Ssembabule: Sodo, Jet Tumwebaze Supporters Clash Over Campaign Posters
The political environment in Mawogola North, Ssembabule District, is growing increasingly tense as the contest between President Museveni’s brother, Godfrey Aine K...
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Lawyers Slam ‘Defective’ Charges against Bireete, Urge Court to End Alleged Unlawful Detention
Lawyers representing human rights activist, Sarah Bireete, have filed urgent applications seeking a production warrant to have her brought before the Buganda Road Chief M...
US Senator demands release of Sarah Bireete
Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-New Hampshire), the Ranking Member of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, last night issued a statement condemning the ongoing repression...
We have the Ability to Disable BitChat – UCC
As Uganda approaches its general elections on January 15, 2026, tensions are escalating over potential communication blackouts, with the Uganda Communications Commission...
BUTAMBALA: Meet Lydia Mirembe, The Iron Lady Making NUP’s Aisha Kabanda Sweat Plazma
Political temperatures continue to rise in Butambala District as the contest for the Woman Member of Parliament seat intensifies, with incumbent Aisha Kabanda of the Nati...
Wereba Kivumbi Weraba: The Song hitting in Butambala as Politics Take a Dramatic Turn
As Uganda heads into the final stretch of the electoral calendar, the political landscape in Butambala District has become increasingly turbulent.With 15 January 2026 fas...
JUST IN: NRM’s Yasini Omari Declared Unopposed for Makindye Division Mayoral Seat
NRM member Yasini Omari has been declared unopposed in the race for Mayor of Makindye Division following the disqualification of all his challengers by the Electoral Comm...
I Am Hopeful for Victory in Sembabule District — Nina Roz
Nina Roz, has expressed strong confidence in winning the Sembabule District Woman Member of Parliament seat.I Am Hopeful for Victory in Sembabule District — Nina R...
Political policing in Museveni’s Uganda: what it means for the 2026 elections
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...
How Uganda’s police became Museveni’s political weapon ahead of the 2026 elections
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, r...