Outrage Erupts as NRM Rallies Feature Sexualized Performances Near Schoolchildren
By Alexander Luyima | The Hoima Post Across Uganda, growing concern surrounds the nature of entertainment at some National Resistance Movement (NRM) campaign rallies, where adult dancers have been recorded performing sexually suggestive routines in front…
Anita Among: Assertive Speaker or Museveni’s Loyal Enforcer?
Anita Among’s tenure as Speaker of Uganda’s Parliament presents a stark paradox. Publicly, she embodies a powerful, independent leader championing popular accountability and social causes. Yet, critics argue this image masks a deeper reality:…
Uganda’s New Resistance: How the Protest Vote Is Turning Ballots into a Tool of Liberation
By Alexander Luyima | The Hoima Post Uganda’s opposition stands at a defining crossroads. Once united in resistance to Mr. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s near four-decade grip on power, it now struggles under the weight of co-optation, exhaustion, and internal…
Traders Drenched and Devastated as Nakivubo Works Flood Downtown Kampala
By Alexander Luyima | The Hoima Post | Downtown Kampala traders woke up to heartbreak this Friday morning after heavy overnight rains left several arcades near the ongoing Nakivubo Channel construction submerged. Basement shops were filled with…
Is Anita Among the next president after Museveni?
The Speaker’s rapid rise, consolidated power, and national profile fuel speculation about her political ambitions in a post-Museveni era. As Uganda continues to grapple with the enduring question of who will eventually succeed President Yoweri…
Press Freedom : Why is Speaker Anita Among against press freedom?
The recent blockade of Nation Media Group (NTG) journalists from Parliament has placed the institution’s Speaker, Anita Among, at the center of a burgeoning storm over press freedom in Uganda. While the Deputy Speaker has distanced the top…
“Use State Broadcaster,” Minister Tells Barred NMG Journalists
The Minister for Information, Communications Technology and National Guidance, Dr. Chris Baryomunsi, has broken the government’s silence on the blockade of Nation Media Group (NMG) journalists from Parliament, suggesting they are free to use content from…
Nation Media Group’s Decades-Long Struggle for Press Freedom in Uganda
From advertising bans and office raids to parliamentary bans and targeted attacks, a timeline of NMG’s challenges underscores current media freedom crisis. KAMPALA – The recent blockade of Nation Media Group (NMG) journalists from Uganda’s…
40 Deaths Reported as Tanzanian Election Protests Escalate; EU Labels Poll a ‘Fraud’
DAR ES SALAAM – Widespread protests have erupted across Tanzania, with reports of multiple fatalities, as opposition supporters denounce this week’s presidential election as a sham and a “coronation” for incumbent President Samia Suluhu…
Tanzania Deploys Military Amid Widespread Election Protests and Curfew
DAR ES SALAAM – Tanzania’s presidential election has been plunged into chaos, with widespread protests erupting across the country, prompting the government to deploy the military, impose a curfew in the commercial capital, and restrict internet access…