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Kyankwanzi: Museveni Avoids Taking Firm Position on Speakership Race

Kyankwanzi: Museveni Avoids Taking Firm Position on Speakership Race

Kyankwanzi — President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has reignited uncertainty in the race for Speaker and Deputy Speaker of Uganda’s 12th Parliament, signalling that the ruling National Resistance Movement’s (NRM) earlier Central Executive Committee (CEC) endorsement of Anita Annet Among and Thom

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Ggaba daycare suspect ‘not insane’, killed for wealth, DPP tells court

Ggaba daycare suspect ‘not insane’, killed for wealth, DPP tells court

Kampala, Uganda: Christopher Okello Onyum, the prime suspect in the killing of four toddlers at a Ggaba daycare centre, was mentally sound and allegedly carried out the attack in pursuit of wealth through human sacrifice, according to evidence presented by prosecutors.According to the Dire

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Museveni Signals NRM CEC Position on Speaker Position Not Final

Museveni Signals NRM CEC Position on Speaker Position Not Final

Kyankwanzi — President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has thrown the race for Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the 12th Parliament of Uganda back into uncertainty, signalling that the ruling National Resistance Movement’s earlier Central Executive Committee (CEC) position backing Anita Annet Among and T

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Chaos as South African Consular Officer Locks Ugandan Passports, Disappears

Chaos as South African Consular Officer Locks Ugandan Passports, Disappears

Several Ugandan nationals are facing travel disruption after a consular officer at the South African High Commission in Kampala reportedly locked their passports in her office and became unreachable.The officer, identified as Modjadji Mahlangu, is said to have been handling the passports a

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Uganda tightens building controls as new law takes effect

Uganda tightens building controls as new law takes effect

KAMPALA – Uganda has ushered in sweeping reforms in its construction sector following the enactment of the Building Control (Amendment) Act, 2026, a move aimed at strengthening oversight, improving safety standards, and curbing illegal building practices.In a public notice, Eng. Flavia G

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ULS Accuses Judiciary of Abuse After Death of NUP Spokesperson’s Wife

ULS Accuses Judiciary of Abuse After Death of NUP Spokesperson’s Wife

The Uganda Law Society says the death of Edith Katende Mufumbiro has exposed deep flaws in Uganda’s justice system, accusing courts and prosecutors of denying basic rights and weaponising the law against opposition figures.The Uganda Law Society (ULS) has condemned what it describes as p

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State House aide Nelson Kapo picked to address Museveni, NRM MPs at Kyankwanzi

State House aide Nelson Kapo picked to address Museveni, NRM MPs at Kyankwanzi

Kapo and his boss President MuseveniIn a move that has quietly raised eyebrows within government communication circles, State House Online Editor Nelson Bwire Kapo has been selected to address President Yoweri Museveni, hundreds of NRM MPs, and other political actors at the ongoing ruling

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Inside the Katanga trial: Widow’s story comes under fire

Inside the Katanga trial: Widow’s story comes under fire

The courtroom settled into a tense quiet last week as Molly Katanga returned to the dock, her presence now familiar but no less scrutinised.Flanked by prison officers, she took her place for what would become one of the most probing sessions of the trial so far: cross-examination. This tim

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Are we witnessing the last of NRM?

Are we witnessing the last of NRM?

Museveni addressing NRM supportersPrison is ugly. Even the best prisons of the world are entirely humiliating.Locked away from family, denied pleasures and comforts of the world especially own scheduling is just too much to bear. But in slowing down time, and forcefully ridding its

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Katakwi DHO Ichumar Omeke killed in night road crash

Katakwi DHO Ichumar Omeke killed in night road crash

The fatal crash occurred on Tuesday night, April 7, 2026, at around 10:00pm as Dr Ichumar was driving back to his home in Soroti City after a day’s work at Katakwi District Local Government.The late Katakwi District Health Officer, Dr Simon Ichumar Omeke (Inset), who died in a road crash

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