Where presidential candidates will spend Christmas season
Uganda’s eight presidential candidates will mark Christmas Day at different locations across the country as the 2026 election campaigns intensify, with some conten...
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My Life Is in Danger, Says Dismissed Prisons Officer Lawrence Ampe
Former Uganda Prisons Service (UPS) officer Lawrence Ampe, who was dismissed from service earlier this week, has expressed fear for his personal safety, claiming that his...
Dismissed Prisons Officer Joins Bobi Wine on Campaign Trail
Barely a day after his dismissal from the Uganda Prisons Service, former prisons officer Lawrence Ampe has announced that he will join the opposition National Unity Platf...
Bobi Wine Electrifies Teso
Teso is politically significant as it is home to Speaker of Parliament Anita Among and Vice President Jessica Alupo, both senior figures in the ruling National Resistance...
From City Council Speaker To Parliamentarian: Mbayo’s Quest for Jinja City South West Constituency
In the unpredictable contest for Jinja City South West Constituency, where 10 candidates are vying for the sole seat, Bernard Mbayo, the current Speaker of Jinja City Cou...
On Whether Bobi Wine Is Truly Evolving Into a 21st Century Idea In Uganda
For virtually all its post-Tito Okello period President Tibuhaburwa Museveni has dominated every sphere of human life in Uganda: Education, Energy, Health, infrastructure...
Museveni Breaks Silence on Arrested Kenyan Activists, Says They Claimed to Be “Experts in Riotsâ€
President Yoweri Museveni has admitted that Ugandan authorities detained two Kenyan activists who had gone missing for weeks, describing them as “experts in riotsâ...
Too old to lead, too powerful to quit: the curse of Africa’s lifelong rulers
Pedestrians walk past a billboard of Cameroon's President Paul Biya reading: 'I thank the sovereign people for electing me' on a street in Yaounde, today, a day after the...
Party politics in NUP nips people power
Shamim Malende at a court appearance in Masaka for the bail hearing of Eddie Mutwe and others. (Shamim Malende) High-stake games for 2026 constituency slots become flash...
Why Lwemiyaga Voters Turned Against Ssekikubo After Two Decades
Brigadier General (Rtd) Emmanuel Rwashande has unseated long-serving MP Theodore Ssekikubo to win the NRM party flag for Lwemiyaga County ahead of the 2026 general electi...