The bail hearing for former Butambala County MP Muhammad Muwanga Kivumbi and 24 co-accused was adjourned to June 1 after state prosecutors said they were attending the Annual Prosecutors’ Symposium in Kampala.The three-day symposium, running at Hotel Africana under the theme “Enhancing
Hon Thomas Tayebwa may also face accusations associated with the broader culture of patronage and corruption within politics, but he has generally been viewed as more discreet, measured, respectful, and careful not to exercise power in ways that publicly embarrass the State or threaten the broade
section of politicians who were blocked from contesting in Bukedea District have accused outgoing Speaker of Parliament Anita Among of orchestrating intimidation, electoral manipulation, and abuse of state institutions, demanding that she apologise to the people of Teso.The aggrieved polit
dramatic account shared by journalist Andrew Mwenda has sparked intense debate across Uganda’s political and social media spaces after he described an alleged high-level State House meeting in which President Yoweri Museveni confronted former Speaker Rebecca Kadaga over claims that she had soug
Former Deputy Speaker of Parliament and Ruhinda North MP Thomas Tayebwa, together with the Vice National Chairperson of the Patriotic League of Uganda (PLU), Michael Nuwagira, have urged leaders in Sembabule District to avoid political conflicts and work together if the district is to benefit ful
We must distinguish between politics and our shared humanity. In Uganda today, there appear to be two Yoweri Kaguta Musevenis coexisting side by side.One is the tough-talking politician: the military-uniform-wearing, gun-carrying President who has ruled Uganda for nearly four decades. To h
The General, who heads the Patriotic League of Uganda, reportedly believes Museveni’s style of leadership of compromises and concessions to powerful individuals and interest groups is outdated and has become a liability to the nation.Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, Chief of Defence Forces and s
Masaka — In politics, many leaders rise like thunderstorms — loud, dramatic and impossible to ignore — only to disappear leaving behind debris of broken trust and corruption scandals. But others move like the River Nile itself: calm, steady and life-giving to the communities around them.
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
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
