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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Odrek Rwabwogo Vows to Rescue M7 & Re-organize the Movement as Gen MK Shuts Down NTV-MP Kabanda Demands He Joins PLU
Senior Presidential Advisor Odrek Rwabwogo, who also marries President Museveni’s daughter Patience, has vowed to dedicate the next five years of the NRM government to...
From AU to UN, East Africa holds the line as peace missions shrink
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni inspects a guard of honour during the flagging-off of Uganda’s first AU peacekeeping contingent to Somalia on March 1, 2007. East Afri...
The Structural Logic of Political Fallouts in Uganda: Why Elite Purges Are a Feature, Not a Betrayal
Centuries ago, Niccolò Machiavelli warned in The Prince that rulers who govern through personal power must constantly prevent subordinate centers of influence from becom...
Law student dies due to blood clots
Ryan Kubahika, a fourth-year law student at Uganda Christian University (UCU) died due to lack of oxygen. This was revealed during a requiem mass that was held for him at...
Bukedea Residents Demand Full Accountability for Among’s Conduct, Abuse of Office
BUKEDEA DISTRICT, Uganda — Calls for accountability and an independent investigation have intensified in Bukedea District and across the Teso sub-region following alleg...
From “Hakuna Mchezo” to “Hakuna Kulala”: Reading Uganda’s Political Mood Through Slogans
When President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni took the oath at Kololo in 2016 and declared “Kisanja Hakuna Mchezo,” the message landed with deliberate force. It was a stateme...
UEDCL’s Mass Purge Exposes a Dangerous Culture of Panic Management
Eng. Joselynne Rwakakooko was appointed the acting managing director of UEDCL, replacing Paul Mwesigwa, and her first move has been to sack the top management in a move s...
Bobi Wine’s Son Fires Back After General Muhoozi Hints at Succeeding His Father: “You Can’t Run a Nation”
sharp political exchange has erupted in Uganda after NUP-aligned youth figure Solomon Kampala, son of opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi (Bobi Wine), strongly criticised...
Wolves officially relegated from the Premier League as West Ham end eight-year stay
Rob Edwards hoped to pull off the great escape with Wolves but their relegation is now official following Saturday's defeat away to Leeds coupled with West Ham's goalless...