Police officers at the entrance to National Unity Platform headquarters in Kampala in 2021. Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty ImagesUganda’s police have long faced criticism for politically charged interventions. These include episodes in which lethal force has been used in ways tha
Research shows Uganda’s police operate as a pillar of the ruling NRM, shaping campaigns, suppressing opposition and mobilising youth ahead of the 2026 elections, raising concerns over partisan policing.How Uganda’s police became Museveni’s political weapon ahead of the 2026 elections
Government has moved to raise salaries of Resident District Commissioners (RDCs) to Shs9million from the current 2.2 million shillings per month.Uganda currently has a total of 146 Residents District Commissioners, 163 Deputies and about 300 of their Assistants serving across the various d
Commissioners of Parliament who were in the news in 2023 and the better part of 2024 for awarding themselves a whooping Shs1.7bn with former Leader of Opposition Mathias Mpuuga taking the lion’s share with Shs500m and the other three commissioner Esther Afoyochan, Prossy Akampurira and Solomon
There is also the truism that the Uganda Constitution 1995, strictly directed by President Tibuhaburwa Museveni, then known as Yoweri Museveni, eliminated the words Kings and Kingdoms, reducing them to mere cultural institutions and heads of cultural institutions.The real kingdoms and king
A Tanzanian riot police officer walks past a vandalised campaign poster of President Samia Suluhu Hassan, following a protest a day after a general election marred by violent demonstrations over the exclusion of two leading opposition candidates at the Namanga One-Post Border crossing point betwe
The Leader of the Opposition, Joel Ssenyonyi, has urged government officials to stop threatening to arrest humanities teachers who are currently staging a sit-down strike.Teachers of humanities in parts of the country have downed tools over what they say is salary discrepancies.This
Museveni addressing the people of Lango over the weekend.President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has proposed the formation of a select committee of trusted representatives from the Lango subregion to directly engage the government on the long-standing issue of
Noah Denis Mubiru, who recently declared his intention to contest in the 2026 general elections, has called on President Museveni to lead a peaceful transition through a national campaign of forgiveness, reconciliation, and reform.Mubiru argued that Uganda’s future lies in breaking the c
PHOTO/COURTESYFrank Gashumba, a polarizing Ugandan social commentator and businessman, has never shied away from voicing his opinions on matters of governance, often stirring controversy with his outspoken critiques.Recently, Gashumba has taken to social
