Balimwezo is the new Kampala Lord Mayor
Balimwezo with the declaration form at the Kampala Tally Center in NakawaKampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ronald Balimwezo Nsubuga, the National Unity Platform (NUP) f...
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Date Set for Newly Elected MPs’ Swearing-in Ahead of Speaker Election
Speaker Anita Among congratulated the winners in the recently held parliamentary elections as the house convened to pay tribute to fallen colleague Stella Apolot Isodo, w...
Robert Maseruka, youngest MP elect talks aspirations in politics, love
Maseruka, currently lives alone in his unfinished home in Nakisunga. He says he has no lover and is childless.At just 25 years old, Robert Maseruka has achieved what many...
Several Ugandans targeted as Saudi Arabia jails, deports more than 14,600 Nkuba Kyeyos
Several Ugandans are among more than 14,600 illegal residents deported from Saudi Arabia since the year 2026 started as authorities intensify a nationwide crackdown on re...
Barbie Narrates Hardships of House Arrest
Barbie Itungo, the wife of National Unity Platform President Robert Kyagulanyi, has complained about continued security restrictions blocking access to their home, leadin...
Fiona Nakku unseats incumbent Kunihira in National Female Workers race
Fiona Nakku has been elected the new National Female Workers Member of Parliament after defeating incumbent Agnes Kunihira by just three votes in Kampala. Nakku, who garn...
Why Ssemujju Nganda Lost Kira Municipality — and What It Means
The defeat of Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda in Kira Municipality stands out as one of the most surprising outcomes of Uganda’s 2026 parliamentary elections. In a constituency...
NTV ‘in talks’ with Zungulu presenter Ivan Kyeyune after securing Nakasongola MP seat
Kyeyune, who is now MP Nakasongola County, has been presenter of the weekly ‘Zungulu,’ a comic segment that captures the unusual and off-beat soft news stories of the...
Prominent opposition heavyweights who fell as Uganda ushers in the 12th Parliament
Uganda’s presidential and parliamentary elections held on January 15, 2026, have delivered a major political shake-up, with several high-profile opposition legislators...
2026 Polls: Katuntu, Basalirwa Out as NUP Dominates Busoga Region
Veteran legislator Abdul Katuntu has lost his Bugweri County parliamentary seat, ending a 25-year career in Parliament, as the opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) re...