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Kivumbi’s bail hearing adjourned as prosecutors attend symposium

Kivumbi’s bail hearing adjourned as prosecutors attend symposium

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

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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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Government turned Muwanga Kivumbi into a martyr - Butambala MP elect Mukiibi

Government turned Muwanga Kivumbi into a martyr - Butambala MP elect Mukiibi

Mukiibi, a journalist-turned politician who recently unseated Kivumbi after more than 15 years as Butambala Member of Parliament, has been responding to public criticism following a deadly security raid at the opposition politician’s home on election night.Butambala MP-elect Eriasa Mukii

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Muwanga Kivumbi Wants Speedy Trial As He Struggles To Secure Justice For Supporters Killed At His Butambala Home

Muwanga Kivumbi Wants Speedy Trial As He Struggles To Secure Justice For Supporters Killed At His Butambala Home

Incarcerated National Unity Platform (NUP) deputy president in charge of Buganda Muhammad Muwanga Kivumbi wants the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Lino Anguzu to speed up his criminal trial on charges related to terrorismIncarcerated National Unity Platform (NUP) deputy president in

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Court adjourns terrorism case against MP Kivumbi, orders state to fast-track investigations

Court adjourns terrorism case against MP Kivumbi, orders state to fast-track investigations

BUTAMBALA – The Butambala Chief Magistrate’s Court has adjourned proceedings in the terrorism case against Butambala County Member of Parliament Muhammad Muwanga Kivumbi and 24 others, granting the prosecution more time to conclude investigations.During the court session, the defence t

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Why Muwanga Kivumbi needed Baganda colleagues more than politics

Why Muwanga Kivumbi needed Baganda colleagues more than politics

Muwanga Kivumbi surrounded by Prisons officers at courtIn Ugandan politics, success is often framed as a function of numbers, party machinery, and public rhetoric.Yet some political moments are not won by slogans or crowds, but by alliances of trust, identity, and professional solid

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PHOTOS: Kivumbi Appears in Court as Lukwago Leads Heavyweight Legal Team at Butambala

PHOTOS: Kivumbi Appears in Court as Lukwago Leads Heavyweight Legal Team at Butambala

Kivumbi being escorted by prison wardens to Court in Butambala this TuesdayBUTAMBALA, Uganda — Incarcerated Butambala County legislator Muwanga Kivumbi is appearing in court today as the Chief Magistrate’s Court in Butambala convenes for the mention of terrorism charges arising from de

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Mpuuga, Sseggona and Basalirwa Show Solidarity with Detained MP

Mpuuga, Sseggona and Basalirwa Show Solidarity with Detained MP

Hon. Mathias Mpuuga, Hon. Medard Lubega Sseggona and Hon. Asuman Basalirwa visited Butambala County MP, Mohammed Muwanga Kivumbi, at Kitalya Prison today, where he is being held on charges of terrorism. The visit was confirmed by the Democrat Front Party, which shared the update along with a phot

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Muhammad Muwanga Kivumbi

Muhammad Muwanga Kivumbi

Fears for the life of outgoing Butambala County MP Muhammad Muwanga Kivumbi have intensified after he was charged with terrorism and remanded to Kitalya Prison, a move that has unsettled opposition leaders and sharpened political anxiety across the country.Kivumbi, who also serves as the N

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From Ballot Box to Terror Docket: Inside the Case Against Muwanga Kivumbi

From Ballot Box to Terror Docket: Inside the Case Against Muwanga Kivumbi

KAMPALA — What began as a fiercely contested parliamentary race in rural Butambala has now hardened into one of the most consequential legal battles of Uganda’s post-election moment.Muwanga Kivumbi, a veteran opposition legislator and vice president for Buganda of the National Unity Pl

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