How the Removal of Term and Age Limits Led to Uganda’s Institutional Crisis
2005, Parliament removed presidential term limits, allowing the incumbent President to seek office indefinitely. Twelve years later, it removed the presidential age limit...
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Lugazi Communities Turn to Conservation Campaign to Save Traditional Spring Wells
Residents and local leaders in Dangala Village, Najjembe Division, Lugazi Municipality, have raised concerns over the gradual disappearance of community spring wells, war...
Katumba Katumba Wamala Decries “Loss of Humanity” Amid Rising Kidnaps and Killingsa
Public Service Minister Gen. Katumba Wamala has called on religious leaders to openly condemn what he described as a “complete loss of humanity” in Uganda, citing a s...
Opposition rallies behind NUP’s Paul Mwiru in Speaker race
National Unity Platform Secretary General David Lewis Rubongoya delivers remarks after the unveiling of Paul Mwiru as the party’s candidate for Speaker in Kampala on Ma...
SOFT LANDING, AAA NOT GOING TO PRISON: Museveni Promises Anita Among ‘Big Job’ after Speaker Race Withdrawal – Sources
Things have taken a dramatic twist in the past 24 hours, with Anita Among’s speaker race withdrawal announcement – a decision that has changed things in her favour, g...
Museveni’s challengers over the years
When President Museveni shot to power in 1986 by gun after a five-year guerrilla war, he famously declared that Africa’s biggest problem was leaders who overstayed in o...
Kayunga Roads Submerged as Leaders Blame Environmental Degradation
Leaders in Kayunga District have raised concern over worsening environmental degradation, warning that continued destruction of wetlands and forests is fuelling flooding...
Sanctioned by UK And US, Deserted by Museveni! What Next For Among Amid Pressure to Keep Speakership?
Where President Museveni has finally given up on his ruthless girl Among who is sinking under weight of the Americans and British sanctions is a question that carries wit...
Fuel Levy Approved: MPs Clear UGX200 Tax Despite Public Outcry, Opposition Warns Of Economic Pain
Parliament has approved Government’s proposal to impose a UGX200 excise levy on every litre of fuel, a move expected to generate about UGX450 billion in additional reve...
Uganda Alcohol Policy Alliance backs proposed tax rise on spirits
The Uganda Alcohol Policy Alliance (UAPA) has thrown its support behind the government’s proposed increase in excise duty on undenatured spirits below 80% alcoholic con...