By Alexander Luyima | The Hoima Post A red t-shirt and a head of dreadlocks were enough to mark 20-year-old Luzige Masuudi for death. On the evening of November 18, 2020, what began as an act of political expression nearly ended in a cold mortuary drawer, exposing a brutal campaign …
Read More »As Otto Preaches ‘Survival,’ NRM Rallies Put Child Safety at Risk
By Alexander Luyima | The Hoima Post KAMPALA – Uganda’s political arena is gripped by two seemingly separate, yet deeply connected, crises: the strategic retreat of veteran opposition voices and a glaring breach of child safety at ruling party rallies. Together, they paint a troubling picture of a political system where …
Read More »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 of school-aged children. Several of these events reportedly took place on or near school …
Read More »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: her role as a key enforcer of President Yoweri Museveni’s political continuity. The Public Face of …
Read More »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 division. While state repression continues to tighten, the deeper danger may …
Read More »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 muddy water, merchandise destroyed, and power disconnected for safety. Traders say they …
Read More »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 Museveni, a new name has forcefully entered the succession conversation: Anita Among, the Speaker of …
Read More »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 leadership from the decision, the incident has prompted intense speculation about the …
Read More »“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 the state-owned Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC) instead. The directive came in response to queries …
Read More »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 Parliament is not an isolated incident but the latest episode in a decades-long history of pressure …
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