By Male Deogratius Inspired By DavidLRubongoya The National Resistance Movement (NRM), Uganda’s ruling party since 1986 under President Yoweri Museveni, has often employed the slogan “Protecting the Gains” as a central theme in its political messaging. This phrase is intended to emphasize achievements such as relative stability, economic growth, and …

The Ugandan political landscape is reeling from the tragic death of Marinos Alexandros, a dedicated supporter of the National Unity Platform (NUP) and a vocal advocate for freedom, who passed away in the early hours of Sunday, August 17, 2025. Her death has been attributed to the severe physical and …

Call for Fairness in Uganda’s Democracy By Alexander Luyima | Hoima Post In Uganda’s political landscape, Buganda continues to be held to a different standard one that demands unconditional openness while denying its people the same agency afforded to other regions. When Baganda assert their right to indigenous representation, they …

By Alexander Luyima – The Hoima Post Uganda’s political climate is entering one of its most dangerous phases in decades. With the 2026 elections looming, the nation’s highest-ranking officials are making statements that openly question the need for elections at all while the president himself admits the system is “rotten …

By Alexander Luyima | Hoima Post A Costly Contract That Defies Reason In a nation where schools lack basic supplies and clinics run out of essential drugs, the revelation that Uganda spends UGX 18 billion annually to rent the MV Ssese ferry while purchasing a brand-new vessel costs just UGX …

Kasirye Ronald  journalist  CEO of Ronkas Media. Uganda’s media once roared. Today, it mostly whispers. What changed is not talent or courage, but power: a web of laws, regulators, ownership cartels, and fiscal choke points that has captured the information space—subtly, durably, and by design. The scoreboard doesn’t lie Uganda …

By Alexander Luyima | Diaspora Political Correspondent, Hoima Post Toronto, Canada – The hall was packed, the atmosphere electric, and the eyes of the Ugandan diaspora firmly fixed on Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, globally known as Bobi Wine. The stage was set at the NUP Canada Convention 2025, where the young …

Watoto Church, one of Uganda’s largest evangelical congregations, has dismissed one of its pastors over allegations of sexual immorality, the church leadership announced on Sunday. In a video message broadcast to all its branches, Pastor Julius Rwotlonyo, Team Leader at Watoto Church Ministries, confirmed the dismissal and described the incident …

Judge Emmanuel Baguma of the High Court’s Criminal Division has dismissed the application for mandatory bail filed by opposition leader Dr. Kizza Besigye and his aide Hajji Obeid Lutale Kamulegeya, ruling that the duo had not yet met the legally required remand period. In his 13-page ruling delivered Friday evening, …

There are moments in a nation’s life when a single death reverberates like a cannon shot—shattering the illusion that there is all the time in the world to right the wrongs burdening our motherland. The passing of Ndugu Adios Denmark Beinomugisha is such a moment. His departure is not merely …