast journalist Kwasi Aboagye. The ruling followed their failure to enter an appearance or file a defence after being p
