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City Pastor Daniel Walugembe has dismissed accusations on Katanga Valley land near Wandegeya saying that he owns Kibanja interests and not the landlord. He said that his interests were confirmed by the Courts of law following different court decisions of 2015, 2019 and 2021 while his accusers lost their claims …

The National Unity Platform (NUP) has confirmed the arrest of Kampala Woman Lord Councillor aspirant Sauda Madada, a staunch loyalist of party leader Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine.   According to NUP Secretary General David Lewis Rubongoya, Madada was picked up by police in Busia as she attempted …

By Amiri Wabusimba. For years, the name Gulu was synonymous with war, it was the city at the center of northern Uganda’s brutal insurgency, where the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) abducted children, mutilated civilians, and committed crimes against humanity that shocked the world. Thousands were displaced, families were torn apart, …

It was a moment that lasted less than a minute, but its emotional weight will linger for much longer. When Edward Ssebuufu, better known as Eddie Mutwe, was led into the Chief Magistrate’s Court in Kawempe alongside fellow activist Achileo Kivumbi, the courtroom fell silent. The silence broke only when …

Uganda’s post-independence history has been marked by turbulence, repression, and contested governance. While each era—Idi Amin (1971–1979), Milton Obote’s second administration (1980–1985), and Yoweri Museveni’s long rule (1986–present)—has been distinct, striking continuities persist. A comparative analysis reveals that despite changes in leadership, authoritarian structures and methods of control have survived …

Uganda’s modern political landscape continues to evoke comparisons with its turbulent past. A historical examination of state practices between the 1970s–1986 and those in the present day suggests that despite regime change, many instruments of repression have endured, albeit under different forms and names. Repressive Mechanisms: A Comparative View In …

The opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) on Monday accused security forces of abducting its deputy spokesperson, Alex Waiswa Mufumbiro shortly after he left a court session in Kawempe. According to NUP secretary-general Joel Ssenyonyi, Waiswa had stepped out of Kawempe Magistrates Court, where he was attending the case of party …

By Alexander Luyima | Hoima Post (UGANDA) In 1984, Uganda set the national minimum wage at six thousand shillings a month. Forty years later, that figure still defines the legal worth of labour. It is a sum so low that it cannot buy a day’s meal for an average family, …

By Alexander Luyima In the natural world, animals live with remarkable clarity. They wake, find food, protect their young, survive, and eventually die. They do not complicate life with greed, nor do they obsess about tomorrow. They fulfill their purpose with simplicity. Humans, however, often corrupt this rhythm of life, …

By Alexander Luyima In Uganda today, fear has replaced justice. A deer once told an elephant, “They are abducting goats up the hill. By the time I explain I’m not a goat, I may already be dead.” At first, the elephant laughed after all, it was big, strong, and unmistakably …