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KAMPALA – The story of Olivia Lutaaya, a supporter of Uganda’s opposition National Unity Platform (NUP), has emerged as a powerful testament to political defiance and resilience in the face of state coercion. After nearly four years of imprisonment, her release in November 2024 came not as an unconditional freedom, but …

NAIROBI – In a bombshell press conference that has sent shockwaves through Uganda and the wider East African community, two Kenyan nationals recently freed from detention in Uganda have made stunning allegations, claiming they were held and tortured in the same cell as the brother of a powerful Ugandan minister and …

KAMPALA – The National Unity Platform (NUP) has announced a campaign swing through Western Uganda, signaling the official launch of its strategy for the 2026 general elections. A campaign program poster circulating online details that the party’s leader, H.E. President Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, will be rallying supporters in the districts of …

Kampala – From ghetto stages to the ballot box, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu—better known as Bobi Wine—has morphed from reggae icon to torch-bearer of a generation that refuses to whisper about injustice. A new in-depth profile on Parrots Uganda dubs him “The People’s Candidate,” tracing how the 42-year-old National Unity Platform …

Kasese – The National Unity Platform (NUP) has lost its designated candidate for Kasese District LC5 chairperson, Gadi Mbayahi, who passed away Sunday night at Kilembe Mines Hospital, party officials confirmed Monday. He was 52. Mbayahi, a retired civil-engineer turned businessman, had been hospitalised for two weeks with complications linked …

Dar es Salaam – Four top opposition Chadema figures stepped out of Segerea remand prison on Monday evening after the Kisutu court granted them cash bail, injecting fresh drama into Tanzania’s bitter dispute over the 29 October general election. Deputy national chairman John Heche, deputy secretary-general Amani Golugwa, central-committee veteran …

Alphonse Mihigo Ombeni, director and founder of the Congolese LGBTQI+ advocacy organization Action for the Fight Against Social Injustice (ALCIS), was once again the victim of a violent attack in Bukavu after speaking publicly about LGBTQI+ rights. Ombeni was leaving FAN FM radio station on the evening of October 21 …

RUKUNGIRI – In a passionate address to the people of Rukungiri, the opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) has cast a spotlight on the plight of the nation’s political prisoners, marking the one-year anniversary of Dr. Kizza Besigye’s latest detention and vowing to establish a new era of justice and freedom in …

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has for the first time acknowledged that two Kenyan activists were detained by his government, using the chilling term “the fridge” to describe their confinement. The admission comes after Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo were missing for 38 days, following their abduction by masked, uniformed men …

By Alexander Luyima | The Hoima Post Uganda is trapped in a chilling reality. The initial struggle for democracy has devolved into a daily battle for basic dignity and survival under the decades-long rule of Mr. Museveni. State institutions, created to serve the people, have been systematically turned against them, …