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By Alexander Luyima |Hoima Post Kampala, August 25, 2025 – In a shocking incident that has rattled Uganda’s business community and ordinary citizens alike, Anthony Mutinisa, proprietor of Mutinisa Motors Uganda a high-end vehicle hire service renowned for its fleet of luxury Toyota Land Cruisers was fatally shot in his …

Masaka politics is heating up as prominent lawyer Sam Muyizzi Mulindwa steps into the ring to challenge Mathias Mpuuga Nsamba, the long-serving legislator who has held Nyendo-Mukungwe constituency for 15 years. For many locals, this contest is more than just an election — it is a test of whether a …

Mbarara’s District Police Commander (DPC), Afande Tumwine, has found himself at the center of a storm after ordering the arrest of a young National Unity Platform (NUP) supporter whose only “crime” was preaching his party’s ideology in the streets of Mbarara. The incident, which unfolded this past week, has sparked …

OPINION | By a Citizen of Uganda By Alexander Luyima | Hoima Post [Kampala] The posters are up again. They are always up. Kampala’s cityscapes and the countryside are once more plastered with the same face, the same slogans, the same weary promises. This time the drumbeat reads: “PROTECTING THE …

By Alexander Luyima | Hoima PostAlexander Luyima is an immigration law student and researcher based in Canada The U.S. government’s plan to deport Kilmar Abrego García — an alleged cartel-linked human trafficker with a long criminal record — to Uganda has triggered outrage and disbelief. García, who refused a plea …

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 …