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10 supporters of the National Unity Platform-NUP have been granted bail. They were arrested last week while preparing for the visit of NUP President Robert Kyagulanyi. Kyagulanyi was slated to preside over a consultative meeting at Kananage Primary School.  However, it was blocked by police, leading to a confrontation with NUP supporters. …

NUP’s Kyagulanyi Ssentamu Robert has   welcomed the fresh US sanctions slapped on the speaker of parliament Anita Among and other corrupt regime officials. The statement came moments after the US Department of State publicly designated at least five current and former Ugandan regime officials pinned in significant corruption and gross …

The US has tripled up on affixation of Speaker Anita Among’s breathing space, adding a six-inch nail in her political coffin with decisive sanctions. Mrs Among’s husband Moses Magogo – who was convicted of 2014 FIFA World Cup ticket theft – is also affected by the tough designation that pulled …

The movers of the motion seeking to censor the four embattled commissioners of Parliament have asked the targeted commissioners to stop dragging the name of the Speaker in this move that will see their retirement from the juicy offices. Addressing the media at Parliament on Wednesday evening, the movers of …

National Unity Platform (NUP) Chairman Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine on Wednesday successfully held his first mobilization rally in Mukono District amid some clashes with the police. Unlike the first two mobilization tours – one in Kamuli and the other in Pallisa – in eastern Uganda, which were blocked by …

The battle for land between Clan leaders in Amuria District and Soroti Catholic Diocese looks like it will not come to rest as early as it was expected following a group of six people including clan leaders seek for court of Appeal’s decision over the same matter. According to their …

National Unity Platform (NUP) officials, led by Leader of the Opposition Joel Ssenyonyi and Secretary General David Lewis Rubongoya, arrived at Police Headquarters in Naguru, Kampala, on Monday morning for a crucial meeting with the police. The meeting aims to resolve the ongoing deadlock over NUP’s public activities. The police …

Right-wing African Members of Parliament (MPs), including some of the continent’s most vociferous anti-abortion, anti-LGBTQ lawmakers, united with anti-vaxx conspiracy theorists for the first time at a conference in early May. Aside from the expected rhetoric against abortion and LGBTQ people, the African Inter-Parliamentary Conference on Family Values and Sovereignty gave a …

Uganda’s political landscape has undergone a significant shift in recent years, with the once-mighty politics of defiance experiencing a marked decline. This movement, which emerged in the 1990s as a response to the country’s authoritarian rule, has been characterized by its defiance of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) and …

Tens of thousands of migrants have tried to leave Tunisia to reach Europe since the start of 2024, according to Tunisian Interior Minister Kamel Feki. Some were intercepted by authorities and returned to Tunisia, while hundreds of others died during the attempt. There have been 52,972 attempts by migrants to …