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By Kasirye Ronald | The Hoima Post Opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has called on the international community to impose targeted sanctions on President Yoweri Museveni, his son Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, and top government officials, citing alleged human rights violations and political repression. Speaking at …

The search for Uganda’s opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has resumed after a brief suspension, Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) General Muhoozi Kainerugaba has said. He said the hunt for Wine was temporarily halted for 24 hours on the instructions of President Yoweri Museveni but later …

Opposition leader and National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has said that security forces deployed at his home in Magere are guarding an empty house after his wife and children fled the country for safety. Speaking at the Geneva Human Rights Conference, …

son of President Yoweri Museveni has drawn sharp criticism from press freedom advocates after posting a series of inflammatory messages on social media targeting independent journalists. General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, commander of Uganda’s People’s Defence Forces, used his now-deleted Twitter account to issue warnings against reporters from the Daily Monitor, one …

A delegation from the opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) has been denied access to the home of party leader and former presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Sentamu, popularly known as Bobi Wine. The delegation, led by NUP Deputy President for the Eastern Region, John Baptist Nambeshe, was turned away by security …

Today marks 165 days since Comrade Sam Mugumya was forcibly taken from the streets of Mbarara. The date was August 26, 2025. His crime? Political activism. His current location? Unknown. His legal status? Unclarified. His story has become a chilling microcosm of a systemic pattern of state-sponsored abductions and judicial …

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 …