On 12th February H.E Maria Hakansson, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden paid a courtesy call on Minister of State for Regional Affairs Hon. John Mulimba. Amb. Hakansson made the call in her capacity as a Representative of Sweden, the current Chair of the International Contact Group for the Great …
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A delegation from the opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) has been denied access to the home of party leader and former presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Sentamu, popularly known as Bobi Wine. The delegation, led by NUP Deputy President for the Eastern Region, John Baptist Nambeshe, was turned away by security …
Read More »By Amiri Wabusimba. Across the world, cities are increasingly shaped not by plans, but by polls, urban order is negotiated against electoral survival, and the result is a dangerous illusion: that disorder can be governed, postponed, or selectively tolerated without long-term consequence. Kampala’s recent experience offers a sharp lesson in …
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Today marks 165 days since Comrade Sam Mugumya was forcibly taken from the streets of Mbarara. The date was August 26, 2025. His crime? Political activism. His current location? Unknown. His legal status? Unclarified. His story has become a chilling microcosm of a systemic pattern of state-sponsored abductions and judicial …
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Bobi Wine, Uganda’s most prominent opposition figure, has now been missing from public view for three weeks, after fleeing what he described as an attempted arrest and threats to his life following a disputed national election. Wine’s whereabouts have remained unknown since 16 January, when he said police and military …
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By Amiri Wabusimba. Across the world, cities are increasingly shaped not by plans, but by polls, urban order is negotiated against electoral survival, and the result is a dangerous illusion: that disorder can be governed, postponed, or selectively tolerated without long-term consequence. Kampala’s recent experience offers a sharp lesson in …
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The People’s Front for Freedom has called for an independent audit of Uganda’s 2026 general elections. They accuse the Electoral Commission (EC), the military and state security agencies of presiding over what it described as an “industrial-scale electoral failure” characterised by violence, abductions and systemic fraud. Addressing journalists at the …
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Proceedings at the Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) took a tense turn today after Uganda Airlines Chief Executive Officer, Ms. Jennifer Bamuturaki, was asked to account for $12,750 (approximately UGX 50 million) in per diem funds requisitioned during her tenure as Acting CEO in June last …
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Uganda’s Closed System: How Museveni Engineered Power to Be Permanent For nearly four decades, Uganda has been ruled by one man: Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, who took power in 1986 after a five-year guerrilla war. What began as a reformist promise of democracy has hardened into one of Africa’s most entrenched …
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Proceedings are underway at the Butambala Chief Magistrate’s Court for the mention of a case in which National Unity Platform (NUP) Deputy President, Hon. Muhammad Muwanga Kivumbi, is facing terrorism-related charges. Speaking to journalists at the court premises, Hon. Kivumbi said he remains resolute, drawing strength from what he described …
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