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The People’s Front for Freedom has called for an independent audit of Uganda’s 2026 general elections. They accuse the Electoral Commission (EC), the military and state security agencies of presiding over what it described as an “industrial-scale electoral failure” characterised by violence, abductions and systemic fraud. Addressing journalists at the …

Proceedings at the Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) took a tense turn today after Uganda Airlines Chief Executive Officer, Ms. Jennifer Bamuturaki, was asked to account for $12,750 (approximately UGX 50 million) in per diem funds requisitioned during her tenure as Acting CEO in June last …

Uganda’s Closed System: How Museveni Engineered Power to Be Permanent For nearly four decades, Uganda has been ruled by one man: Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, who took power in 1986 after a five-year guerrilla war. What began as a reformist promise of democracy has hardened into one of Africa’s most entrenched …

Proceedings are underway at the Butambala Chief Magistrate’s Court for the mention of a case in which National Unity Platform (NUP) Deputy President, Hon. Muhammad Muwanga Kivumbi, is facing terrorism-related charges. Speaking to journalists at the court premises, Hon. Kivumbi said he remains resolute, drawing strength from what he described …

Masaka, Uganda – A court-sanctioned vote recount in Masaka has been plunged into crisis following the discovery of a ballot box containing entirely pre-ticked ballots for the National Resistance Movement (NRM) candidate, Nameere, and another box found completely empty. This has sparked immediate and fierce allegations of systematic tampering and led …

Toronto, Ontario — July 17–19, 2026 — As the world converges around the energy of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Toronto will also host a powerful gathering of culture, leadership, and purpose. African Descent Ontario (ADSON) is proud to present the African Descent Summit 2026, themed “United by History for …

By Amiri Wabusimba.  Uganda’s national football team, the Cranes, does not suffer from a lack of talent, patriotism, or public support. What repeatedly undermines the team is something far more difficult to confront: a web of governance weaknesses, policy contradictions, and informal power dynamics that surface at the worst possible …

By Amiri Wabusimba. Each year, World Leprosy Day is observed globally on the last Sunday of January and this 2026 on 25 January Uganda invited the international community to reflect on a disease that medicine has largely mastered but society has not. The 2026 theme, “Leprosy is curable; the real …

By Ronald Kasirye For decades, this structure stood quietly in the heart of Kampala, abandoned, stripped of purpose, and forgotten by those who once promised it life. Originally meant to be a hospital and a research institute, it should have been a center for healing, innovation, and national progress. Instead, …

By Alexander Luyima Uganda is once again standing at a dangerous political crossroads following the conclusion of the January presidential election. While the Electoral Commission has declared Mr. Yoweri Museveni the winner of another term, the country is witnessing one of the most tense and heavily securitized post-election periods in …