A group of women affiliated with the opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) have come forward with harrowing accounts of sexual abuse and violent mistreatment during arrests by security forces. These allegations were revealed during belated International Women’s Day celebrations held at Makerere Kavule, the NUP headquarters. Hundreds of women attended …
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The Electoral Commission has officially published the results of the parliamentary by-election for the directly elected Member of Parliament Elias Nalukoola Luyimbazi in Kawempe Division North, Kampala. This is in the Uganda Gazette under General Notice No. 832 of 2025. Earlier in the day, a delegation from the National Unity …
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As Uganda’s political landscape evolves, a growing debate has emerged over leadership succession within opposition parties. While these parties frequently criticize the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) and President Museveni for over 40 years in power, questions are now being raised about whether opposition leaders are any different. …
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The President of the National Unity Platform (NUP), Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, has criticised female leaders in President Museveni’s government, accusing them of failing to uplift women and instead focusing on personal interests. Kyagulanyi made these remarks at the NUP headquarters in Makerere Kavule during celebrations marking International Women’s Day. …
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Journalists from the Parliament Press have staged a boycott of the Defence Committee of Parliament, where the Minister for Internal Affairs, Major-General Kahinda Otafiire, and his deputy General David Muhoozi were scheduled to present their ministerial policy statements for the 2024/25 financial year. The boycott follows a tense exchange …
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Faridah Nambi, the National Resistance Movement (NRM) candidate in the Kawempe North by-election, has withdrawn her petition seeking a vote recount. Nambi had petitioned the Kawempe Chief Magistrate’s Court to recount the votes after the National Unity Platform’s (NUP) Nalukoola Luyimbazi was declared the winner of the election. …
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In a statement posted on her X (formerly Twitter) account, Ms Among announced that she had received a copy of the gazetted election results and would proceed with the necessary parliamentary procedures. KAMPALA – The Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, has confirmed that she will preside over the swearing-in of …
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The High court in Kampala has issued a production warrant directing the officer in charge of Kitalya, Luzira, Kigo and Nakasongola prisons to produce lawyer Eron Kiiza before court this week for the hearing of his bail application. High court orders prisons to produce Ki According to the order signed …
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James Churchill Ssentamu has been sworn in as the 91st guild president of Makerere University. Ssentamu defeated the ruling party National Resistance Movement’s (NRM) John Bosco Rukundo and Ismaili Basalirwa, the flagbearer of the opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) party. Ssentamu, a nephew of NUP leader Robert Kyagulanyi, also known …
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Prominent human rights lawyer Eron Kiiza returned to the High Court’s Criminal Division today, seeking a ruling on his bail application after being detained for 76 days under controversial circumstances. Kiiza, known for his representation of opposition leader Dr Kizza Besigye, has been incarcerated since last year after being …
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