When the Ban Sleeps: Uganda’s Cosmetics Regulation and the Imperative of Relentless Enforcement.
By Amiri Wabusimba- In Kampala’s busiest arcades, commerce moves with confidence. Brightly packaged lotions and soaps promise transformation, renewal, radiance. Yet among them are products that were formally prohibited in 2023 by the Uganda National…
Bobi Wine Calls for International Sanctions on Museveni, Muhoozi Over Human Rights Concerns
By Kasirye Ronald | The Hoima Post Opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has called on the international community to impose targeted sanctions on President Yoweri Museveni, his son Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, and top…
Dead or alive! Army Chief Muhoozi renews search for Bobi Wine
The search for Uganda’s opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has resumed after a brief suspension, Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) General Muhoozi Kainerugaba has said. He said the hunt for Wine was temporarily halted…
Bobi Wine : Uganda’s Leading Opposition Leader’s Family Flees Abroad for Safety
Opposition leader and National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has said that security forces deployed at his home in Magere are guarding an empty house after his wife and children fled…
Muhoozi : UPDF CHIEF threatens to “crush” journalists
son of President Yoweri Museveni has drawn sharp criticism from press freedom advocates after posting a series of inflammatory messages on social media targeting independent journalists. General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, commander of Uganda’s…
HON. JOHN MULIMBA MEETS AMB. MARIA HAKANSSON OF SWEDEN, DECRIES UNILATERALISM IN QUEST FOR REGIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY
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…
NUP Delegation Denied Entry to Bobi Wine’s Home; Lawyer Arrested by Security Forces
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…
Governing the Vote or Governing the City? Kampala’s Test of Urban Governance
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…
Is Activits Sam Mugumya Dead ?
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…
Hunted and in Hiding: Bobi Wine Missing for Three Weeks After Threat To He’s Life
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…
