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Elias Nalukoola, the National Unity Platform (NUP) candidate for the Kawempe North parliamentary by-election, has been arrested by security operatives shortly after his nomination. Nalukoola is reportedly being held at Kawempe Police Station on charges yet to be disclosed. His arrest comes on the first day of nominations for candidates …

Police in Kampala have arrested 11 students from various universities for participating in a protest against the controversial East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project.   The arrests occurred during a demonstration involving close to 40 students along Nile Avenue, near Crested Towers in Nakasero, where students from Kyambogo University, …

Lawmakers have condemned security forces for blocking presidential aspirants from conducting consultations ahead of the 2026 elections, calling the move an outright violation of the Presidential Elections Act.   During Wednesday’s parliamentary sitting, Erute South MP Jonathan Odur raised the issue as a matter of national importance, pointing to the …

Top TV journalist Miracle Ibrah was violently attacked by security personnel on Wednesday afternoon while covering the nomination of National Unity Platform (NUP) candidate Elias Nalukoola Luyimbazi for the Kawempe North parliamentary by-election. According to reports, Ibrah was struck by an explosive device thrown by security officers on site after …

The Uganda Journalists Association (UJA) has expressed deep concern over the violent assault of Miracle Ibra, a journalist from Top TV, who was severely injured in an attack by security personnel this afternoon. Ibra was targeted while performing his duties, covering a political event in Kawempe, where he was reporting …

The Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) party has made a passionate appeal to the police and other security agencies to refrain from engaging in partisan politics. This comes after a recent incident in Alebtong on Saturday, 22nd February 2025, where UPC people were dispersed and redirected to a new venue which …

Police officers at the scene quickly intervened, and the victim was rushed to the hospital for medical attention A yet-to-be-identified man in his 30s set himself on fire near the main gate of Parliament on Wednesday.   According to an eyewitness, the man doused himself with petrol before igniting the …

This morning is horrible. What has been done is horrible. But we shall not surrender or abandon the noble cause of promoting democracy in Ugan National Unity Platform (NUP) candidate, Elias Nalukoola, has alleged that his agent was abducted and his official nomination documents stolen ahead of the Kawempe North …

The opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) flag bearer for Kawempe North Member of Parliament by-election, Erias Nalukoola Luyimbazi, has narrated a painful experience he endured this Wednesday after he was brutally arrested by heavily armed security forces. Nalukoola was aggressively arrested and whisked away by gun-wielding security operatives moving in …

Machete, who has reportedly been held incommunicado for four years, was transferred from Kitalya to Luzira Murchison Bay Prison after refusing to eat for seven days in protest against his detention in a military facility. The National Unity Platform (NUP) president, Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, has visited …